Public Safety Essay Contest

M.P. Patrick Brown launched his 3rd annual Public Safety Scholarship Essay contest on December 31, 2008. This contest is open to all Barrie residents currently attending a local high school and is in partnership and sponsored by Stan Sinton of Sinton Transportation. The prize for the first place essay is $500.00, which is aimed at assisting with the costs of the post secondary education of the winning author. Below you will find a check list of what is required to submit your essay.

• The participants should submit a 500 word essay on a workable solution for making Barrie a community that is safer from acts of vandalism and crime.
• The completed essay should be submitted to brownpa1a@parl.gc.ca  as an attachment
• include a cover page with the theme of the essay and your contact information  including name, address and telephone number
• Note: The deadline for essay submissions is April 7th, 2009.

Judges for this contest include:
Diane Firman (Chairperson, Simcoe County District School Board, Trustee Wards 7,8,9, 10).
Connie Positano (Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, Trustee Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Cllr. John Brassard (Ward 7)

If you have any questions, or for further information, please contact my office at (705) 726-5959, or by email at brownpa1a@parl.gc.ca

Best Regards,

Patrick Brown- MP
Barrie, ON.




Barrie - MP Patrick Brown is pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Public Safety Essay Contest. RuiLin Guo, a grade 9 student at Innisdale Secondary School wrote the winning submission and will receive a scholarship of $500.00 for her effort. This is the 3rd year for the scholarship and the ideas put forth by all of the participating students were excellent as usual.  
 
The scholarship is sponsored by Stan Sinton of Sinton Transportation and the judges for the contest included Chair of the Simcoe County District School Board, Diane Firman, Trustee for the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board Connie Positano and Constable John Parliament of the Barrie Police Services.

“I wanted this project to encourage our youth to take an active role in safety and security solutions for our community. RuiLin Guo is a prime example of youth taking initiative and presenting solutions” said MP Brown “I would like to thank Sinton Transportation, Trustee’s Diane Firman and Connie Positano and the Barrie Police Services for their support of this scholarship.” he added.

“Sinton Transportation has always been committed to student safety and it is only natural for us to provide the funds to sponsor the public safety essay contest.” said Stan Sinton “Community safety is key to a healthy and vibrant Barrie”.

“I feel that it's a very important issue to raise awareness for, and I want the public to know that we as a community are capable of working together towards change” commented RuiLin when asked why she wrote and submitted an essay.  “There is a solution for growing crime rates amongst teenagers and no one individual is born a criminal.” she added.

MP Brown encourages all High School students residing in Barrie to put their ideas of how to make ours a safer community in essay form and apply for this scholarship next year.