Fleming College

A Taste of Italy, a fundraiser held at Fleming College on Jan. 25, was a resounding success with approximately 160 guests attending. Through their generosity a gross amount of $38,004, was raised at the event.

Co-hosted by Dr. Tony Tilly, Fleming College President, and Dean Del Mastro, Member of Parliament for Peterborough and presented by the Wolf 101.5FM, CHEX Television, and 100.5 Kruz FM, A Taste of Italy took place at the Sutherland Campus and featured the Food Network Canada’s Maggie McKeown of Recipe to Riches. The event offered an authentic five-course Italian feast, with wine pairings created by the students and faculty of Fleming’s culinary programs. The festivities also featured a dance and live auction.

Net funds raised from the event will go toward bursaries for students in culinary programs at the College and the Good Samaritan Hands-Up Foundation, a fund within the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, in support of the Kawartha Trades and Technology Centre at the College.

Special thanks go to 100-plus student volunteers from the culinary programs, as well as the many faculty and staff members who led the students through this hands-on learning experience.

Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Community Development and Health, Continuing Education, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Justice and Business, Skilled Trades and Technology, General Arts and Science and Visual Arts. Fleming College has more than 5,900 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and more than 63,000 alumni.

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For more information:                 

Laura Copeland, Communications Officer, 705-749-5530 x 1370 or copeland@flemingc.on.ca