Charity Day

Over the years, the Heritage Railway and Carousel Company (HRCC) has given back to the community through its CHARITY DAY. This occurs on a Saturday in June when a charitable non-profit organisation receives the proceeds from the rides that day.

The volunteers of the HRCC vote upon which charitable non-profit organisation will receive the Charity Day proceeds during our Fall Meeting for the following June.

With each Charity Day, the HRCC raises between $1,500 - $2,000. And these proceeds are presented to the charitable non-profit organisation during our annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner in September.

This June, the Teen Lunch Program at St. Brice’s Anglican Church received the proceeds from our 2026 Charity Day!


Image credit, HRCC Charity Day 2022 with the North Bay and area Community Foundation

Over the years, our Charity Day recipients have been —

  • The Rotary Club of North Bay

  • Low Income People Involvement of Nipissing

  • Near North Palliative Care

  • Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing

  • Trinity Infant Food Shelf at Trinity United Church

  • Nipissing Serenity Hospice

  • Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) North Bay

  • North Bay and Area Community Foundation

  • Open Arms Cafe at St. John’s Anglican Church

  • North Bay Food Bank

  • 204 Algonquin Army Cadets

On Charity Day, the charitable non-profit organisation —

  1. Provides three (3) volunteers per shift —

    a) Morning from 10 am - 1:30 pm (3.5 hours)

    b) Afternoon from 1:30 - 5 pm (3.5 hours)

    c) Evening from 5 pm - Dusk (3.5 hours)

  2. Can promote their participation on social media in parallel with the HRCC

  3. Can have a display booth with volunteers promoting its organisation

For more information, or to submit a letter of application to be considered for receipt of Charity Day proceeds, contact the HRCC by letter at 100 Ferguson Street, North Bay, ON, P1B 1W8, or by email at trainandcarousel@heritagenorthbay.com.

Charity Day 2026

The Teen Lunch Program at St. Brice's is now in its 21st year of operation. And every Friday at noon, an average of 120 High School Students arrive at St. Brice’s to have lunch. There are approximately 12 to 15 St. Brice’s parishioners and people from other churches to assist in the preparation and delivery of the lunch.

The HRCC, in recognition of their outstanding service to the community, gave all proceeds of the HRCC on Charity Day 2026. Representatives of St Brice's Teen Lunch Program helped run the HRCC that day, one of whom, Eva, is now a proud HRCC volunteer!

Thank you so much St Brice's for all that you do!