| WHAT: |
Peel Regional Paramedic Services Chief Peter Dundas and members of his staff will spring clean the grounds at Caledon’s Peel Children’s Centre (PCC). |
| WHY: |
The Caledon campus houses three Residential Treatment programs, which serve high-needs children/youth with serious mental health challenges at risk of losing their place in their home, school, and/or community. The campus also has a Day Treatment program which provides mental health treatment while children/youth attend school. |
| WHEN: |
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Work starts at 9:30 a.m. and will continue all day.
Photo opportunity: 10 - 10:30 a.m. |
| WHERE: |
Peel Children’s Centre, Caledon Campus
14780 Hurontario St. (Hwy. 10), Caledon
(west side of highway; a Peel Children’s Centre sign marks parking lot entrance) |
PCC is a fully accredited, charitable, not-for-profit children’s mental health centre that has served Peel since 1985. Each year PCC provides 5,700 services free-of-charge for children/youth under age 18, and their families, who are experiencing serious mental health challenges such as aggression, defiance, impulsivity, anxiety, depression, attachment disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and self-harm. For more information, visit www.peelcc.org.
The Regional Municipality of Peel was incorporated in 1974 on the principle that certain community and infrastructure services are most cost-effectively administered over a larger geographic area. The Region of Peel serves more than one million residents in the Cities of Mississauga and Brampton and the Town of Caledon. For more information on the Region of Peel, please call 905-791-7800, or visit www.peelregion.ca.
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