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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018 3THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, MAY 10, 20182 NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE #2 DATE: Thursday May 17, 2018 TIME: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Presentation at 7:00 p.m.) LOCATION: Town of Halton Hills, Council Chambers 1 Halton Hills Drive. Georgetown, ON The Town of Halton Hills is developing a Transit Service Strategy to evaluate service alternatives and explore opportunities for a made-in-Halton Hills transit solution to meet the current and future mobility needs of the community. The public open house #2 will be a drop-in session, with a formal presentation at 7:00 p.m. Members of the study team will be available to answer any questions and interactive display materials have been prepared to receive public input. The purpose of this session will be: 1. To report back on the input gathered through the first round of engagement and demonstrate how it was used; 2. To provide an update on the work completed to date and provide an overview of the proposed transit service alternatives; 3. To gather input on the preliminary transit service alternatives and implementation. HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED? If you are unable to attend the session, there are still other ways you can get involved!  Find out more about the study and provide your input using the project website and online survey: http://haltonhills.ca/TransitServiceStrategy  Contact one of the study team members and provide your input and ideas via email or telephone. If you require this information in an alternate format please contact the Town of Halton Hills representative. Jim Gough WSP Canada Group Ltd. Jim.Gough@wsp.com (905) 882-7283 ext. 7283 Maureen Van Ravens Town of Halton Hills maureenv@haltonhills.ca (905) 873-2601 ext. 2314 MAY 2018 By: Alex Hilson McHappy Day came to Halton Hills on Wednes- day, May 2. Large crowds filled the McDonalds lobby and drive-thru all day to raise funds for the Toronto Ronald McDonald House (RMHC) and the George- town Hospital. McDonald's Restau- rants across the country raise money to help make RMCH possible by donat- ing $1 from every Big Mac, McCafe Hot Beverage and Happy Meal sold as well as other fundraising activ- ities including selling socks, pins, bags and balloons. McDonald's Restaurants also donate 10 cents from every Happy Meal sold every day as well as all change provided in the coin boxes at the front counter, drive thru and kiosks to RMHC. According to a release, "Over 25,000 families every year stay at Ronald McDonald Houses and Ronald McDonald Family Rooms coast to coast." In Canada, there are 15 Ronald McDonald Houses and 15 Ronald McDonald Family rooms located inside hospi- tals for families to stay close while their child is being treated at a local hospital. RMHC supports families from 1,800 communities across Canada, and there have been approximately 40 families from Halton Hills who have stayed at a Ronald McDonald House. This year, McDon- alds in Halton "called all Superheroes". Some of the heroes who showed up in- cluded volunteers from the Halton Hills Fire Depart- ment, Halton Hills Town Council, Chamber of Com- merce, North Halton Golf Club, Knights of Columbus, CIBC, Tandia, Armstrong Insurance, Halton Hills Li- brary, Georgetown Toyota, McQwin Team from Re- max, Acton Optical, Acton BIA, Party Cinemas, Acton Rotary Club, Mc- Donalds suppliers, many Georgetown Hospital staff, board members and phys- icians, and special guest appearances from AAA events--Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Minion, Paw Patrol--and Spider-Man. Two families who had spent time at the Ronald McDon- ald House also dropped by: Shiraz, Liz and Emmett Raja in Acton and Lindsay and Josh Petch and their daughter Sadie Grace in Georgetown. By: Vivien Fleisher Mayor Rick Bonnette was pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Volunteer Halton awards ahead of council on Monday night. Those who made a "significant contribution to their com- munity" were recognized at the Annual Volunteer Breakfast and Award Re- ception held on April 16. The "Cheers to Vol- unteers" award saw 34 people nominated, with Zachary Mattachini from the Aquatics team the successful recipient. His initiative and profession- alism in program delivery, in addition to going above and beyond to assist in the "Learn to Swim" program put him in the top spot. In the "Walter Mul- k e w i c h C o m m u n i t y Development" Award, a group is honoured. This year, the "French Con- nections" Program, in partnership with Hills- view Active Living Centre was the successful re- cipient. The program is intergenerational: Grade Four French immersion students from Huntsville were able to practice their French-language skills by conversing with those older adults at Hillsview whose native language is French via web-based conferencing. Volunteer Halton recipients honoured Super McHappy Day McHAPPY SUPER HEROS: Alyssa (Mona) Boisvenue--Guest Experience Manager and Wonder Woman with Mark Hutchinson--Crew and Spider-Man.