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(Some) on #Guelph city council have blind-spots that are confounding and frustrating.
Why doesn't #BuildBackBetter or #NewNormal or #DiversityandInclusion apply to youth sports?
No kids of my own, but I value youth sports orgs as a vital thread of our community fabric. https://twitter.com/DanGibsonCllr/status/1335571563480051713
Why doesn't #BuildBackBetter or #NewNormal or #DiversityandInclusion apply to youth sports?
No kids of my own, but I value youth sports orgs as a vital thread of our community fabric. https://twitter.com/DanGibsonCllr/status/1335571563480051713
Talk to (m)any families - particularly immigrant families or working parents - and you'll learn that youth sports weave community, bring people together, nurture a sense of belonging and keep kids active+engaged.
What possible justification is there for rejecting this support?
What possible justification is there for rejecting this support?
Been watching council for years, other groups asking for temp support don't usually get this treatment:
(paraphrasing)
Councilor Allt: Wiill one-time subsidy will set expectations for permanent subsidy?
City Staff: Yes there will "a great deal of resistance" next year
(paraphrasing)
Councilor Allt: Wiill one-time subsidy will set expectations for permanent subsidy?
City Staff: Yes there will "a great deal of resistance" next year
Why are youth sports orgs - whose membership is growing increasingly diverse - being singled out as if they are asking for a handout, when all they are asking for a helping hand up to stay afloat the greatest crisis facing our generation?
I want to live in a community that values and supports a broad range of interests and activities, regardless of whether they affect my life directly or whether I use them.
And I want a council that represents and supports those values.
And I want a council that represents and supports those values.
And if (some) on city council don't see it fit to support community orgs during the time of their greatest need, then it falls upon us as a community to shore them up.
I'll be putting aside some $$ over the next year to donate to these orgs, and I encourage you to do the same.
I'll be putting aside some $$ over the next year to donate to these orgs, and I encourage you to do the same.
Please support youth sports in #Guelph: @GuelphBaseball @GuelphSoccerClb @guelphpredators @GuelphMinorLax @GuelphYBA @JrGryphFootball @GGMSA @GuelphGiants @GuelphMarlins ... and more
An (incomplete) list here, I'll keep updating this link: https://pastebin.com/eeYsSWBk
An (incomplete) list here, I'll keep updating this link: https://pastebin.com/eeYsSWBk
