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From Sarnia This Week One of North America’s most successful gym franchises officially opened the doors to its new Sarnia location on June 17. Hundreds turned out for the grand opening of Sarnia’s new Planet Fitness, a 21,880-square-foot Exmouth Street facility that contains scores of new cardio machines, numerous weight circuits, banks of televisions, locker...

From Sarnia This Week Staff and youth from the Boys and Girls Club of Sarnia-Lambton held an honest-to-goodness kitchen party at their Lochiel Kiwanis Community Centre headquarters on Feb. 19. The cuisine-themed celebration was held to thank Goeasy Financial Services, which provided the non-profit, community-based agency with a refurbished kitchen last summer. Sarnia’s chapter of...

The Sarnia Observer on the BGC's Project Backpack by Carl Hnatyshyn The Boys and Girls Club's Isabella Kokkinis packs a bag for Project Backpack, an initiative that helps address the issue of food insecurity among Lambton County youth. (Carl Hnatyshyn/Postmedia Network) A recently launched initiative that provides youth with a bag full of food, toiletries...

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President’s Choice Children’s Charity has partnered with Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada to support the Project Backpack program, a national initiative that helps tackle food insecurity for children and families in communities across Canada. The Sarnia program is geared to adolescents 14-24. Once a week, program participants are given a bag filled with nutritious...