National Child Day: Thursday, November 20, 2008
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the '2008 Poster created by Sandra Klodnicki, Grade 3 - Blessed Kateri
Tekakwitha
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Welcome | Committee & Board | Honourary Chair Message | Partners | Events |
FEATURED EVENTS
* Friday Nov 14th - Week of the Child and Youth Awards Luncheon - Click here for full details
* National Child Day Events List - Nov 16 & 20th - Click here for poster or Click here for full details
* Sunday Nov 16th - AGH Annual Family Day - 1-4pm - Free admission - Art Gallery of Hamilton - Click here for details
* Monday Nov 17th - The Road to Learning Begins at Birth - 7-8:30pm - Hamilton Public Library - Click here for details
* Monday Nov 17th - Speaker on the Effects of Poverty on Children, Youth & their Families - 12-1pm - Mohawk Theatre Auditorium
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* Tuesday Nov 18th - Teenage Brain - 6:30-9pm - Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School - Click here for details
* Thursday Nov 20th - Hamilton Teen Idol - 6:30-9:30pm - Central Library - Click here for details
OTHER EVENTS
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The Decade!!!!
2000-2010 has been proclaimed by the United Nations as the "International Decade for the culture of peace and non-violence for the children of the world."
Our Mission:
We are a committee of community partners dedicated to fostering and mobilizing the community to value and celebrate children and youth as distinctive and cherished members of society, through the promotion of activities and events.
Our Objectives:
• To heighten community awareness of our children and youth as our future.
• To recognize and honour the contribution of caregivers, parents, teachers and volunteers who make significant contributions to improve the lives of children and youth.
• To celebrate childhood.
Who
We Are...
WOCY Brochure
In 1979, The Week of the Child (original name) was initiated by the
Association of Early Childhood Educators, Ontario (AECEO). This was in
response to the International Year of the Child, as declared by the United
Nations.
• The right to affection, love, and understanding;
• The right to adequate nutrition and medical care;
• The right to protection against all forms of neglect, cruelty,
and exploitation;
• The right to free education, and to full opportunity for play
and recreation;
• The right to a name and nationality;
• The right to special care, if handicapped;
• The right to be among the first to receive relief in times of
disaster;
• The right to learn to be a useful member of society and to develop
individual abilities;
• The right to be brought up in a spirit of peace and universal
brotherhood;
• The right to enjoy these rights, regardless of race, colour,
sex, religion, national or social origin
We
continue to promote these rights as well as other issues that affect children’s
and youth’s lives. This year, we will be promoting Peace and Non-Violence
and Volunteering.
These issues having been declared by the United Nations as being critical
for our children and youth, as well as our community, provincial,
national, and global survival. If you did one good act, you can make a
difference. If we do multiple good acts, we make a bigger difference.
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