Events for November 2008.
Community Health Fair
Quinte Gardens Retirement Residence hosted a Health Fair in their auditorium on Sept. 24th. Sixteen local organizations and businesses put up displays to offer the latest trends an...more
CIBC Wood Gundy Quinte Branch Opening Reception
Brian Knudsen, Sam Brady, Gord Vaughan and team celebrated the opening of its offices in downtown Belleville on the second floor of Century Place. An official ribbon-cutting ceremo...more
Power of Women Exchange Meeting
Mary Robertson of Freedom 55 and Karen Poste of the City of Belleville were the speakers at the POWEr meeting in September. Mary spoke about business succession and risk management...more
Hastings Manor Tim Horton's Night
A crowd of Hasting Manor Residents gathered for its Tim Horton's night. Coffee and donuts were donated and various prizes were drawn for lucky winners. Two surprises for the reside...more
Ramada - CJBQ Contest
Five lucky winners won a lunch at the Ramada Inn Restaurant in Belleville. The contest was held by Ramada with the help of CJBQ. The lunch included Quinte Broadcasting's DJ Matt Mi...more
Stream Gives to Cdn Cancer Society
SNAP's August edition's Word on the Street section featured a Stream employee answering the question of the month. I was at Stream taking pictures of hair being cut/shorn as a Canc...more
AUTUMN FEST 2008
The Other Side Media Group (O.S.M.G.) hosted the 10th family Autumn Fest 2008 at Dewe's Independent Grocer's at 400 Dundas St. E. in Belleville. This supported the O.S.M.G.'s proje...more
Kiwanis Skateboard Park Grand Opening
It is time to thank all of the generous sponsors responsible for the support of the development of the park. A special big thank you goes to Desert Stream and Kiwanis as well as ot...more
Quinte Geocaching Adventure Challenge
Eighty-seven registrants ages 5-75 took part in the Quinte Geocaching Adventure Challenge at the Batawa Ski Hill. Geocaching is an outdoor adventure game in which a "cache" (waterp...more
Country Harvest Fall Festival
The Belleville Chamber of Commerce held the Country Harvest Fall Festival at Zwicks Park. The family fun included a mechanical bull ride, a cow milking simulator, a pumpkin seed sp...more
Belleville Hospital Auxiliary Cheque Donation
BGHA presented a cheque for $20,000 from the funds it raised at its 70th Anniversary Celebration fashion show "Flashbacks" and the BGHA 70th Anniversary Golf Tournament. The purpos...more
WORD ON THE STREET
With November being Remembrance Day month, I thought it would be a good idea to visit the Legions in order to gain from the experiences and wisdom of those I met there. The questio...more
KIDS WORD ON THE STREET
When I went to a fun event for kids, I asked them "What is your favourite snack?" Snacks are an important part of healthy eating. Here are their answers to this question. ...more
DOGS IN THE HOOD
It's amazing how many sayings are inspired by our animal friends. They must know something we don't. Each month SNAP finds some more of our favourite pets and shares them with the ...more
1st Year Anniversary
Tyendinaga Fitness & Resource Centre is just east of Belleville in Shannonville at 2061 Old Hwy #2. They celebrated their 1st year of serving the community and of removing the bar...more
Elizabeth Hart's Retirement
Liz has been employed at the Ramada building for over 30 years and is now retiring. Friends and co-workers gathered for the celebration. I estimate if Elizabeth worked 5 days a wee...more
Charity Bazaar at Bay View Mall
Various charities set up display tables at Bay View Mall in order to raise awareness and money to their cause. I always find it interesting to see who is there and to let you have ...more
Day of Caring
Eleven local corporations released teams of employees for half a day in order to complete some projects at various agencies in Belleville, Picton and Bancroft. These teams were mat...more
Kidney Foundation RoundUp for Research
The Kidney Foundation rounded up ("arrested") bosses and community members in the annual fun, western-themed fundraising event, "RoundUp for Research" in the kindness court of the ...more
Canadian Cancer Society
It was time to move in order to have more space! So the CCS has gone to 97 Hanna Court S., off Bell Blvd. (behind Donini Chocolate). Various dignitaries participated in the event w...more
