Free event part of National Public Works Week celebration from May 17 th to 23 rd
NEWMARKET – The Regional Municipality of York celebrates National Public Works Week with a series of events, including a free Family Fun Day Open House on Saturday, May 23rd in the Town of East Gwillimbury.
WHEN: Saturday, May 23rd
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WHERE: Bales Drive Operations Centre
90 Bales Drive East, Town of East Gwillimbury
(Near the intersection of Davis Drive and Woodbine Avenue)
COST: FREE
The National Public Works Week Family Fun Day Open House will feature a number of activities and displays for the whole family, including:
• Mr. Something Something's bicycle-powered music band (see them on You Tube)
• Hopping into big trucks, maintenance vehicles, a fully-stocked ambulance, a fire pumper truck and the Police Save-A-Life vehicle
• Craft stations in the sign shop and at our York Region Transit and waste management displays
• Face painting
• Playing the What Goes Down the Sewer game
• Participating in the Lather Up, Go with the Flow and 3-Times a Day interactive activities
• Looking like an astronaut while trying on “confined space entry” equipment
• Taking a bus tour on a YRT/Viva bus to the Region’s:
o Material Recovery Facility – go through the weigh scale and see how your blue box items are processed
o Viva Bus Maintenance Facility – see buses lifted for oil changes and cruise through the bus wash
• Touring the operations garage and maintenance facility
• Meeting our mascots Pylon Pete, Parry the Paramedic and Toby the mini bus
Families can also learn about various Regional services, vote for their favourite designs in our “Paint-a-Plow” contest, have a BBQ lunch for a donation to our charity and get free mulch for the garden. (2-30 Litre (2 cubic foot) bags of mulch are available to the first 50 people who arrive).
For more information and a map to the Operations Centre, please visit
www.york.ca and click on the National Public Works Week link on the front page.
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Media Contact: Michael Kemp, Corporate Communications, York Region
Phone: 905 830-4444 Ext. 1232 / Cell: 905 251-6419
Email:
michael.kemp@york.ca
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