Ka Boom Facebook Challenge

Dear KaBOOM! Friend,

We've been challenged by a generous donor to increase the number of members we have on our Facebook Cause. And in challenging us, this special friend has offered to donate $5,000 if we can grow our Facebook Cause by 1,000 people for a total of 2,500 members or more!

That means if you're not already a member of the KaBOOM! Facebook Cause, you can secure $5 for KaBOOM! with just a few clicks of your mouse... or $50 by getting 10 friends to join the KaBOOM! Facebook Cause.

By helping us build our Facebook Cause, you also help spread the word about the importance of play. As a member of the KaBOOM! online community, you know that the time children spend playing builds imagination and character, as well as muscles. It's time spent learning how to make friends and gain vital social skills. These benefits stay with kids for the rest of their lives.

Today we're asking you to think about our children's future. When you join or recruit friends to the KaBOOM! Facebook Cause, you bring us closer to meeting our $5,000 challenge!

Thanks to people like you, we've built over 1,700 playgrounds, enriching the lives of countless children in cities and small towns all across America. Your support means the world to us... and to boys and girls who share smiles and laughter thanks to KaBOOM!.

Yours in Play,

Your friends at KaBOOM!

Read More

Holiday Crime Prevention Tips

HOLIDAY CRIME PREVENTION TIPS

At Home:

• Use timers throughout your home to control indoor lighting.
• Motion sensor flood lights are an excellent choice for outdoors and double as a silent alarm when someone approaches.

Shopping:

• In large crowds, your children can quickly become separated from you. Carry a complete description of their physical appearance, clothing worn that day and an up to date photograph. In the event police are called to conduct a search this information will be invaluable.
• Never leave your purse or wallet unattended even for a moment and don’t carry credit cards or other identification with you e.g. passports, SIN card or birth certificate if you are not using them on a regular basis.
• Avoid carrying large amounts of cash.
• Remember to always shield your PIN number and watch where your credit card goes when you hand it over to the sales agent.
• Park your car in a well lit area and try to leave the store with a group of people. Look inside your vehicle before getting in and inspect around your car before driving off.
• Place your purchases in the trunk out of sight. If your vehicle is a hatchback cover your parcels with a blanket.
• Don’t overburden yourself with parcels. Frequent trips to and from your car will make this easier and your shopping experience much more enjoyable. 
• Keep one arm free at all times.
• Have your keys in your hand and ready as your approach your vehicle.

Away for the Holidays:

Have a friend or neighbour regularly check the house, collect the mail, pickup the newspaper and shovel the snow.

Christmas Garbage:

This Christmas, please, DO NOT advertise to strangers passing by what Santa brought you this year. Full size cartons with giant coloured photos on the outside of the box telling everyone that you just got a brand new 52” plasma TV or other new electronic device is not a message you want potential thieves having knowledge of. Break down the boxes and tie them up before placing them out for garbage collection.

 

Read More

PACT's One Village Care In South Etobicoke

PACT's One Village Care is a South Etobicoke community awareness and engagement initiative designed to identify and address the fundamental social issues that prohibits our growth as a community.

        These issues include:

        • at-risk youth
        • poverty
        • social neglect
        • environmental sustainability

In partnership with our community, PACT's One Village Care Initiative seeks to build the most innovative and effective social delivery programs that help build a sustainable model for social change.

PACT’s One Village Care Initiative is a Call-To-Action for South Etobicoke to gather around the table, and help define the common language that promotes our growth as a community.

By providing community members with the ability to think freely and talk openly, we can begin to address the fundamental social issues we seek to change. Only by  understanding what we have in common, as a community, can we begin to produce a cycle of empowered and socially integrated individuals and families

Let the power of one become the power of many.
 

Read More