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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 30, 2012 · 10 ILC will put $50,000 grant to work for youths By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville-based ILC (Improving the Life of Children) Foundation has received a funding boost from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). The one-year, $50,000 grant will help the ILC expand its services, including creation of peer support programs. The announcement was made at Oakville Trafalgar High School on May 23 -- a location chosen because OT is the former school of the ILC's inspiration and ambassador of hope, Brooklyn Mills, a young woman who suffers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a rare and painful genetic disorder. The ILC Foundation is known for yearly organizing Oakville's Largest Rock n' Roll Party in an effort to raise funds for a support network that aids youths affected by chronic pain. "OTF is glad we could give you a year-long, $50,000 grant to help you continue to grow and ultimately help young people living with chronic pain," said Trillium volunteer Bill Allison. The money will pay the salary of an executive director. It will also be used to buy software to run a web-based, peer support network, host webinars, create educational materials and to help pay Internet, phone and other administrative costs. "We see your grant as an investment in young people and helping them feel a stronger sense of community by giving them an opportunity to connect with more young people going through the same or similar situations," Allison said. Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn also spoke about the great need for services for people suffering from chronic pain. He noted his own recent experience with pain upon separating his shoulder. "Any of you who have ever had a shoulder separation will understand the pain you go through," he said. "I knew at the end of that it was going to stop. I knew after three or four days and some painkillers, it was going to go away. There are people living in our society who gist, who said there are large information gaps between different health professionals and parents who seek information for their children's condition. "The ILC Foundation, in a very short period of time, has been able to start building these bridges overtop of these gaps by identifying and connecting healthcare experts in their respective fields, thereby enabling knowledge transfer between these professionals in accordance with best-care guidelines." Bridging those gaps is the aim of the ILC, said Smeenk. "ILC will continue its mission to develop partnerships through health promotion, education and knowledge transfer through peer support programs Sandy Smeenk don't know when their pain is going to stop." Flynn thanked Sandy Smeenk, executive director of the ILC Foundation, for forming the organization. The presentation also included a brief talk by Christina Pridmore, a certified kinesiolo- and provide a model of excellence for other communities to follow," she said. Smeenk said time is often taken up during medical appointments or emergency room visits discussing a person's fear, frustrations and feelings of isolation instead of discussing the cause of the pain. "This is the gap that ILC intends to fill by providing peerto-peer support, to help reduce feelings of isolation and provide a group forum to share experiences on what may work as a self-help guide," she said. The ILC Foundation was recently given charitable status under the Canadian Income Tax Act. For more information, visit www.otf.ca. @townofoakville www.oakville.ca Study commencement and public open house #1 Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 6:30 to 9 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Trafalgar/Oakville room Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study Midtown Oakville Your input is important! The Town of Oakville appreciates your feedback and ideas and we encourage you to get involved. At this public open house, the project team will meet with the public to obtain public input, present the project details, review study findings, and address public comments and concerns. The Town of Oakville is initiating a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study to determine a practical, long-term strategy to guide the development of the transportation and municipal storm water network needed to support the planned growth in Midtown Oakville to 2031. Midtown Oakville is an urban growth centre identified in the province's Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe -- Places to Grow -- and further defined in the town's Livable Oakville Plan. The area is required to accommodate approximately 20,000 residents and jobs by 2031. It is also identified as a mobility hub in The Big Move, Metrolinx's regional transportation plan. This Class EA Study will consider a diverse range of options to satisfy future growth demands, including but not limited to: Public transit system and network improvements Active transportation (pedestrian and cycling) network improvements Travel demand management requirements Land use planning policies Municipal road network improvements Municipal drainage network improvements The town's preferred solution, when identified, will be implemented through an amendment to the Livable Oakville Plan. This project is a continuation of the Transportation Master Plan study to define the preferred design of the transportation and municipal drainage network components, and their related property requirements, in Midtown Oakville to meet Phase 3 and 4 of the Class EA planning and design process, as outlined in the Municipal Engineers Association "Municipal Class Environmental Assessment," (October 2000, as amended in 2007), which is approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. However, for this project, a higher level of consultation will be conducted, which is sufficient to meet the requirements of a `Schedule C' project. www.facebook.com/ townofoakville For the most current information about this study including meeting dates, please email tmp@oakville.ca to be added to our mailing list. Please submit your questions and comments to the project team contacts below. Switching Gears Project Team, Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6H 0H3. 905-815-6060. tmp@oakville.ca Ray Bacquie, P.Eng., Consultant Project Manager, Cole Engineering Group Ltd., 70 Valleywood Drive, Markham, ON L3R 4T5. 905-940-6161, ext 308. OakvilleTMP@ColeEngineering.ca Information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. New Veterans Memorial at George's Square Town of Oakville seeking names of local veterans and military personnel for new memorial. Do you know a local veteran who served Canada following the Second World War? How about a current member of the Canadian military who lives in Oakville? If so, we want to hear from you! The Town of Oakville is seeking names for its new memorial at George's Square. The Veterans' Memorial will honour local military veterans who have served Canada since the Second World War. It will sit adjacent to the existing cenotaph at George's Square and is designed for those not already part of the First and Second World War tributes. For the purposes of this memorial, a veteran is defined as a man or woman who was living in Oakville at the time of their enlistment; and a man or woman who has served in, or with, one of the three recognized branches of the Canadian Armed Forces including the Army, Navy or Air Force, during an active armed conflict or operational theatre. Active service members are also eligible, and include those involved in any joint operation coordinated by the United Nations, NATO or similar multi-nation effort such as Afghanistan. Nomination forms can be found online. To submit a name for consideration, visit www.oakville.ca and search for George's Square. Submissions will be accepted until Friday, June 29. For more information please call 905-845-6601, ext. 3148 or email jolbina@oakville.ca