File #: 17-A-029    Version: Name:
Type: Student/Mayor Item Status: Received
File created: 3/22/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/27/2017 Final action: 3/27/2017
Title: COMMENTS FROM OUTGOING STUDENT MAYOR(S): Ewan MacKinnon of Barrie North Collegiate thanked the Mayor and members of Council for the tremendous opportunity to partake in Student Mayor Program. He also thanked City of Barrie employees for accommodating the students. Ewan invited members of Council to attend the Relay for Life Event on May 26, 2017 that he will be participating in, between at 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Barrie North Collegiate. He discussed how the first presentation during his term related to homelessness in the County of Simcoe and he had given thought to how a student in the City of Barrie could help. He highlighted a news article he found online regarding a kindness meter, where citizens can deposit change that will help organizations such as the David Busby Centre. He outlined where this initiative is currently used, where donations are being spent and possible sponsorship opportunities to get the word out about homelessness and what the City can do.

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COMMENTS FROM OUTGOING STUDENT MAYOR(S):

 

Ewan MacKinnon of Barrie North Collegiate thanked the Mayor and members of Council for the tremendous opportunity to partake in Student Mayor Program. He also thanked City of Barrie employees for accommodating the students.  Ewan invited members of Council to attend the Relay for Life Event on May 26, 2017 that he will be participating in, between at 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Barrie North Collegiate.  He discussed how the first presentation during his term related to homelessness in the County of Simcoe and he had given thought to how a student in the City of Barrie could help.  He highlighted a news article he found online regarding a kindness meter, where citizens can deposit change that will help organizations such as the David Busby Centre.  He outlined where this initiative is currently used, where donations are being spent and possible sponsorship opportunities to get the word out about homelessness and what the City can do.