Watch our award video. At the end of the video you will see a sample of what will be happening for our community on build day!

Ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they work together.

Well, it is a week away until this dream becomes a reality! Thank you to all our volunteers and thank you to all our community supporters.
We are almost ready for build day on June 18th and the excitement is mounting! Our playground and school yard will look fantastic.
PRINCE CHARLES PUBLIC SCHOOL BROADCAST LIVE AROUND THE WORLD. Our project will be broadcast live around the world! Our project is being broadcast live on the world wide web. As a Let Them Be Kids community our project is being featured on their internet broadcast network. Tell your family and friends to watch the action and celebrate with us, just have them go to www.ltbk.ca to see our exciting work, LIVE!

We still need some tools for build day. If you have shovels, hard rakes or wheel barrows, please email Angie Stevenson at astevenson3@cogeco.ca .
If you have not updated your registration, please try to do that soon. It will help us with numbers for food, for daycare and for activities. Click on JOIN THE EFFORT!.
We have had so much community support. We have received almost $70,000 in cash donations for this revitalization project and we have received thousands more in gifts in kind.

We will be dedicating our playground to James A. Beale, WWII Veteran and recipient of the distinguished Flying Cross. James Beale, DFC, reflects what it has taken to make this playground a reality: service, dedication and generosity. We are honoured that he will be with us on build day.

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS!

PLATINUM

Rotary Club of Trenton, Smylie’s Your Independent Grocer,

The John M. & Bernice Parrott Foundation, Hydro One Inc.,

Families, Friends and Staff of Prince Charles School, Stevenson Pumps and Plumbing

GOLD

Home Depot Foundation, JB Print

SILVER

Branch Electric Motor Svc Ltd, Research Casting International,

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 110 Trenton, Battlefield Equipment Rentals,

The Paint Store

BRONZE

Cooney Excavating, David’s Mobile Wash, Scaletta Group, BMO Financial Group, CMB Aggregates, Quinte Mobile Concrete, Cornerstone Builders, Canadian Blast Freezers, Lange & Fetter Motors, Craig Nickerson Canadian Mortgages Inc., Kawartha Curb and Sidewalk, Spry Site Supervision, Ogden Technical Associates, Exact Mould and Die Welding, Home Hardware, Dr. Raed Younes Dental Care

Thank you Dr. Younes Dental Care!

WOW! Another $500! Thank you Dr. Younes for the generous donation. We are well over $70,000 cash and donations. Our new playground will be fabulous.

We have plans to revitalize the sandbox area, repaint all the existing equipment, and plant gardens. With so much community support, we can do anything!

A Special Thank You

We don't have the name, but we do have the gratitude for a special someone that donated $10,000 to our project. Thank you for believing in us and for believing in our project! us and believing that this project!

Thank you to Trenton Ontario Legion, Branch 110!

Here is Joanna Smith, committee co chair and her son Xavier, receiving a check from Gary Newman, Trenton Legion branch president, for $1000! The Legion has been a supporter of many school and youth projects and we are grateful to their many years of service supporting our community.

THANK YOU Rotary Club of Trenton!

ROTARY DONATED $12,000.  THANK YOU!
What an amazing group of people. We have been so welcomed by these folks that we are looking for excuses to visit them on a regular basis. Thank you to Mayor Williams and Mr. John Smylie, and all of the Rotarians that believe in us!

FUNDRAISING UPDATE!

To date we have raised over $53,000! We also have thousands of dollars of donations to help with our build including labour, sand, wood, paint, landscaping, advertising and more! At this time, we would like to thank the following people and organizations for their contributions to our project:

