Bringing People Together: Peterborough Concert Band Fundraiser Supports the New Canadians Centre
September 19, 2024 – For immediate release
As the New Canadians Centre (NCC) sees an exponential increase in the need for its services, the Peterborough Concert Band (PCB) is joining it in a fundraising concert with all benefit dollars to be donated to NCC. The concert will take place at Peterborough’s Market Hall on October 27th from 2:30 to 4:00 pm. In 2023-2024, more than 2,000 newcomers received assistance from the NCC. This was a 50% increase over the previous year and was the highest number of clients ever. The number included 1216 new clients.
While Canada remains a global leader for welcoming newcomers, we are sobered by the local and global challenges and conflicts affecting all of us and often the newcomer community even more acutely. The services the NCC provides to clients are making resettlement in Peterborough a little more bearable. The top 10 countries from which newcomers arrive are Syria, Ukraine, India, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Philippines, Iran, Mexico, and Pakistan.
The Peterborough Concert Band is one of the longest-running concert bands in Canada. Their Juno-nominated conductor and composer, Saman Shahi, will lead the band through an exciting program of selections ranging from classical to contemporary. Please join us for a celebratory reception hosted by NCC, working with local Peterborough restaurants.
Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to help the New Canadians Centre bring people together, and to make a difference in our community! If you are a local business, please sponsor the concert or advertise in the concert program. Following the performance there will be a reception organized by NCC. Tickets $34 (streaming $15) (both prices include HST and fees).
Tickets are available through the Market Hall box office or online purchase at https://www.markethall.org/
For further information about this press release, PCB Band Manager Ken Abraham [email protected]