The Milton Sea and Navy League Cadets have been quite busy during the 2024- 2025 training year! Sharing the same academic year with schools, young Miltonians ages 9-12 and 12-19 can take part in two of the after-school free youth programs sponsored by the Milton Branch of the Navy League of Canada.
The annual Milton TIGER OPEN Golf Tournament helpd raise $230,000 which will go to the purchase of toys, food and life essentials of families in need; children in hospitals; and funding public school initiatives such as mental health, nutrition, inclusive classrooms and literacy.
The 4th Annual MyRec-ED Career Fair was held on May 25th at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic School in Milton. It allowed Milton Youth to explore careers, ask questions and get ready for their future. It was free admission and gave opportunities for youth to speak directly with professionals in many careers as well as get expert
resume and Linkedin tips.
Milton District High School held their Relay for Life on May 2tth to raise funds to support cancer research.
The Rotary Club of Milton is a local chapter of Rotary International, a global organization of volunteer
leaders who work on humanitarian issues. “Service before Self ” is their mantra and they focus on community service, networking and ethical leadership.
Pete McMullen was a pioneer in Milton for his work in local baseball and hockey. He was instrumental in founding Milton minor baseball and hockey and held leadership positions in both. He was previously inducted into the Milton Sports Hall of Fame as well as Town Hall’s Walk of Fame.
Milton Bishop Reding (BR) Catholic Secondary School raised a stunning $133,856.13 on May 8th for the Milton Relay For Life. The money raised will help fund world-class cancer research in Canada as well as advocacy and compassionate support. This year BR raised the highest amount in all of Ontario.
Milton Youth Theatre Productions (M.Y.T.P.) took to the stage with Rock of Ages Youth Edition at the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton. After five months of rehearsals these young rock wannabes (ages 5-18) felt the noise with five performances taking their audiences back to a wilder time, mid to late eighties. M.Y.T.P. is a triple threat teaching company that rehearses once a week, acting, singing, and dancing for their Main Stage productions. From the Sunset Strip, Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, to Bikini Bottom, M.Y.T.P. had a fun filled 22nd season.
Since 2020, the Milton Sea Cadets from RCSCC CHAUDIERE, accompanied by the Navy League Cadets from NLCC ADVENTURE, hosted a remembrance ceremony for the longest continuous military campaign in World War II. This year marks the 80th anniversary of this battle where many Canadians fought bravely for their country. During this campaign, Canada’s Navy grew from a tiny base of ships to become the third largest Navy in the world.
In March 1998, a group of likeminded and committed parents got together to form Special Olympics Milton. Since then they have been leading, guiding and developing the Milton Special Olympics Milton community in sports and competition.