Step into the spotlight at Peterborough’s Got Talent

Kawartha Home and Health Care Services Inc. presents the fourth annual PTBO’s Got Talent on February 21, 2026, at Showplace Performance Centre. This community event will bring together music, dance and incredible local talent with proceeds supporting the Peterborough Regional Health Centre through the PRHC Foundation. MC Tiffany Arcari will host the evening with judging by Dani Guppy, Sarah Evans and Jason Wilkins, and special guest judge David Goyette. 

Auditions

If you’ve ever dreamed of performing on stage, this could be your moment. The show is open to performers of all ages, with two categories to choose from: under 18 and 18-plus. There will be three winners in each group and every contestant will receive a special gift just for taking part. Think you’ve got what it takes? Send your audition video by email by December 31.

Tickets

For those cheering from the audience, tickets are just $30, with $25 from every ticket sold donated to the PRHC Foundation. By joining in this unforgettable night of local talent, you’re also supporting the $70 million Campaign for PRHC to bring state-of-the-art technology, lifesaving new services, innovative care, and top healthcare professionals to your regional hospital. PTBO’s Got Talent is a great way to celebrate our community while helping shape the future of healthcare in our region. Purchase your tickets here.

Another record-breaking year for Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival

On October 6, the PRHC Foundation welcomed members of the Peterborough’s Dragon Boat Festival Planning Committee, the Survivors Abreast Dragon Boat Team, Platinum Sponsor Kawartha Credit Union, paddlers, volunteers and supporters, to celebrate the Festival’s historic achievement: A record-breaking donation of $400,104.01 – the largest single gift in the Festival’s history!

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Hanoi House October Dumpling Drive

This October, warm your heart and fill your freezer during the Dumpling Drive at Hanoi House (Unit 4-1040 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough).

All month long, Hanoi House is selling their handmade pork and vegetable dumplings for $25 a bag. Whether you’re stocking up for cozy fall dinners or quick weekday meals, your dumpling cravings will help support regional healthcare. 50% of every sale will go directly to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation.

Fewer surgeries. Faster recovery. Less worry.

When you’re facing the complex, life-threatening effects of vascular disease, being told you need urgent surgical care to avoid amputation is overwhelming enough. Right now, at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, vascular patients often need multiple procedures on different days to save life and limb. Each carries its own risk, recovery, and stress.

A hybrid operating room would change that.

This advanced surgical space would allow PRHC’s experts to perform multiple procedures at once, in a single room, during a single session. 

For patients, that means fewer risks and complications, a shorter hospital stay, only one recovery, and most importantly, more time at home with family and friends, doing what they love with less pain. 

This is the future of vascular care. A hybrid OR will make better, more advanced, lifesaving treatment available close to home for the more than 600,000 people in our region who rely on PRHC. 

But this $6 million cutting-edge technology won’t be funded by the government. It will be possible only through donor support. Help bring safer, faster vascular care to PRHC, because every second counts.

For more information or to donate, please call 705-876-5000 or click here.

Lace up for Blades of Bravery

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Mom Victoria Wasson, dad Stephen Moloney, brother Wyatt and sister Harper – who recently donated $5,309.80 to the PRHC Foundation from an earlier fundraiser – are inviting the community to lace up their skates to support the smallest and bravest cancer warriors among us.

Wyatt was just eight months old when he was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma. Throughout every treatment and hospital stay, he received expert, compassionate care at PRHC. His family is passionate about giving back by supporting pediatric cancer care at the Health Centre. This month it’s through Blades of Bravery, a special family-friendly open skate.

  • When: September 20, 2025, 1-2pm
  • Where: Peterborough Memorial Centre
  • Admission: By donation

Come and enjoy hot chocolate, sweet treats, and the warmth of a community united for a meaningful cause. Please sport your yellow or gold to show your support for childhood cancer awareness.

PRHC joins elite ranks with age-friendly designation

PRHC is one of the first Canadian hospitals to receive the Age-Friendly Health System designation from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. With it, PRHC joins a global movement to improve care for older adults, with over 2,700 international health systems taking part in the initiative that launched in 2017.

This recognition highlights PRHC’s commitment to delivering high-quality, senior-focused care through initiatives such as the Senior’s Care Centre of Excellence and the donor-funded Reactivation Care Centre. It also reinforces hospital leadership in adapting to the evolving healthcare needs of our aging population.

“As our community continues to grow and age and as our patients’ care needs evolve, it’s critical we continue to transform, innovate and invest in programs and partnerships to support seniors,” says Noel Bennett, VP, Clinical Services & Chief Nursing Executive, PRHC.

For more information or to donate in support of the equipment and technology that helps PRHC deliver this kind of care, please call 705-876-5000 or click here.