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Parry Sound is having a screening of We Lend a Hand in October! The free event is scheduled to happen at the Stockey Centre.
Congregational Life is happy to present “We Lend a Hand – The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes“.
Tickets are $20.00 each. Contact the Church office or email pam.gillespie12@gmail.com to reserve yours.
This event is generously sponsored by Cedar Hill United Church.
The Listowel Agricultural Society welcomes We Lend a Hand in October.
Tickets can be purchased by phone: 519-291-1907 or e-mail: listowelaghallrentals@gmail.com
This event is generously sponsored by Listowel Agricultural Society.
Don’t miss the chance to buy your ticket and enjoy a magnificent event featuring the ones who taught us that: Service comes in many forms. Author Bonnie Sitter and filmmaker Colin Field will speak briefly and there will be an opportunity to purchase copies of the book Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes.
Following the film please join the Ontario Heritage Trust — hosted by the Town of Lincoln — at 2:15 pm as they unveil a provincial plaque to honour the Farmerettes. The plaque will then be installed nearby following the ceremony in Charles Daley Park.
NOTE: if you plan to stay for the plaque unveiling, please RSVP to plaques@heritagetrust.on.ca .
This event is generously sponsored by the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Town of Lincoln.
We Lend a Hand will be screened in Peterborough at the Westdale United Church. Admission is free, however, donations to the local Legion Branch #52 are accepted.
This event is generously sponsored by Westdale United Church.
Thedford is featured in We Lend a Hand and now the community will host a screening soon.
The film will be screened in the Thedford Legion. The building/site was used as Camp Number 6 during the Ontario Farm Service Force program.
Watch the film where the young women were lodged and created lifelong memories.
There will be a Q/A after the film with Bonnie Sitter.
Tickets are sold via the button below. Alternatively, contact a member of the Thedford Optimist Club to purchase a ticket.
This event is generously sponsored by The Thedford Optimist Club. The proceeds will support the Thedford Legion Branch 278.
We Lend a Hand will be screened in Fenelon Falls as part of the Fenelon Falls Horticultural Society. The fee is $10 at the door (members are free).
This event is generously sponsored by Fenelon Falls Horticultural Society.
We Lend a Hand will be screened in Whitchurch-Stouffville at the 19 on the Park Theatre.
This event is generously sponsored by the 19 on the Park Theatre, Town of Stouffville.
Other events – details to be announced:
Oct 29th Ancaster (private)
Nov 4th Wasaga (private)
Nov 6th, 13th and 14th – Toronto Royal Winter Fair
Nov 10th Newmarket (private)
Nov 11th – Calendon East
Nov 22 Almonte
Jan 2027 – Creemore (private)
2027 – Juno Beach Museum, Courseulles-sur-Mer, France
SOLD OUT past events: London, Sarnia, Bayfield, Stratford, Goderich, Lucknow, Oakville, Brucefield, Southampton, Simcoe, Nestleton Station, Waterloo, Alma, Forest, Palmerston, Owen Sound, Guelph, Strathroy, Kingston, Mississauga, Kincardine, Clinton, Dorchester, Aurora, Lakefield, Oshawa, Ailsa Craig, St. Marys, Erin, Thedford and St. Catharines!
Don’t see your community listed? Email info@welendahand.ca to arrange a screening.
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