The Regional Municipality of York celebrates National Public Works Week with Free Family Fun Day

 

NEWMARKET – The Regional Municipality of York is celebrating the start of National Public Works Week with a Free Family Fun Day Open House on Saturday, May 15th at our Bales Drive Operations Centre in the Town of East Gwillimbury.

 

WHEN: Saturday, May 15th
  10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

WHERE: York Region 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 informative displays for the whole family. Visitors can:

 

• Vote for their favourite snow plow, painted by York Region Grade 5 students
• Participate in our “Name the Tree Mascot” contest
• Visit the operations garage and maintenance facility
• See a CPR demonstration with a paramedic
• Climb aboard a “pumper” rescue truck and meet a firefighter
• See our new “Argo” vehicle
• Hop in great big trucks, maintenance vehicles, a fully-stocked ambulance, pumper fire truck and Police Save-a-Life vehicle
• Ride on a YRT/Viva bus to our waste management facility and Viva bus maintenance facility
• Look like an astronaut when you try on the confined space entry equipment
• Meet our mascots Pylon Pete, Parry the Paramedic and Toby the mini bus
• Get their face painted

 

The Family Fun Day Open House will also feature a charity barbecue to raise funds for Blue Door Shelters.  Free bags of garden mulch are available for the first 100 visiting families.

 

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.

 

For more information on The Regional Municipality of York, please visit www.york.ca

 

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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