Waste Reduction Group Wins City Award

Congratulations to Bruno Leps, Nancy Fung and all members of the SLNA Waste Reduction Group on receiving the Toronto Centre Leadership Award for their outstanding work creating, launching and managing the popular waste reduction initiative REmarket.

The award was presented to the SLNA Waste Reduction Group representatives Bruno Leps and Nancy Fung by MPP for Toronto Centre Kristyn Wong-Tam on May 30th at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
 
This prestigious honour “recognizes individuals who have made a profound and lasting contribution to the Toronto Centre community.”

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REmarket Event: Another Success

Thank you to Everyone (the volunteers, the community, the participants, and our partners) for makingREmarket #13 another success!
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The St. LawrenceNeighbourhood community and 54 volunteers help saved more unwanted goods from landfill!

·       49 skids (totalling 18,375 lbs)donated to Salvation Army

·       6 skids of electronic e-waste toRCT

·       35 Bike Repairs by Culture Link

·       149 items brought into theRepair Café for repair

For recycling, reuse and disposal we collected:

·       307 pairs of eyeglasses to OpticZone

·       19.7 kg Oral Care Items

·       6blue bins (50 L) of Household Hazardous Waste

·       2 blue bins (50 L) of LightBulbs

·       49.43 kg of empty cosmeticcontainers to PACT program

·       182 water filters

·       1535 pens and markers, 4400batteries, 6.6 kg of ink cartridges to Staples recycling program

·       1764 Prescription Bottles

·       2760 Single use masks

·       367 Disposable Razors andwrappings

·       20 Smartphones to CNIB (New)

·       9985 Cigarette Butts

·       1335 coffee pods and 635 bags

·       5860 plastic bread tags

·       2683 Aluminum can tabs

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National Indigenous Peoples Day:
​Sunrise Ceremony

From the City of Toronto:


All are welcome to attend a Sunrise Ceremony on June 21 at 5:30 a.m. on Nathan Phillips Square followed by a small feast (breakfast).
 
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly National Aboriginal Day. This is a day of cultural significance for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

Every year since 1998, the City of Toronto marks this day with a sunrise ceremony, where all are invited to come together to offer thoughts and prayers to the Creator and give thanks for all of creation and Mino Baamodziwin (The Good Life). The ceremony is held around a Sacred Fire and consists of many ceremonial elements that hold cultural significance for Indigenous Peoples, such as strawberries, water and the use of sage for cleansing.
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The ceremony and feast are open to the public. Afterwards, take photos of the Toronto sign lit in the four colours of the Medicine Wheel and journey on a self-guided tour of the Spirit Garden (Indian Residential School Survivors Restoration of Identity Project).

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More Tickets Added: SLNA
Meet and Greet Event

Click on image below to access the registration page for the SLNA Meet and Greet and Community Meeting scheduled for June 25th, 6 p.m. at the St. Lawrence North Market building.