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use more volunteers. Proceeds from this years’ event will be donated to OVERT (overt.ca) and Precious Minds (preciousminds. com). The focus of the group’s fundraising has always been children and over the past four years approxi- mately $55,000 has been raised for the community! Come early, dress warmly and be prepared to enjoy a great winter’s day on Lake Scugog. —~_ — — @a RAY Hoss *” GARAGE Call Brian Tassell today and find out what good customer service is all about! 182 Northport Road Units 8 & 9, Port Perry 05-985-0059 www.rayhobbsgarage.aaro.ca SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 ‘Lake Scugog - Port Perry lakefront shouts out “winter” better than a game of “sl on an outdoor ice surface, and that’s what you'll experience if you drop by the lakefront in Port Perry this Saturday, February 1. This year’s Pond Hockey charity tournament begins at 7:30 a.m. Unlike traditional hockey games, “ hockey”requires only three players per team with no goaltender. Although there is no contact, protective equipment, including a helmet, is recommended. This year there will be eight ice surfaces on the lake in front of Port Perry Marina, to accommodate a day of hockey. This fast paced, non-contact game provides plenty of thrills for participants and spectators alike. A maximum of 36 teams, in two divisions (men’s and family / mixed) play a minimum of three, 30 minute games, with the top teams going on to the semi-finals and finals. Top teams get medallions and cash prizes! The local Port Perry Tim Hortons stores support the event by providing coffee, hot chocolate, water and Tim Bits for participants, volunteers and spectators! Organizers of the fifth annual tournament on Lake Scugog are hoping for a good turnout again this year. Volunteers are still needed, if you can commit to helping for all or just part of the day. Ice maintenance (fixing ruts, soft spots etc) is always an area that could ‘pond Hand-painted soup bowls from the “Soup For Thought Benefit” at the event held last February. Continued from page 5 soup and a special panel of judges will also determine their favourite. Students from area schools decorated more than 250 soup bowls for the inaugural event last February. Proceeds, amounting to $5,000, went to the Durham Children’s Aid Foundation, a regional charity that provides scholarship and bursary opportunities for children in foster care. DCAF Trustee Laura Francis says the event has provided students with the opportunity to do some- thing they don’t often get a chance to do- improve the lives of kids who might not have the same advan- tages they do. “Kids want to contribute but don’t have the means, or opportunity, to reach out. By painting a bow] for Soup for Thought, kids connect in a way that is both fun and familiar,” she says. “In the same way that a little paint and ingenuity can change a plain bow] into something spectacu- lar, so too can a little bit of time and effort to a good cause.” Food for thought. WAGG Funeral 216 Queen Street Port Perry, Ontario LOL 1B2 Tel: 905-985-2171 Fax: 905-985-4572 HOME. Fererai some Since 104. PROTECT Those You Love ...Port Perry’s only locally Whether it’s your family, home, business or your WO. INSURANCE BROKERS Dale Gibbons Owner/Broker www.woinsurancebrokers.com Myles O'Riordan ‘Susan O'Riordan 905-436-9090 FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2014 31