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Innisfil proclaims Crime Stoppers Month

Posted on Wednesday, January 01, 2025 12:01 AM

Whereas, Crime Stoppers is a charitable community-led volunteer organization and the local chapter of Crime Stoppers has been serving the Simcoe-Dufferin-Muskoka region since 1987;

Whereas, Crime Stoppers is not a police program or funded by federal, provincial or police agencies. The program is operated solely with generous donations from the private sector and businesses or raised through fundraising efforts of the volunteer Board of Directors and committee volunteers; and

Whereas, Crime...

Innisfil proclaims International Day of People with Disabilities

Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2024 12:01 AM

Whereas on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we recognize and celebrate the equal rights and dignity of persons with disabilities everywhere and reaffirm our commitment to building a world where people with disabilities are afforded the opportunities, independence, and respect they deserve; and

Whereas it is a global celebration that acknowledges the many achievements persons with disabilities have made. This day also mobilizes support for critical issues related to their rights...

Innisfil proclaims International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Posted on Monday, November 25, 2024 12:00 AM

Whereas violence continues to be the greatest gender inequality rights issue for women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals; and

Whereas November 25th is International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women; and

Whereas our community is committed to ending femicide and all forms of gender-based violence; and

Whereas Indigenous, Black, South Asian and Southeast Asian women and girls continue to experience high rates of violence, including femicide and were overrepresented within the...

Innisfil proclaims National Children’s Grief Awareness Day

Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2024 12:01 AM

Whereas organizations in local communities across Canada, including non-profits, schools, hospitals and social service agencies, work to help foster resilience and emotional healing in children and youth who are grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis; and

Whereas the purpose of Children’s Grief Awareness Day is to increase awareness of the long-lasting impact loss has on children and how to provide continual support for them; and

Whereas for many grieving children, the most helpful...

Innisfil proclaims World Polio Day

Posted on Thursday, October 24, 2024 12:01 AM

Whereas World Polio Day highlights the global efforts to end poliomyelitis (polio) worldwide. Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus, which the World Health Assembly committed to eradicate in 1988. The WHO European Region was declared polio-free in 2002 and has sustained this status every year since then; and

Whereas every year on 24 October, we observe World Polio Day to raise awareness of the importance of polio vaccination to protect every child from this devastating...