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Construction on Sudbury seniors' home expansion begins

Construction on Sudbury seniors' home expansion begins

CTV News13-05-2025
A Sudbury seniors' home, Finlandia Village, is undergoing its seventh expansion and should be ready by next summer.
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Seniors prep thousands of cabbage rolls, perogies and pyrohy for Sudbury Garlic Food Fest
Seniors prep thousands of cabbage rolls, perogies and pyrohy for Sudbury Garlic Food Fest

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Seniors prep thousands of cabbage rolls, perogies and pyrohy for Sudbury Garlic Food Fest

The Ukrainian Seniors Centre's annual Garlic Food Fest is set for Sunday. Volunteers have prepared thousands of pyrohy and cabbage rolls for the event. There will be an aroma around the Ukrainian Seniors Centre in downtown Sudbury this Sunday for its Ukrainian Garlic Food Fest. 2025 Garlic Festival Prep - Sudbury Volunteers, all of who live at the Ukrainian Seniors' Centre on Notre Dame Avenue in Greater Sudbury, Ont., busy making perogies, pyrohy and cabbage rolls for the the centre's annual Garlic Food Fest. August 19, 2025. (Angela Gemmill/CTV News Northern Ontario) More than a dozen senior volunteers were busy making thousands of homemade perogies on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT 'We definitely will sell 600 dozen perogies and definitely 300 dozen cabbage rolls. We'll sell out all the Borsht, sauerkraut, and dill pickles that we've got,' said Sandra Sharko, the president of the seniors' centre. 2025 Garlic Festival Prep - Sudbury More than a dozen senior volunteers are shown busy making thousands of homemade perogies on Augst 19, 2025, at the Ukrainian Seniors' Centre on Notre Dame Avenue in Greater Sudbury, Ont. (Angela Gemmill/CTV News Northern Ontario) The volunteers all live at the Ukrainian Seniors Centre; some have been helping for decades. They make and sell homemade perogies and cabbage rolls regularly to raise money for the centre. But production ramps up in the days leading up to the annual festival, recognized by the Garlic Growers of Ontario. 'These people have been doing this for a long time. I'm sure they could close their eyes and pinch pyrohy all day long' said Terry Martyn, a resident and board member at the seniors' centre. 'It's a good social event too.' 2025 Garlic Festival Prep - Sudbury Volunteers, all of who live at the Ukrainian Seniors' Centre on Notre Dame Avenue in Greater Sudbury, Ont., busy making perogies, pyrohy and cabbage rolls for the the centre's annual Garlic Food Fest. August 19, 2025. (Angela Gemmill/CTV News Northern Ontario) In Ukrainian the boiled dumplings are called pyrohy. Along with cabbage rolls they're a staple in Ukrainian cuisine. 'People in Eastern Europe and Ukrainians love garlic,' Martyn said. 'If you go back in the history of the centre there were ladies that said we should have a little event and do something with garlic,' he added. It was back in the early 90s when the garlic idea was combined with a community gathering. 'It started out 34 years ago as a social just for the residents in the building,' Sharko said. 'Everyone in the building had to prepare a dish with lots of garlic in it, and then we all just had a nice big social. Then the next year other people wanted to come, and then it just ballooned,' she added. The Ukrainian Garlic Food Fest is now the largest fundraiser for the Ukrainian Seniors Centre. Sharko said last year's event raised about $12,000. Ukrainian Garlic Food Fest The line stretching across Hnatyshyn Park in front of the Ukrainian Seniors' Centre in Greater Sudbury, Ont., at the Ukrainian Garlic Food Fest on August 25, 2024. (Ukrainian Centre Sudbury/Facebook) It's set for Sunday in Hnatyshyn Park, in front of the seniors' Centre. There will be vendors, entertainment, garlic nibblers and Ukrainian staples, like pyrohy and cabbage rolls.

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