Past Events

CANOE FOR CANCER

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On Saturday August 27, 2022, I will paddle about 13 km from the Big Chute Marine Railway Lock to the Port Severn Locks. This is my 12th year paddling for cancer. All th...

THANK YOU!

Hi Greg,

Thank you for supporting the 15^th annual Enbridge^® Ride to Conquer Cancer^®. Together, we raised an incredible $16.37 million benefiting The Princess Margaret, one of...

10 YEARS!!!! 

This is A.B.A. 10th year donating to the Rock 95 Toy Drive, and what a year it has been.  Covid-19 was in full force, but the employees of A.B.A. Machine & Welding still came thru to donate toys and gift cards for the Rock 95 Toy Drive. Thank you to every...

Still a difficult year with Covid-19 still around.  Our employees once again came thru with toys and gift cards for our 11th annual Toy Drive. 

This year we also had some of our customers and vendors contribute as well.  We would like to also thank Innovative Automati...

Even though things started to change at the end of 2019 with Covid-19 coming to the surface, A.B.A. employees were still able to donate to the Rock 95 Toy drive before everything shut down.

2018 A.B.A. employee Toy Drive haul for the Rock 95 Toy Drive

As in the past years, A.B.A. Employees contributed to the Rock 95 Toy Drive at our annual Christmas Party.  

A.B.A. Machine & Welding has made donations to many organizations in the past.  

Recently we have supported an organization called "The COVE Youth Initiative".

The COVE is an organization that provides safe, accessible, community-based, Christ-centered ...

For the past 5 years, A.B.A. Machine & Welding have organized the Rock 95 Toy Drive at our annual Christmas party at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre.  Each year we ask other companies who are having their Christmas party the same night if they would like to join in on this wonderful ...

This year Chad (our General Manager) and Fred (our Weld Shop Foreman) were able to throw a pie in someone else's face, who would they be?

A.B.A. Machine & Welding, together with Manitoulin Transport and Industrial Safety Trainers collected new unwrapped toys & gift certificates at our annual Christmas party at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre for the Rock95 KoolFM Toy Drive.

Manitoulin Transport and Industrial...

In October 2015 A.B.A. Machine & Welding celebrated 25 years in business.

To celebrate A.B.A. made donations to the following charities:

Compassion Canada

Thornton Community Foodbank

Youth Haven

Salvation Army Barrie ...

After being told our sponsor child, Dirci, was moving away from the project of Compassion Canada, we reached out once again to ask to sponsor another child.

We are happy to announce that Compassion Canada has blessed us with Bianny a 5 year old from the Dominican R...

In 2012 A.B.A. Machine & Welding, through Compassion Canada, sponsored a little girl named Dirci from Honduras. With our sponsorship we gave Dirci new opportunities to learn and grow physically, mentally & spiritually.

Over the years our employees and their families have wri...

A.B.A. Machine & Welding, together with Manitoulin Transport, Industrial Safety Trainers, Discovery Child Care and Nottawasaga Pine Secondary School collected new unwrapped toys & gift certificates at our annual Christmas party at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre for the Rock95 KoolFM ...

A.B.A. Machine & Welding, together with Manitoulin Transport and Industrial Safety Trainers collected new unwrapped toys & gift certificates at our annual Christmas party at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre for the Rock95 KoolFM Toy Drive.

Manitoulin Transport and Industrial...

A.B.A. Machine & Welding gets involved different ways with Innovative Automation to raise money for the United Way. This year our General Manager, Chad Mullins, was at the receiving end of a pie by Owner of A.B.A. Greg Applegate.

A.B.A. Machine & Welding was able to provide a Well & Water Tank System in 2012 for a Compassion Canada Project in Africa that will provide clean water for many children and their families.

A.B.A. Machine & Welding, together with Manitoulin Transport, Alcona Animal Hospital and Zenetec collected new unwrapped toys & gift certificates at our annual Christmas party at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre for the Rock95 KoolFM Toy Drive.

Manitoulin Transport, Alcona A...

A.B.A. Machine & Welding, together with Manitoulin Transport and Brentwood Marine collected new unwrapped toys & gift certificates at our annual Christmas party at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre for the Rock95 KoolFM Toy Drive.

Manitoulin Transport and Brentwood Marine wer...

 New Life Community Christian Church has embarked on an ambitious project to assist food banks in a number of local communities.  Perfectly good food, that has been historically disposed of by manufacturers or major retailers, is trucked into a central marshalling point for New ...

A.B.A. Machine & Welding gets involved different ways with Innovative Automation to raise money for the United Way, whether it be throwing a pie in the face of Paul Tyndall, President of Innovative, or raising the bids to throw a pie at one of our own, Christine Diedenhofen.

A.B.A. Machine & Welding participated in the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life-Barrie in June 2011.  11 employees and their spouses participated in the fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society and collected approximately $3,000, some of us even walked the track all night (12 h...