May 12, 2022
1 pm - 5 pm
Millbrook Community Hall
On May 12, Millbrook's Housing department will be giving out fire extinguishers at the Millbrook Community Hall from 1 pm - 5 pm. *One per household*
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The Indigenous students at CEC have organized a youth group to create a more collective sense of community. Our youth group will meet regularly to discuss issues in our school and act as advisors to our administration, but we also hope to join together for cultural activities in and out of the school building. In order to jumpstart our group we would be appreciative of community support. All donations will be acknowledged through school media. If you would like to support our group, please email: CECIndigenousYG@gmail.com
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the tobacco store is closed until Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Reminder; all Social Applications must be received by April 14, 2022, to receive a cheque or direct deposits on April 21, 2022. No Exceptions! Late applications will result in clients picking up paper cheques after social applications are processed for payment.
ATTENTION SOCIAL CLIENTS:
Balances of House Maintenance and Transportation for Social clients have been mailed or direct deposited today.
Millbrook Social
Tonight Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Millbrook By-law Officer, Adam Francis, will be in Millbrook in the Fern Dr. south area around the park where bear activity has been reported. Adam will attempt to use a “bear banger” to try and deter the bear from coming into the community. The bear banger noise will occur around sunset when the bear has been spotted out and around the park. If you hear a loud bang on Fern Drive South, please be aware this is happening, and not be alarmed.
Media Release General
In 2006, a firefighter named Andréa Speranza founded a charity called Camp Courage, The First Responder's Society - a one-of-a-kind, free, award-winning, life-changing camp that informs, educates, and inspires young women to become police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. The ultimate goal is that the young women leave with a sense of empowerment and increased confidence to believe that they can achieve any goal, career, or dream they desire.
Camp Courage partners with Emergency Health Service, Emergency Medical Care, Halifax Regional Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Halifax Regional Fire Service to put on an eight-day camp for twenty-four young women. Some of the knowledge and skills learned are self-defence, crime scene investigation, the role of police service dogs and horses, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, inserting airways and intravenous lines, delivering mechanical babies, making cars into convertibles, climbing a 100' ladder, and putting fires out. We have guest speakers, fitness professionals who empower and inspire the participants to reach their potential.
The graduates are eligible to apply for high school credit, first-aid and CPR courses, several educational bursaries and our post-camp mentorship program. This program focuses on preparing and supporting graduates for the intensive application processes required for employment in the emergency services, specifically preparing for aptitude tests, fitness tests and interviews.
The camp is 100% free. Instead of paying tuition, the applicants must write an essay on improving someone else's life or improving your community. Then must implement their plan. Past graduates have helped people - young, old, physically challenged, homeless - and positively impacted the environment. They have organized blood drives, sports nights, fundraised or lobbied to get automated external defibrillators in schools, and started a new Kids Help Phone chapter.
36% of our graduates have moved on to post-secondary education in the emergency services field or are currently working in the emergency services. Visit our website https://campcourage.ca to see many remarkable success stories, moving testimonials, and awesome promotional videos. My favourite video is Episode 10 of our mini-reality series.
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Media Contact:
Andrea Speranza, Operations Fire Captain
Founder/Executive Director of Camp Courage
campcourage1@gmail.com
902-488-1188
Family Meal Kits Provided for each week. For families living in Colchester County. No Cost to Participate. Space is limited.
To sign up contact Teresa, the Dietitian
(902)-895-9468 or e-mail: teresaf@millbrookhealth.ca
Covid-19 Update
With Restrictions being lifted March 21 st, 2022, the Millbrook Health Centre will continue to take their own protective measures.
Individuals entering the facility will still require the use of non-medical masks for anyone over the age of 2; a face shield in place of a mask is not permitted.
Non-Medical masks are effective at reducing thespread of COVID19; mask wearing is required to protect everyone in the Health Centre.
People with a valid medical reason for not being able to wear a mask will not be refused services.
Hand sanitizing upon entry into the facility will be required.
Anyone interested in applying for housing will have to submit a new application for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Any applications from April 1, 2021-March 31st, 2022, will no longer be eligible. Please submit your new application after April 1, 2022.
If you have tested positive for COVID19 and require isolation support, please call Kasey McDermott (Emergency Planning Officer) or Scott MacDonnell (Emergency Mitigation Officer) directly. Once they receive a call, they will book you a room at a local hotel if you cannot isolate away from others in your home. Gift cards are only provided to those isolating in the hotel so that food can be ordered and delivered. Kasey can be reached at (902) 956-4575. Scott can be reached at (902) 956-3936. If Kasey or Scott do not answer the phone when you call, please leave a message and they will get back to you as soon as possible.
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