November 22, 2013
- Welcome Letter from Councillor Wong-Tam
- Allan Gardens Clean-Up
- Budget Townhall
- Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Seasonal Community Food Drive
- Wellesley Centre Pool Consultation
- Toronto Parent Summit
1. Letter from Councillor Wong-Tam
Dear Constituents,
Monday, November 25 is Election Day for Toronto Centre. This federal by-election is being held to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of MP Bob Rae. If you are a resident, I strongly encourage you to cast your ballot and make a difference in this race.
Toronto Centre, and Toronto as a whole, has real and pressing needs. Many of our transit lines are overcapacity and new infrastructure is years behind demand. For new and working families, graduates, and those facing homelessness, affordable housing is hard to come by and is cutting many Torontonians off from the resources they need to stabilize their lives or get their first footing. At the same time, meaningful job growth is greatly needed in industries capable of supporting stable employment and living wages. Finally, we all share our air and global environment – there is a persistent need for advocates who will protect everything from our clean groundwater resources to the communities that neighbour industrial infrastructure.
Toronto Centre needs a strong voice for these issues. I need a committed local MP who will stand up for our neighbourhoods and share the values that make Toronto Centre an equitable and prosperous place for all. The City of Toronto has struggled to keep up with years of downloading and is dealing directly with systemic deficits in affordable housing, transit capacity, and childcare. Toronto's budget cannot adequately address all of the demands that have been placed on it, as a result of Federal and Provincial downloading. Toronto needs representatives who will recognize the need to share this load, so that our City can focus on the economic growth and service delivery standards at which it excels.
To find out where you can vote, please see visit the Elections Canada website here.
I remain yours in service,
Kristyn Wong-Tam
2. Allan Gardens Clean-Up
Join the Garden District Residents Association and the Friends of Allan Gardens tomorrow morning for the first Allan Gardens Clean-Up.
Date: Saturday November 23, 2013
Registration Time: 9:30am - 10am
Registration Location: St Peter's Anglican Church on Carlton Street. 190 Carlton St, Toronto, ON M5A 2K8 (Just east of the park on the north side of Carlton. Thank you Reverend Jeanette!!) Coffee and doughnuts will be available courtesy of Krispy Kremes and Starbucks
Actual Clean up: Approximately between 10am - 11am
Lunch: Approximately 12pm - 2pm
Lunch Location: We'll meet again at Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West. Harbord Village Neighbourhood Association has graciously invited all of us to their thank you lunch. On your way to the venue, please give them a hand and pick up any litter on the way!
You may RSVP to GDRAInfo@gardendistrict.ca
3. Budget Town Hall
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam will host Ward 27 Budget Town Hall on Monday, December 9th at Belmont House. Councillor Wong-Tam invites you to join her at the town hall and learn about Toronto's 2014 Capital and Operating Budget, what it means for your community, and how you can get involved. This is an opportunity to ask questions, voice your concerns, and hear from community stakeholders. Hope to see you there!
Date: Monday, December 9
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Belmont House, 55 Belmont Street (between Yonge & Davenport - two blocks south of the Rosedale subway station)
For more information on the City's 2014 budget, please click here.
4. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Seasonal Community Food Drive
This upcoming community event takes place on November 30. Donations are collected, sorted, packed in boxes and immediately delivered to recipient food banks and agencies. The households canvassed are in Rosedale, Moore Park, Bennington Heights and Leaside. There are two locations - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, St. Clair Avenue East, one block west of Mount Pleasant Road and Leaside Presbyterian Church, Eglinton Avenue, just east of Bayview Avenue.
For those who want to help out earlier, a flyer drop is being conducted on November 23.
Times on both days are from 9:30 am until about noon. Upwards of 300 volunteers are required and generous community hours are available for high school students. It is also a fun and rewarding family experience. Councillor Wong-Tam and her staff have been supporting this important food drive since her 2010 election. Please get involved.
In addition, two area Sobeys stores (St. Clair Avenue just east of Yonge Street and Wicksteed Avenue near Laird Drive) are again supporting this effort by holding in-store drives throughout the Christmas season. These sources typically add another 10,000 to the overall total
Please contact Brian Kearney, at 416-972-0585 or by e-mail at brian.kearney@sympatico.ca if further details are required.
5. Wellesley Centre Pool Consultation
The City of Toronto is about to start the design of the indoor pool addition to the Wellesley Community Centre.
Councillor Pam McConnell (Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale) and Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale), along with David Miller from MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects Ltd. and City of Toronto staff will introduce this project to the community. Members of the community are invited to attend this meeting to provide your input.
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Wellesley Community Centre (Meeting Room) 495 Sherbourne St. (north east corner of Wellesley and Sherbourne Streets)
A child minding service and interpretation services will be provided in the following languages: French, Tamil, Spanish, Nepali, Chinese, and Arabic.
For more information please contact:
Douglas Giles, Sr. Project Co-ordinator
Parks Development and Capital Projects
Parks, Forestry & Recreation
City of Toronto
416-392-0989
6. Toronto Parent Summit
Do you have an
opinion about your child care experiences? The City wants to hear from you!
Come and join other parents and
experts from the City to discuss current issues regarding child care in
Toronto. Your feedback will help to determine City priorities as it plans
future child care and family-related programs. There will also be opportunities
to find out more about City programs that you may not know about.
Saturday, November 23 - 9:30 to
11:30 a.m.
- East:
Chinese Cultural Centre, 5183 Sheppard Ave. E. (east of Markham Road) - West:
Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 the West Mall (Burnhamthorpe & the West Mall)
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