Rotary Club of Trenton $12,000
Parrott Foundation $10,000
Hydro One $10,000
Students and Parents of Prince Charles School OVER $11,000
Home Depot Foundation $3000
KIAN Award $2500
Team Home Depot (kitchen makeover)
JB Print (flyers, pledge forms, sign up sheets)
Smylie's Your Independent Grocer (food for volunteers on build day)
Branch Electric $1200
Stevenson’s Pumps and Plumbing (labour, heavy machinery, and so much more!)
Paul Kirk (Welding)
Cooney Excavating (Large machinery)
Legion Branch 110 $1000
Research Casting International $1000
Lange and Fetter $500
Canadian Blasts Freezers $500
BMO Financial Group $700
Quinte Mobile Concrete (concrete)
Smith Quality Fabrication (welding rods)
Dr. Younes and Family $300
Kawartha Curb and Sidewalk $250
Dave’s Mobile Wash (prepping playground equipment for build day)
CBM Aggregates (sand)
Scaletta Group Trucking (trucking)
Cornerstone $500
Spry Site Supervision $200
Kate Everson, EMC (media coverage)
Emily Mountney, Trentonian (media coverage)

Thank you to our wonderful community businesses!

More donations..YES!  Thank you to Cornerstone for their $500 donation and Kawartha Curb & Sidewalk  for their $250 donation.

THANK YOU Branch Electric!

A big SHOUT OUT to Branch Electric www.branch-electric.com/ for their $1200 donation to our project.

Pictured here are (L to R)  Liam Branch, Cathy Speedy (VP), Ted Crawford (our awesome custodian that has done so much behind the scenes for this project) and Glenn Branch.

THANK YOU BMO FINANCIAL GROUP!

A big shout out to Vanessa Cassalman for sharing our project with BMO Financial Group and securing a $700 donation to our playground project. Pictured below is (back row) Lisa Giles, Cathy Speedy, (front row) Keely Geesey, Nathan Cassalman, Payton Goodfellow, Isaac Giles and Vanessa Cassalman.

It's nice to know our Belleville neighbours support us too!

Another big shout out goes to The Quinte Living Centre Band. They have offered to play for the grand opening of our playground on our June 18th build day.  They will also be handling our outdoor sound system needs! Learn more about this great band on their website. http://www.quinteartscouncil.org/Qac/QAC/arts/qlccb.htm

And then there was more....

We would like to give a big shout out to Angie Stevenson for sharing our project with local businesses and bringing in some wonderful cash donations!  (She is also working on some great in kind donations too, but we will share those at a later date.)

We would like to thank the following supporters:

Research Casting International for their $1000 donation

Archer's Poultry Farm Limited for their $100 donation

Spry Site Supervision LTD for their $200 donation
 
The committee is working hard and the community has been super generous! We would still like some more volunteers on build day, so please ask your family and friends to join the effort and register today!

WHOOT WHOOT!!

Another $10 000 coming our way! We are now up to $30 000!! We will reveal the name of the donor officially in the upcoming weeks. Please visit us at the Quinte Home and Leisure Show this weekend at the community arena.

We would like to thank JB Print for all their help with our display. You guys makes us look great!! Thank you also to the Rotary Club, the Kente Kiwanis, and the Legion for allowing us to share our vision. We hope you will be a part of our wonderful community build day!

Plans are underway for our courtyard garden. Ramps are being made making it accessible too. If you have some expertise in landscaping, your help will be greatly appreciated!

Please email cindynickerson@hotmail.ca if you have any questions or comments.

YARD SALE!

Come join us Saturday April 9th, for our community yard sale from 8 a.m. - noon. Items to be donated to the yard sale will be accepted Friday until 8 p.m., at the school.

This Just In.......

THANK YOU BMO!

A big "thank you" to Vanessa Cassalman and BMO for a donation of $700 to our playground fund! We are now just heading out to the community for support and this is a great way to start. Sponsorship packages are available. Please contact Cindy Nickerson (cindynickerson@hotmail.ca) if you would like one.
Thank you again BMO and thank you to Vanessa!

See Our Award Video!

PCT FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT


Friday, April 1
Doors open at 5:30
Admission is free.
A canteen available serving pizza, pop,  juice, water, chips, fruit, granola bars, & candy.

