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On the hot seat
March 24th, 2009Posted by ROY MacGREGOR
Globe and Mail
Pressure? You think Bob Gainey’s feeling the pressure these days? Just listen a moment to his mother-in-law, Bea Collins.
She is 92 years old, hard of hearing and in a wheelchair. You’d be a bit worn out, too, if you’d raised 19 children, and yet her voice is as strong and [...]
Gainey Concert brings in $122,000
March 17th, 2009
Posted By BRENDAN WEDLEY, EXAMINER STAFF WRITER
thepeterboroughexaminer.com
Photos courtesy of The Peterborough Examiner
Bob Gainey thanked an impressive lineup of Canadian musicians, sponsors and the Peterborough community for helping to raise almost $122,000 toward the Gainey Foundation last night.
Gainey and his family created the foundation two years ago in memory of his daughter, Laura, and wife, Cathy, [...]
Gaineys fund children's environment centre
January 30th, 2009
Gainey Foundation gives Camp Kawartha $100,000 for facility to be built at Trent University
Posted By BRENDAN WEDLEY, EXAMINER STAFF WRITER
thepeterboroughexaminer.com
Photos courtesy of The Peterborough Examiner
The Gainey Foundation chose a self-sustainable environmental education centre for children in Peterborough as its first major project in Canada, Bob Gainey and his daughter, Anna, announced at Trent University [...]
Seeds of change grow from remembrance
November 25th, 2008The Gainey family has turned its personal losses - the death of a mother, the drowning of a daughter - into opportunities to support causes close to their hearts
Katherine Wilton
The Gazette
Anna Gainey was leafing through applications for grants from the newly established Gainey Foundation this summer, when one from a group that runs an organic [...]
2008 Grant Recipients
November 17th, 2008The Gainey Foundation has announced the grant recipients for the year 2008.
Click here to view the full list of grant recipients for 2008
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Family and friends III
March 23rd, 2010
Posted By GALEN EAGLE , EXAMINER STAFF WRITER
www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com
Stepping into a packed reception after the show, Bob Gainey pointed to a room filled with his family, his friends, his community and a star-studded lineup of Canadian musicians.
That’s what the annual show was all about, he said. It’s not about the money, he was quick to [...]
Gainey ready for big show
March 15th, 2010
Posted by GALEN EAGLE Peterborough Examiner
thechronicleherald.ca
Sunday concert major fundraiser for foundation
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Bob Gainey is going to try something new this year. He’s going to sit down, enjoy the show and relax.
Contrast that approach to the timing of last year’s Gainey Family and Friends Concert and it’s easy to understand the change.
A week [...]
