DPAC is hosting a FoodSafe course for PAC volunteers on Saturday, June 16th, at the Van Bien Training Centre. The course will be run by ABC FoodSafe, and a book and certificate will be provided for each participant.

Why Foodsafe ?

• protects public health
• prepare for employment as a Care Provider or in the food industry
• to volunteer as a food handler
• protect your businesses from litigation or embarrassment

Class runs from 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

COST: $17  (to cover the book and certificate cost – DPAC is funding the course itself)

Lunch break is from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

DPAC will be providing lunch and snacks.

FoodSafe is a B.C. Ministry of Health required program for people working in the food service industry. Graduates are registered with the B.C. Ministry of Health and will receive a FoodSafe certificate. Please bring your CareCard number to the class.

Updated posts have not been emailed out for a week, due to a technical issue. The issue seems to now been resolved.

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An update on the proposed FoodSafe course for PACs will be posted soon!

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/16/how_did_this_parent_end_up_in_jail/

Interesting article on an American parent:

Her remarks are broad but forceful. She calls for an end to educational inequality and the policies that landed her in jail. She wants more choices for parents whose kids are stuck in under-performing or unsafe schools. In February, she announced the formation of the Ohio Parents Union, part of a growing national network dedicated to giving parents exactly that kind of power. In the past year, Kelley Williams-Bolar has morphed from a desperate mom to an impassioned activist at the center of one of the nation’s most talked about shifts in education reform: the rapidly expanding role of parents in shaping dramatic overhauls of public schools.

Parents are no longer running just the bake sales and attending PTA meetings. All over the country, parents are joining—or being organized by—a movement that aims to spur more competition between schools and, ostensibly, better academic results for kids. Williams-Bolar, radicalized by her brush with the law, has joined the fray.

http://www.ufv.ca/Assets/BC+Centres+%28CRIM%29/Safe+Schools/Newsletters/May_2012_Newsletter.pdf

Previous newsletters:

http://www.ufv.ca/bccssc/Resources/e_Newsletters.htm

PACIFICSPORT NORTHERN BC is organizing a seminar for parents on

Parenting Your Future Superstar

‘the importance of understanding Athlete Development for all ages’

Steve Norris is an outstanding, inspirational speaker. During this Parent session, he will discuss the importance the Canadian Sport for Life framework has on your child’s sport development and when it is important to be a multi-sport athlete and when it is time to narrow the focus if you want to achieve excellence.

Friday May 25th 7:00pm
Location: Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre
Cost : $10 per parent

Register Here: http://www.pacificsportnorthernbc.com/events/parenting-your-future-superstar

If you have any questions please contact Sarah Carter at scarter@pacificsport.com or phone 250-960-5344

The Village – Parent Resource Registry

The Village May 2012

Read the DASH BC May 2012 Healthy Schools Newsletter.

http://www.healthyschoolsnetwork.ca/images/stories/may2012newsletter.pdf

The Newsletter keeps readers apprised of developments in school health, shares resources and programs, and highlights articles, research findings, and activities and learning from healthy schools across BC