 Upcoming Events

We have two fantastic events coming up in support of the playground project. On Friday, April 1^st, at 5:30, we will be hosting a Family Movie Night. Admission is free and a canteen is available to purchase snacks and beverages. Despicable Me will be showing at 6p.m.
The second event is a community yard sale on April 9^th from 8a.m. - noon. Donations to the sale may be dropped off to the school at anytime. Please drop off larger donations, a day prior to the sale.
Thank you for your support!

Fundraising Update!

Our playground project has really taken off! To date we have raised over $19,000 towards our $55,000 goal for our playground purchase! We are putting together sponsorship brochures for the community. If you would like some to give to family, friends or businesses, please contact the school and we will deliver them to you! Community partners will be a big part of making this dream a reality! Many community organizations have expressed their desire to help us out so we are looking forward to their support!

Here is our accessible playground design! WE LOVE IT!!! A triple slide, a curved slide, and an elbow slide! Look at that fabulous pod wall and rope climber! Did you see the two accessible ramps? I bet there will be lots of chasing up and down those ramps! Oh, and look at that accessible digger too! WHOOT WHOOT! Fun for everyone. There are so many panels on this structure. There is an accessible pilot panel, a store panel, a gear panel, a chime panel, a sign language panel, a planets panel and multiple steering wheel panels!! Under the big slides there is a door panel and a bench, providing a great playhouse area! WOW…the fun on this structure is endless! There is so much more to it too! The kids can hardly wait to actually play on this structure! What a wonderful play space for ALL CHILDREN!

Front/Side View

Back View

PLAYGROUND DESIGN...ALMOST DONE!!

The playground design is almost done! The kids had so many great ideas for our playground and we can hardly wait to see what it will look like! Start planning your summer play dates, and birthday parties at the school yard now, as this playground will be the perfect place to have good free fun!

Dot Mocracy Event a HUGE HIT!!

Hey Everyone!
Things are going really well with this project! The PCT students participated in a "Dot Mocracy" event where they helped design the playground.  The staff and kids were excited to be a part of picking out some great components! The triple slide was definitely a huge hit as was the curved net wall. There was a lots of  interest in some other equipment (i.e. climbing net and swings) so we will have to work hard to make sure we raise enough money to buy other equipment!
The Home Depot Foundation sent us $3000 for our project. Next time you are in Home Depot, tell them thank you for their support!
Pledges from the kids are coming in almost everyday. Thank you again to JB Print for the fabulous pledge forms!  The kids have collected $2000 already and there is more to come!
Thank you to everyone who has been a big part of this project thus far. We look forward to giving many people the opportunity to contribute in whatever way possible.
Soon we will post our playground design, so stay tuned!

A BIG THANK YOU TO CANADIAN BLAST FREEZERS LIMITED!

THANK YOU DALE WILLARD and Canadian Blast Freezers Limited for your $500 donation to our playground project!  The Willards found out about our project yesterday morning and within a few minutes made this contribution! Community support will be the ticket to making this dream a reality!  Thank you again!

MOVIE NIGHT

Please join us Friday, February 11, at 5:30 p.m. for movie night! We will be watching Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 in the gymnasium. Tickets are $5.00 per person in advance or $6.00 at the door. The public is welcome! Entry fee includes pizza, drink and chips! Other snacks will be sold separately. If you wish, come in your p.j.s and bring a pillow and blanket!IT’S GOING TO BE FUN!!

Launch Day Success!

What a great day! The kids were so excited and all of our invited dignitaries shared in our joy of announcing our award. We are ready to do this and the community is behind us! Check out our newspaper article! How exciting! Come on Quinte West; let's pull together and make this happen for our kids and our community!
Our student's have taken home donation forms so please support them with any amount! They really need to be involved and this is a great way for them to help! Thank you to JB Print for making the donation forms!

http://www.trentonian.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2968580

Thank you to all the volunteers and thank you to our guests that made our launch day special!

We have been awarded!

Prince Charles Public School in Trenton has been awarded a Let Them Be Kids Helping Hands award. This will assit the school in an extreme play yard makeover. Stay tuned for more exciting details coming soon!