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KNICK-KNACK GARAGE SALE in Cumberland Village just 10 minutes east of Orléans. This event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine.

CUMBERLAND FARMERS MARKET from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the R.J. Kennedy Memorial Arena in Cumberland Village. The Cumberland Farmers Market is where local food, local makers, and local community come together. With vendors both indoors and outdoors, you'll find farm-fresh food, flowers, plants, baked goods, prepared meals, artisan products, handcrafted treasures, and so much more.

FIREFIGHTER DAY from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum in Cumberland Village. Join Ottawa Fire Services at Cumberland Heritage Village Museum for a day of family-friendly fun! Watch exciting demonstrations and see firefighting equipment up close. FREE ADMISSION Part of Doors Open Ottawa.

D-DAY COMMEMORATION CEREMONY 11 a.m.at the Orléans Cenotaph beside the Orléans Legion, 800 Taylor Creek Dr. in the Taylor Creek Business Park.

BLACKBURN FUN FAIR next to the Lois Kemp Arena in Blackburn Hamlet with activities for the whole family include a free concert by SOS: The ABBA Experience on Saturday, June 6 at 9 p.m. on the man stage. Fun Fair parade down Bearbrook Road starting at 10 a.m. on June 6. For more information visit blackburnfunfair.ca.

PUPS AND PINTS MINI-MARKET in support of Pawsitive Steps Dog Rescue and Riverview Rescues from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 105 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. NO COVER. For more information visit straydogbrewing.ca.

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St. Peter High School launches virtual Canley Cup food drive
By Fred Sherwin
May 1, 2020

Every year at this time the students and staff at St. Peter High School hold their annual food drive during which they collect tens of thousands of non-perishable food items and thousands of dollars in monetary donations for the Orléans-Cumberland food bank.

Last year they collected over 40,000 items and more than $10,000. The annual event provides enough food to get the food bank through the summer months and into September. As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, the actual food drive has been replaced by a virtual food drive during which the students and staff at St. Peter high school will be soliciting monetary donations to the food bank.

Students from St. Peter High School unload a school bus at the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre during the Canley Cup food drive las year. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO

Members of the public can make a donation at https://www.crcoc.ca/en/donate-occrc.

Local grocery store chains such as Metro Fallingbrook are supporting the virtual drive through the donation of grocery gift cards to the Orléans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre (OCCRC) food bank that will be used to continue to help stock their shelves.

A number of the students have created videos featuring information about the work that the OCCRC does to help encourage support for the campaign and awareness of how the centre is providing services to area residents during these tough times.

Members of the public are also encouraged to spread the word about the food drive through their social networks on Twitter and Instagram #CanleyCupChallenge2020.

(This story was made possible thanks to the generous support of our local business partners.)