From Niagara This Week: For a pair of local youngsters, it was a chance to hang for a few minutes with Katy Perry — at least a wax rendition of the pop singer anyway. “Everything!” Brooke Annette said when asked what she liked about the annual Museums Dollar Day for Cystic Fibrosis. “Everything is great,”…
From Niagara This Week: It all started with a cough that wouldn’t go away for Angela Morris. “They started thinking I had pneumonia,” Morris, a Grade 9 student at Stamford Collegiate Secondary School says. As it turns out, doctors at Niagara Health’s St. Catharines site found it was something completely different — and life changing…
From Niagara This Week: Despite some moodiness from Mother Nature, the annual Museums Dollar Day for Cystic Fibrosis was “a smashing success”, according to organizer Nancy Clayton. “It took a few years off my life, worrying about the weather,” Clayton said with a laugh. What started out as a rainy day with a few breaks…
From the Niagara Falls Review: …Canadian researchers are viewed as leaders in the global effort to find a cure or control for CF. Th at effort, however, takes dollars …lots of dollars. “Research is our answer,” said Nancy Clayton, vice-president of the Niagara chapter of Cystic Fibrosis Canada. The largest local fundraiser to support CF…
From Niagara This Week: Polish off those loonies because Dollar Day at museums in and around Clifton Hill is here again. And as it turns out, residents are already chomping at the bit, one of the women organizing the Jan. 13 event says. “The phone has already been ringing. People are calling wanting to know…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara museums will go loonie later this month with more than a dozen attractions in the Clifton Hill area offering a deep discount on admission prices for local residents. Niagara Falls residents can visit 14 attractions for $1 on Jan. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The popular $1…
From Niagara This Week: For Nancy Clayton there couldn’t be an easier fundraiser than the $1 museum day. As the vice-president of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF)’s Niagara chapter, she’s been organizing the event for the past 23 years. It started with a need to fundraise funds for cystic fibrosis research but what it’s…