Morning Coffee – By Aaron Hall
Sydenham Field Naturalists Annual Spring Banquet
The Sydenham Field Naturalists will be holding their Annual Spring Banquet on Wednesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. at The Clubhouse at Baldoon. Doors open at 6 p.m. and a buffet dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and are only available in advance. David Ainslie will be the guest speaker at the event and the topic of his speech with be ‘Creating Habitat For Pollinators’. Ainslie was the 2015 recipient of the Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award for his decades of contributions to pollinator protection and issue outreach. Tickets are available by calling Larry Cornelis at 519-626-9591 or Tom Chatterton at 519-627-2986.
Workplace Wellness Mental Health Summit upcoming
The importance of creating a mentally-healthy workplace environment will be the topic of an Executive Leaders’ Workplace Wellness Summit Monday, May 8 at the Capitol Theatre.
The free, morning-long event is being sponsored by the Chatham-Kent Community Leaders’ Cabinet and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
The session will feature comments by Mayor Randy Hope, Stephen Doig, Co-Chairs of the Cabinet and highlights from business on why this important.
Experts from Chatham Kent Public Health, the Erie St. Clair Local Health Integrated Network, and Lambton Kent District School Board and Union Gas will be among those sharing how they are addressing this in their organizations.
“Understanding the importance of mental health support in the work environment is key for both employers and employees,” said Mayor Hope. “There is more awareness than ever before to encourage employees to come forward and more ways to provide that support. I encourage anyone who has impact on their workplace environment to attend the session.”
Co-Chair Stephen Doig who is the Executive Director of Chatham-Kent Children Services stated, “The event is geared to Executive Leaders as they have the ability to influence the workplace. We know that just this week in Canada 500,000 people will miss work due to challenges with mental health; it is a topic that each of us needs to know more about to support our employees”.
Registration can be made until April 26 at https://ckmentalhealthsummit.eventbrite.ca/
If you have a suggestion, story idea, column idea, or if you want to say hello… drop me an e-mail at aaron@sydenhamcurrent.ca.
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Weather forecast for Monday, April 3, 2017
A special weather statement is in effect across Chatham-Kent.
Today – Mainly cloudy. Rain beginning this afternoon. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High 12. UV index 4 or moderate.
Tonight – Rain. Risk of a thunderstorm this evening. Amount 20 to 30 mm. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southwest 30 gusting to 50 overnight. Low 9.
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