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Friday, March 26, 2010
Dodgeball for Charity! C-K Police Service vs. CKSS

Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Winter Palace Valentine Ball @ The Armoury

September 18, 2009
"The Big Build" Chatham-Kent Home Builders Association Members Volunteer

On Friday September 18, 2009, members of the Chatham-Kent Professional Home Builders Association volunteered their skills on location at the Children’s Safety Village. Four local sponsors have purchased cement pads and materials needed to create miniature replicas of their businesses, the Home Builders provided free labour by building the structures free of charge. Some of these buildings will be used to teach interactive safety programs offered to local youth. The new additions to the Village include; Chatham-Kent EMS building, Chatham-Kent Fire Department, a Pioneer barn, and a non-denominational chapel sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. All building structures are up with only some finishing details to be complete within the next few weeks. Thank you to Water Elite for providing water coolers which kept builders hydrated and thank you to the Knights of Columbus for providing a wonderful BBQ lunch for all the volunteers.

There are still some spaces available for purchase in our village, if your business is interested in purchasing a pad, please contact Barb Lovell, Executive Director, at 519-360-1270.

August 2009 Tim Hortons "Earn A Bike" 2009

Five local kids worked hard to earn a Raleigh Serengeti mountain bike and bicycle helmet by participating in Tim Hortons ‘Earn- A- Bike’ program this August.

As part of the program, kids between the ages of 9 and 12 years old completed a total of 30 hours of community service each over a two week period by cleaning up at a local charity; the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village.

Their duties during this time included stuffing loot bags, cleaning, and yard work. They also received bicycle helmet fittings from Sergeant Pomajba of the Chatham-Kent Police Service who stopped by to fit each of the kids. Constable Cynthia Stotz also stopped by from CN Police and spoke with the kids about railway safety, and the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Squad came out to help pick up garbage and work alongside the kids as mentors, finishing off their visit with a Safety Squad presentation encouraging the kids to keep volunteering and maybe someday become Safety Squad members themselves.

“The Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village is very proud to have the opportunity to participate in such a great program that Tim Horton’s has offered. This program not only teaches these young kids about value and appreciation of earning something they want, but also gives us a chance to educate them about the value of community and charitable giving. We’ve enjoyed working with these kids and having an opportunity to be part of something so rewarding on many levels. None of this could have been made possible without Tim Hortons and WINDRIDE.” says Executive Director, Barb Lovell.

This is the second year that the ‘Earn –A- Bike’ program has been offered in Chatham-Kent. It has been coordinated through the Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village, who has selected the kids through the assistance of Big Brothers & Big Sisters and the Wish Centre of Chatham-Kent. A very special thank you to WINDRIDE for their very generous donation of transportation for the kids from the Wish Centre to the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village and back each day. As well, thank you to Domino’s Pizza for donating lunch for the closing ceremony.

Tim Horton’s representative and local store owner Scott Pritchard presented the kids with their new bicycles on Friday, August 28^th at the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village.

August 2009 "Bike it Forward" Contest Winners Announced

August 11^th, 2009 -12 children were awarded with new bicycles, locks and helmets during a presentation ceremony held at the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village. The “Bike it Forward’ contest, run by the Public Health Unit, invited youth in the community to submit essays requesting a bike for someone they know who they thought deserved one. As a twist, all the essay authors also received a new bike. Constable Bernie Louwerse was on hand at the Safety Village to give safety instructions to the youth and to properly fit their new helmets in preparation for the road. Congratulations!

The bicycle package winners are:

Olivia Blais, Sarah Brush, Shaelyn Denys, Eric Dodman, Owen Dodman, Austin O’Hara, Harley O’Hara, Summer Partridge, Dastiny Primeau, Joey Reid Jr., Jill Van Haecke, Kash Yeck

July 2009 Union Gas Helps Beautify Safety Village

On Saturday, July 11^th, 2009, Union Gas volunteers partnered with the Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village to complete phase three of the landscaping for the Union Gas Learning Centre.

Union Gas Helping Hands in Action volunteers and Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village Board Members and staff assisted in bring phase three to life. Additional support was provided by a $1000 Community Improvement Grant from Union Gas to purchase shrubs, trees and mulch that will give year round colour in the entrance of the Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village.

Union Gas is a major sponsor of the Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village and continues to support the ongoing growth of our facility and children’s interactive village.

“The special Union Gas employees and volunteers of the Helping Hands in Action team exemplify what volunteering is all about,” says Barb Lovell, Executive Director of the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village. “Their partnership to complete this project is more than just planting a few trees and shrubs, it validates the safety awareness work that we do in partnership with the emergency services, businesses, organizations and individuals in Chatham-Kent who donate and volunteer to.”

June 2009- Dover Kinsmen Build Shed to House Their Tractor Dontation

May 2009- Kentucky Derby Fundraiser @ Dresden Grand Stand

May 2009- Safety Squad Presented with Youth Council Award

Congratulations to the C-K Children’s Safety Village Safety Squad volunteers on winning the 2009 C-K Youth Award for service to others. The award was presented by the Mayor to the Safety Squad during the council meeting on Monday, May 4^th, 2009 at the Civic Centre. The C-K Youth Awards are held annually during International Youth Week to celebrate and acknowledge contributions made to the community by local youth. The Safety Squad consists of Tabitha Jennings, Tiffany Lovell, Atlanta Flook, Olivia Flook, Dalton Loveday, Brianne Sullivan, and Shannon Gow. These seven students volunteer their time to help educate the community on the Children’s Safety Village through various short skits that they have created to perform at local businesses and events. They also assist with the numerous fundraising events held for the Children’s Safety Village throughout the year. Thank you to all of the Safety Squad members for their genuine commitment and dedication to the Children’s Safety Village and to safety and injury prevention initiatives.

November 2008- "Hockey Night in Chatham" In honour of retiring Police Chief Carl Herder

October 2008- Knights Volunteer

The Board of Directors and staff members at the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village want to thank all of the wonderful Chatham-Kent Knights of Columbus members who recently spent several hours weeding and mowing various areas around the Safety Village property. We genuinely appreciate your time, energy and dedication to this project.

June 2008 Union Gas “Helping Hands Volunteers”

Thanks to all of the volunteers from Union Gas for coming out to the Chatham-Kent Children’s Safety Village on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 and helping with the landscaping in the front of the Union Gas Children’s Learning Centre.

October 2007 Pumpkin Decorating Contest

A very special thank you to GIANT TIGER

For their support and donation for the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prizes for the selected pumpkins for this contest!

Because of generous businesses and individuals such as Giant Tiger,

The Chatham-Kent Children's Safety Village continues to thrive and continues to educate students from Chatham-Kent and to provide state of the art Safety Programs!

A special thank you goes to the VanWaes Family from Ridgetown for their special donation of all the pumpkins for this contest.