Backyard Summer Social Lets You Be a Kid, While Supporting Five Counties Kids
It promises to be a three-peat of the fun, food and festivities – with a few new twists thrown in – as a start-of-summer celebration returns in June.
Five Counties Children’s Centre is pleased to announce that its Backyard Summer Social is returning on Saturday, June 22, from 1-4 pm, for a third straight year. The Centre’s signature fundraising event takes place in the backyard space at Five Counties location (872 Dutton Rd.) in Peterborough.
Tickets to the Backyard Summer Social are $125 each and available online or through Five Counties (email development@fivecounties.on.ca or call 1-888-779-9916, ext. 300). Along with a $75 charitable tax receipt, each ticket purchased to the Backyard Summer Social includes all food from a variety of local vendors, one drink ticket, live music, access to all activities and games, and a chance to win great prizes.
“The added benefit is that by joining us to celebrate the start of summer, it lets you be a kid again – at least for the afternoon – with the proceeds of your ticket going directly to support treatment for our kids and their families,” says Lyn Giles, Director of Fund Development at Five Counties.
In each of the past two years, the Backyard Summer Social has raised more than $40,000 annually. Monies raised go directly to Five Counties’ Building Abilities For Life Campaign, which funds priority, high- demand services like speech therapy and occupational therapy in an effort to reduce long waiting times for kids to receive these critical services.
There is a picture-perfect reason for people to get an event ticket prior to Victoria Day. Anyone who buys a ticket before May 20, 2024 will be entered in a draw to win a FujiFilm Instax Mini 12 camera. A winner will be selected and notified during the week of May 21.
Seven local Canadian Tire stores – two in Peterborough and one each in Lindsay, Cobourg, Campbellford, Fenelon Falls and Minden – have stepped up to be the event’s lead sponsor.
“The Backyard Summer Social is a fun way to welcome the start of summer, while supporting the incredibly important work being done by Five Counties,” says Ralph Moulton, Canadian Tire - Peterborough South Owner. “Canadian Tire is pleased to be able to assist a great community event and organization like Five Counties, which does such great work in our own backyard.”
The Backyard Summer Social takes place in the outdoor backyard space created almost five years ago at Five Counties site in Peterborough. Used for outdoor treatment and therapy for kids and clients, the backyard space will be transformed for this event.
“Our Backyard Summer Social is an adults-only gala event that lets you swap out the tux, gown and heels for T-shirt, shorts and sandals, all the while supporting a great cause,” says Lyn Giles, Director of Fund Development at Five Counties. “The Backyard Summer Social promises to be an entertaining, high-end experience with equally high-end impact.”
People attending the Backyard Summer Social on June 22 can look forward to:
Delicious food from La Mesita, Gangers of Cheese, and Hanoi House
Sweet treats from Central Smith and the Kawartha Butter Tart Factory
Musical performances by Nicholas Campbell and the Boogie Time Ramblers.
Live auction and door prizes.
Axe throwing, petting zoo, inflatable jousting, old-fashioned picnic games and more.
