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On June 18th the Holy Rosary Knights of Columbus presented representatives of the Townsend-Smith Hospice Foundation with a donation from the proceeds of a charity Valentine’s Dinner and Dance that was held earlier this year.  Through the support of the Milton community, the Knights were able to present a cheque in the amount of $5000!

“Thank you to the businesses of Milton for supporting this event.  Without your help we wouldn’t have been able to make this donation,”  says Daniel Varanelli, a member of the Knights, who along with fellow Knight Michael O’Gorman were the chair organizers of Valentine’s Dinner and Dance event.

Care4Cause Foundation – a new sister organization of Tiger Jeet Singh Foundation gives back to the community

The Tiger Jeet Singh Foundation’s new sister organization Care4Cause Foundation made a donation of 200 CareKit bags to the Salvation Army Khi Community Food Bank and the Halton Women’s Place. Each bag donated had approximately $60 worth of hygiene and lifestyle products, a very rare, yet needed donation.

Today marks the 158th anniversary of the last public hanging in Milton.   It was held in what is now Victoria Park.  Edward Keenan, 18 years of age at the time was hanged for the murder of his mother.  But it was the opinion mentioned in Milton’s Champion newspaper, that many considered the father Jimmy Keenan guilty, and that the son refused to incriminate his father suffered death rather than reveal the dreadful secret.   The Milton Canadian Champion’s opinion on the matter was that if Edward Keenan was the guilty party, he was too intoxicated to know anything about it.  The local sheriff at the time questioned the fairness of the trial, but was unable to have the sentence commuted to imprisonment.  Following the hanging the Sheriff resigned in disgust.

The FASM Youth Visual Arts Mentoring Project entitled ‘The Nature of Gen Z’ reception on March 12th at the Holcim Gallery FirstOntario Arts Centre offered a glimpse into the youthful artistic talent that makes up the Milton community. The youth mentoring project is celebrating its fifth year and FASM is gratified to see the level of participation and interest that young artists have shown.