Coordinator Kate Siena's contract is coming to an end, and while we're sad to see her go we wish her well on her travels this coming winter. The KTTC welcomes Lynda Ruegg as the new part-time volunteer & outreach coordinator for the winter months. The funding for her contract has been generously provided by a [...]
Dustin Milne, from Calgary, has been visiting Peterborough for the summer and happened to find out that we were looking to build a special turtle enclosure. Dustin’s experience is in set building for musical performances, but through this work he has become a talented builder with a highly creative mind. He was able to get [...]
As you may have already heard, the KTTC was successful in acquiring a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to hire a Volunteer/Education Coordinator. Kate Siena was the successful applicant and joined the KTTC team in May - just in time for our busy season! Kate came to us with over 15 years experience with [...]
The KTTC celebrated World Water Day at an event co-hosted by the Canadian Canoe Museum and the Lakeland Alliance.See if you can spot our volunteers in the CHEX news footage of the event:http://www.chextv.com/videos/Newswatch_WorldWaterDay.WMV
For the second summer in a row the Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough has set up an exhibit to spread the word about the amphibian crisis. This year they have invited the KTTC to set up a display about Turtles of the Kawarthas. Come on down to the Dobbin Building (aka the old monkey [...]
The Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre had a display up at the Ennismore Shamrock Festival this past Saturday, July 18. An estimated 300-700 visitors came out to enjoy tractor pulls, wrestling, slowpitch, Ennismore Idol, a presentation by the Indian River Reptile Zoo, and displays by community groups including the KTTC. We raised $156.70 in t-shirt sales [...]
The KTTC would like to thank the Peterborough Chapters who allowed us to promote World Turtle Day on May 23, 2009 with an information booth at their store. Thank you to volunteers Cindy, Sam and Annita for helping get the word out about World Turtle Day!
The Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre exhibited at the Green Expo for the first time this year. The event took place on April 25th at the Evinrude Centre. The show attracted about 1500 visitors. The KTTC talked to visitors of all ages about the plight of turtles in Ontario, and how to help. We raised over [...]
Once again, the KTTC participated in the Spring Cottage Life Show (March 27-29) and had a fantastic time teaching cottagers about the turtles they share their vacation spaces with. Over the course of the weekend we: Raised $350.29 in donations, t-shirt & bumper sticker sales, and memberships We added almost 100 people to our e-mail [...]
With World Wetlands Day fast approaching, The Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre is preparing to launch it's new electronic newsletter. Subscribers will receive the electronic version of our quarterly newsletter as well as periodic updates on centre news, outreach events, fundraising initiatives, volunteer opportunities, and turtle conservation in general. Opt-in now at http://www.kawarthaturtle.org/index.php?p=about&t=news. A new batch of [...]