# Event Details - **Event Name**: We Lend A Hand - The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: We are excited and pleased to present the 🎥 Award-Winning Documentary "We Lend A Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes" #Fundraiser screening in Beaverton on May 26th, 2026 for our 50th Anniversary as a historical society! The documentary tells the extraordinary story of 40,000 teenage girls who volunteered on Canadian farms during and after World War II and helped sustain the nation's food supply when young men left to fight overseas. Bonnie Sitter, an author, was searching through old family photographs when she found a captivating image of a group of young women taken on her late husband's family farm near Thedford with a caption on the reverse that read: “Farmerettes 1946.” This led Bonnie to research the Farmerette story, and publish an article in The Rural Voice asking for women who served as Farmerettes to get in touch with her. Shirleyan English, a retired London Free Press journalist, read the article and wrote a letter to the editor, explaining her own experience as a Farmerette, and how it remained the best summer of her life. Bonnie and Shirleyan would go on to co-author the book Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes in 2019. “We wanted to capture the story of how the Farmerettes helped win the Second World War by volunteering to aid farmers with food production,” says Bonnie. "Most of these girls had never seen a farm. They came from all over Ontario as volunteers. They weren’t conscripted. They chose to roll up their sleeves and do their part for Canada, and their efforts have largely been forgotten”. Director Colin Field interviewed 20 Farmerettes - now in their 90s - and after two years of work, We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes is finally complete. Field said, “If it wasn't for these girls, the soldiers wouldn't have had food to eat and the economy would have ground to a halt”. The film has been selling out across Ontario and will be screened at the 📍Beacan Presbyterian Church 413 Simcoe St, Beaverton ON L0K 1A0 🗓 Tues May 26th, 2026. 🕖 7:00 pm, doors open 6:30 pm 💲 $20 After the screening there will be a Q&A with the filmmakers and a chance to acquire autographed copies of Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes - Shirleyan English and Bonnie Sitter’s amazing book. 🎟 Tickets for this Beaverton feature are available through the eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-lend-a-hand-the-forgotten-story-of-ontario-farmerettes-beaverton-tickets-1985458513862 ✅ Llimited tickets are available at REMAX in Beaverton, 364 Simcoe St, weekdays 10am - 4pm (closed Good Friday). This event is generously sponsored by Durham Federation of Agriculture Durham Farm Connections Invest Durham Durham West 4-H Association The Regional Municipality of Durham Beaverton Thorah Eldon Historical Society Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ImJcqxbZgs For more information, please visit welendahand.ca Thank you Colin Field Producer/Director, Albireo Films and Bonnie Sitter, Historical Producer for bringing to light that Service comes in many forms. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/beaverton/we-lend-a-hand-the-forgotten-story-of-ontario-farmerettes/200029887804726 - **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Art, literary-art, Nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Beaverton - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: 413 Simcoe St, Beaverton ON L0K 1A0 - **lat**: 44.42895 - **long**: -79.15218 - **full address**: 413 Simcoe St, Beaverton ON L0K 1A0, 413 Simcoe St, Brock, ON L0K 1A0, Canada, Beaverton ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: We Lend A Hand - The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/e8cc5011b517878555e32bcffc2f44eac0fd9edb980f7542bc4ed2508ebc8ae6-rimg-w1200-h1553-dcd9d9d9-gmir?v=1775165365 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is We Lend A Hand - The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes being held? - **A:** We Lend A Hand - The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes takes place on Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 26 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm at 413 Simcoe St, Beaverton ON L0K 1A0, 413 Simcoe St, Brock, ON L0K 1A0, Canada, Beaverton. - **Q**: Who is organizing We Lend A Hand - The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes ? - **A:** We Lend A Hand - The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes is organized by Beaverton Thorah Eldon Historical Society. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "We Lend A Hand - The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/e8cc5011b517878555e32bcffc2f44eac0fd9edb980f7542bc4ed2508ebc8ae6-rimg-w1200-h1553-dcd9d9d9-gmir?v=1775165365", "startDate": "2026-05-26T19:00:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/beaverton/we-lend-a-hand-the-forgotten-story-of-ontario-farmerettes/200029887804726", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "413 Simcoe St, Beaverton ON L0K 1A0", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "413 Simcoe St, Brock, ON L0K 1A0, Canada", "addressLocality": "Beaverton", "addressRegion": "ON", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "44.42895", "longitude": "-79.15218" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "We are excited and pleased to present the 🎥 Award-Winning Documentary \"We Lend A Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes\" #Fundraiser screening in Beaverton on May 26th, 2026 for our 50th Anniversary as a historical society!\n\nThe documentary tells the extraordinary story of 40,000 teenage g", "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Beaverton Thorah Eldon Historical Society", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/beaverton-thorah-eldon-historical-society/26648014" } ] } ] ```