The Hanley Institute has grown from supporting troubled kids to building up all Flesherton-area kids’ self-esteem and character, efforts recognized with the 2025 YMCA Peace Medal on Thursday. Article content

Institute founder Jenny Hanley and a group of teens accepted the award during a ceremony at the Owen Sound Y, which has presented the Peace Medal to 14 groups and 28 individuals in Grey-Bruce annually since 2000, and once in 1987 and again in 1991. Article content

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“The Hanley Institute is proof that when youth are trusted, supported, and celebrated, they can change the fabric of an entire community,” Peace Medal Committee member Michael McLuhan told the gathering.

“Their work builds bridges — between generations, between neighbours, and between

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