CP Scoop - March 18th, 2024

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MUNICIPAL NEWS

Carleton Place Urban Forestry/River Corridor Advisory Committee - Grow Me Instead: Promoting Invasive-free Gardening Across Ontario

Each year thousands of new plant species are introduced for use in the horticulture trade due to low maintenance requirements, ability to spread rapidly and often, beautiful, showy foliage and flowers. Many of these species can become very invasive and when they escape gardens and enter natural areas, they outcompete native plants, lower biodiversity and can become extremely costly to remove.

The Ontario Invasive Plant Council’s Grow Me Instead Guide, created by the Horticulture Outreach Collaborative, was created to assist gardeners in making informed decisions about the plants that they are buying for their gardens, helping to educate and avoid the use of invasive plants.

This 1.5-hour VIRTUAL webinar (via Zoom) will outline several problematic garden plants and suggest native alternatives that are proven to be non-invasive or native, easily found with widespread availability, and have similar requirements, shape, and garden uses as the invasive species.

This webinar will take place on April 18th, 2024, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.

Register for FREE online.

 

OTHER NEWS

Mississippi River Health Alliance - Help Shape the Future of Almonte General Hospital and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital

The Mississippi River Health Alliance, a partnership between Almonte General Hospital and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital, is seeking candidates for its Allied Boards of Directors, commencing July 2024.

The Allied Boards provide leadership and strategic direction to the organizations’ four (4) entities – Almonte General Hospital, Fairview Manor, Lanark County Paramedic Service and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital - while overseeing key aspects of performance. The Allied Boards are interested in candidates with a broad range of skills, as well as those with experience and/or involvement with healthcare (clinical) leadership and community-based activities. Previous experience as a member of a board or in a senior leadership role will be considered assets, as will information technology leadership or legal experience.

Board members must be at least 18 years of age and live or work within the communities broadly served by the Mississippi River Health Alliance. Members of the professional staff, employees and their spouses, children, parents, or siblings (or the spouse of any child, parent or sibling) are not eligible to serve unless permitted by a majority vote of the Allied Boards of Directors.

The Governance and Nominating Committee will interview potential candidates and make a recommendation to the Allied Boards of Directors for approval.

Application forms are available at www.agh-fvm.com or www.carletonplacehospital.ca or through the office of the President & CEO by calling 613-256-2514, extension 2220.

The deadline for applications is Friday, April 5th, 2024. We thank all applicants for their interest in serving the Mississippi River Health Alliance. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) Foundation - Your Feedback is Important to Us!

The Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) Foundation is looking for your valuable feedback and is asking for you to take 5 to 7 minutes of your time to fill out our CPDMH SURVEY so we can help understand your needs and preferences so we can better serve you, the community, and our generous donors.

Your feedback is of utmost importance to the CPDMH Foundation, and we sincerely appreciate your time and effort in completing the questionnaire. By doing so, you are actively contributing to the continuous improvement of the Foundation.

To access the questionnaire, simply click on the following link: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS SURVEY

The deadline to complete the survey is Friday, March 22nd, 2024.

The insights and feedback you provide will be invaluable.

By completing the survey, Waterside Retirement Community will be donating $5 on your behalf to the Foundation, helping to advance healthcare at CPDMH.

In addition, we encourage you to enter your email address on the survey so you can qualify to WIN ONE (1) of our amazing, sponsored prizes.

This questionnaire has been carefully crafted by the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) Foundation's Fundraising Marketing and Communications Branding Taskforce.

Thank you once again for your support and dedication to making the CPDMH Foundation the best it can be.

Please contact the CPDMH Foundation at cpdmh.foundation@mrha.ca or by calling 613-257-GIVE (4483) if you have any questions or additional feedback that you would like to provide.

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