The Oakville Rotary Club has organized to receive donations for disaster relief in Haiti.  The first container will leave Oakville on February 12th.

Items needed include:

SHELTER SUPPLIES:  Tents (*priority); Tarps (*priority); Sleeping bags; Ground cover or thin mattress pads; Blankets/sheets; Towels; Water purification tablets; Buckets, basins; Pots; Spoons; Heavy green garbage bags

PERSONAL SUPPLIES: Hand sanitizer; Soap; Diapers; Sanitary napkins; Toilet paper; Toothbrushes; Toothpaste; Afro hair combs; brushes

FOOD" Canned or packaged beans; Rice; Canned meat; Canned sardines; Canned tuna; Crackers; granola bars; Non-perishable food in general; Milk tetrapacks; Fruit juice tetrapacks; Water bottles

MEDICINES: Oral rehydration salts or tablets; Analgesics (acetaminophen, ibuprofen); Tetanus toxoid; Gammaglobulina human tetanus; Antibiotics (amoxicifilina, in suspension and/or tablets)

FIRST AID SUPPLIES: Crutches; canes; walkers; Sterile gloves; Gauze; tape; Bandaids; Prosthetics; Cotton balls; swabs; Slings; Elastic bandages; Antiseptics (Betadine type or chlorhexidine soap type)

(At this time, they are unable to accept donations of clothing and shoes.)

DROP-OFF POINTS (Please check the rotary club blog, containersofhopeforhaiti.blogspot.com for  specific drop-off times) :

• Royalton International , 2880 Portland Drive (main storage facility): Mon, Feb 1: 5:30-8pm / Thurs, Feb 4: 5:30-8pm / Sun, Feb 7: 2-5pm / Mon, Feb 8: 5:30-8pm / Thurs, Feb 11: 5:30-8pm
• Knox Presbyterian , Lakeshore & Dunn
• Shaarei-Beth El Synagogue, Morrison Rd.
• St. Jude's Anglican , William St.
• Howies' residence, 313 Beechfield Rd.
• Evangel Pentecostal , Rebecca & Third Line
• Clarkson Road Presbyterian, Mississauga
• Oak Park Mom & Tots Centre, 6th Line & Glenashton
• John Knox Christian on Sheridan Garden Drive at Ford
• 690/700/710 Dorval Drive-office buildings on Dorval at Wyecroft
• Oakville Town Hall

Halton Region has announced the final flu clinic for Oakville will be held on Saturday January 16, 2009 from noon-4pm.  The clinic will offer both the H1N1 (Adjuvanted & Unadjuvanted*) and Seasonal flu vaccination. The clinic will be held at the Halton Regional Centre - Auditorium, 1151 Bronte Road.  view map

Vaccinations will continued to be available through many Doctor's offices.  Please call your doctor office to find out about vaccination availability, or view a list of walk in clinics that offer the vaccine.

* Unadjuvanted H1N1 vaccine is for pregnant women only

According to Twitter posts by the Mayor and others, Mayor Burton announced at this week's Oakville Chamber of Commerce Breakfast meeting he will be seeking re-election in the fall of 2010.

MyOakville plans to offer a colum available to the Mayor, Councillors, trustees and candidates for the upcoming election.

In an apparent contradiction to open and transparent decision making, Trans Canada has invited select members of various resident's associations to attend a private meeting, including a light dinner,  at Othelo's this evening, Tuesday November 24th.

TransCanada has provided each resident association with a series of ground rules to abide.  We understand C4CA on learning of the closed nature of the meeting had requested an alternate forum of a public meeting.  This public meeting may take place in the New Year, but they are proceeding with this closed door meeting this evening.

A protest rally has been organized for 6:00pm at Othelo's, 2273 Royal Windsor Drive (Northwest corner of Royal Windsor and Ford Dr.), where the private closed-door meeting will take place.

The Ministry of Education and Region of Halton announced the vaccination is now available for all residents.  Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road continues to be the only public clinic available in Oakville.

Click here for available dates and times, as the clinic is NOT open 7 days a week, http://www.halton.ca/health/services/communicable_disease/H1N1/clinics.htm

The Town's Site Planning committee will be meeting on September 15, 2009 at 4:00pm to review the School Board's site plan for the Clearview school.  The site plan and Town notice letter can be found here, Site Plan for Clearview School (3.53 MB)

The site plan calls for the construction of a 2 storey elementary school for Clearview.