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REPORT
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Meeting:
General Purpose and Administration Committee
CSD-06-02 File #:
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Resolution #:0 fJp - / '-I 25-0;J-.
Date:
March 25 , 2002
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Subject:
RACING AGAINST DRUGS PROGRAM
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report No. CSD-06-02 be received for information:
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Reviewed bYU ~..::... e~
Franklin Wu
Chief Administrative Officer
Submitted by:
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Di{Jctor of Community Services
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REPORT NO. CSD-06-02
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1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 The Community Services Department is again partnering with The Clarington "Racing
Against Drugs" Program Plauning Committee in organizing the Third Annual "Racing
Against Drugs" Program.
1.2 The event, running June 11-13, 2002 at the Gamet B. Rickard Recreation Complex, will
see fifteen hundred grade five students participate. The respective Boards of Education,
in Clarington, will transport the students to the Complex.
1.3 The program, through a variety of "interactive" pit stops, promotes awareness and safety
issues relating to drug, alcohol and tobacco use.
2.0 PROGRAM
2.1 Through the involvement of the respective school boards, educational resource packages
are being prepared in advance of the program. The program is offered in the format of an
automobile race where students from pit stop to pit stop where they will be educated on
various aspects of substance abuse. Each pit stop is sponsored by a related agency.
2.2 The program sponsors expect to include racecar celebrities as well as members of the
various agencies to speak to the children regarding drug and substance abuse. Prizes will
be offered to the participants as they compete in the program. Program displays will be
both interactive and static and may include actual racecars used at Mosport International
Raceway as well as other emergency services vehicles.
2.3 Current partners and sponsors for the program are:
Durham Region Health Department
Durham Regional Police Services
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ontario Provincial Police
Municipality of Clarington
Municipality of Clarington - Emergency and Fire Services
Laidlaw Education Services
Royal Bank of Canada
Baskets For All
Mosport International Raceway
Brine Canada
Fraser Ford
Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board
Peterborough - Victoria - Northumberland - Clarington Catholic District School Board
And members of the community
2.4 Insurance, first aid and security for the program will also be arranged by the Plauning
Committee.
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