‘Tis the season to give back to our local communities.
CUPE Local 1842, along with Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Service is teaming up and running food drives, with all donations going to local food banks in the community.
Sunday, September 24th
Attention CUPE Local 1842 members:
As per our CUPE Local 1842 bylaws, the current Union Executive will complete its term on December 31, 2017.
Nominations are being accepted for the following positions on the Union Executive:
Friday, September 22nd
CUPE 1842 Paramedics would like to congratulate all those who took part in the 2017 Tour Paramedic Ride from Toronto to Ottawa.
It was our Locals pleasure to provide refreshments for the riders on their route through our area and meet participants at the HQPS lunch in Wellington.
We appreciate your efforts for such a meaningful cause and are happy to contribute.
Thanks again to SpringBox for providing the water for our rest stop and Emm’s Restaurant for hosting us.
Wednesday, September 20th
Recently CACO held its annual conference to discuss topics related to the Paramedic Profession. The two day conference was held in Niagara Falls and was attended by three CUPE Local 1842 members.
As part of this conference delegates formulated the following response to the Minister of Health regarding the Ontario Governments proposed changes to delivery of Paramedic Services.
CUPE 1842 Paramedics would like to thank all delegates in their role in advocating for our profession and congratulate newly appointed CACO Chair Jason Frasor.
Thursday, September 14th
On Saturday, September 16th day 2 of Ontario Tour Paramedic Ride will be passing through our service area as part of their four day ride from Toronto to Ottawa.
“The 2017 Ontario Paramedic Ride Route will travel over 300 km starting in Toronto passing through Port Hope, Kingston and Brockville arriving four days later in Ottawa. Riders from Ontario, will join the riders from Quebec, and travel together arriving on Parliament Hill.”
CUPE Local 1842 Paramedics are pleased to once again support this event and cause with a financial donation along with providing refreshments for riders and support staff at their designated pit stop in Carrying Place. Local 1842 members will be awaiting riders at Emm’s Restaurant on Highway 33 in Carrying Place from 11:00am till all riders have passed enroute to their lunch stop in Wellington. Special thanks to SpringBox for their donation of refreshing unbottled Canadian Spring Water.
We look forward to taking part in this event and applaud all those who have taken on this cause.
See you on Saturday!
Monday, September 11th
In accordance with CUPE National’s recommendation to offer local apparel, Local 1842 Paramedics have put together a new clothing line that is now available.
A list of items with available sizes and colours can be found in our Clothing Catalogue below. 2017 orders will be submitted on Monday, October 16th and Monday, December 4th. To place an order, contact Danielle Spitzig at daniellespitzig10@hotmail.com
Friday, September 8th
CKWS Kingston / Global News:
“It looks like a mountain of food piled up in Belleville’s Gleaners food bank warehouse. The large donation is the result of a food drive held by Hastings-Quinte EMS workers two weeks ago. It’s a contribution the food banks Director of Operations Susanne Quinlan is happy to see.”
Friday, September 1st
Thank to all those who took part in the CUPE 1842 Paramedics Colouring Contest. We hope you enjoyed participating as much as we enjoyed receiving all your creative and talented entries.
The contest winner has been selected by random draw and the winner is……………………
Jakob Cunningham – Age 9
Paramedic Claudia Cicciarella with Colouring Contest winning entry submitted by Jakob Cunningham (9).
Congratulations Jakob. We look forward to delivering your prize pack just in time for Back to School.
Saturday, August 26th
Sunday, August 20th
Today, Paramedics from CUPE Local 1842 and Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Service held the second half of our Hunger has no season food drive in support of Gleaners Food Bank and the Tri County Food Network.
Once again, the public came out with overwhelming support helping us collect 2099lbs of food and $955 in cash donations which surpassed our totals from our previous collection.
In total, Paramedics through generous donations were able to collect 4068lbs of food and $2050 in cash for Gleaners which will assist in ending their summer donation drought.
We along with Gleaners are very grateful for all the support and applaud our donors for stepping up to support local food banks and our communities. It was a pleasure to see the outpouring of support and to interact with the public even meeting those we have transported in our trucks or have first hand experience of the great service our local food banks provide.
On behalf of the Paramedics of CUPE Local 1842 we would like to say a big thanks for all the support. You helped make a difference in peoples lives.
* Those who took entries for the CUPE 1842 Colouring Contest are reminded to mail your submissions in for a chance to win a great Back to School Prize Pack. We are looking forward to seeing all your entries.