Thirteen students from Cornwall and SD&G are turning their business ideas into reality this summer through the Summer Company program. All thirteen businesses were officially launched at a kick-off celebration, on June 24 at the local Staples Store “This program provides a great op- portunity for our participants to develop entrepreneurial skills whilemakingmoney at the same time,” said Candy Pollard, business consultant with the Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre. “Through Summer Company, we are helping to train the business leaders of tomorrow.” Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, and administered by the Cornwall Business Enterprise Centre, Summer Company encourages students to start and run their own business. In return, participants will receive $3,000 in start-up funding assistance along with hands-on coaching and mentoring from local business leaders.These young adults were selected to participate in the pro- gram after completing detailed business plans, including marketing and financial projections. This year’s Summer Company partici- pants will provide services such as lawn maintenance, website and social media, photography, digital editing service, tennis lessons, and assistance with your chores. Other businesses will produce custom- ized greeting cards, signs and personal- ized growth boards, edible arrangements, handmade all natural body scrubs and gaming cards. “We are very excited to be partnering with Staples” said Pollard. Ideas become realities of transportation such as cycling, walking, running, rolling, carpooling, telecommuting or public transit. The trips totalled 27,939 kilometres. By comparison, the distance from Cornwall to Vancouver is approxima- tely 4,800 kilometres. Collectively, the participants saved 1,886 litres of fuel, burned 192,505 calories and avoided 3,815 kilograms of greenhouse gases. The grand prize winners of this year’s event were Tracey Cloutier and Mary Fair- bairn, who received new bicycles from Bi- cycle World and Total Cyclery and Sports. Other prizes offered included a longboard from Play it Again Sports, a bicycle helmet fromKalrimCycles, a $100 gift certificate to Cornwall Square, a bike-themed print from Bike Centric, running shoes fromLindale’s, Cornwall Transit goodies and more.
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Pictured are Big sisters and Little sisters Edith Sturgeon, Jennifer Bélanger, Amanda Brisson, Anne Bourdon and Tiana Saucier, all holding bottles of the secret wing sauces. For the love of wings!
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following the supper.“This could easily be one of our top new fundraisers,” said BBBS Executive Director Amanda Brisson. It seems the community enjoyed the new event, for when the doors opened, all tickets were already sold out.“It is a really, fun, relaxed night with the proceeds going to our mentoring programs,” said Brisson. “And who can say no to great wings?” Each guest had the opportunity to try eight competing wing sauces from local restaurants and vote on their favourite.
Cornwall BBQ, Jet Set Pub, The Propeller Restaurant, O’Neill’s Pub, Shoeless Joe’s, St. Hubert, Boston Pizza, and Schnitzel’s all participated in the event, giving away countless bottles of their mystery sauces. “We tried to do our own take on a couple of already successful local fundraisers,” said BBBS President Bill Makinson. Makinson added that events like Wing It for Kids Sake are popular because they are casual, offer great food, and guests can sit back and enjoy great music with friends on a Friday night.
Chickenwing lovers were treated to a new type of fundraiser on June 26, that could easily become a staple event for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cornwall (BBBS). Called Wing It for Kids Sake , the event took place at the Royal Canadian Legion, where guests were treated to ameal of wings, fries, salad and DQ Treatzza Pizza. Local band Spare Partz provided entertainment
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Eighteen workplaces and 184 residents took part in the 2015 Active Transportation Challenge, marking a 30 per cent increase over last year’s event. All told, the participants combined to log 834 sustainable trips during the weeklong event, which ran from May 31 st to June 6 th and coincided with the national Commuter Challenge event. “This year’s turnout exceeded our expec- tations,” said Chantal Lalonde, health pro- motion specialist with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and a founding member of the Transition Cornwall + Active Transportation Action Group. “Thanks to the high partici- pation rate, Cornwall actually finished in first place overall in the national Commuter Challenge for similar-sized communities.” Throughout the week, participants opted to park their cars and use alternate forms
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