Alice Wong, MP

Richmond, BC – Alice Wong, M.P. (Richmond) introduced a newly designed road safety strap for senior citizens at the Richmond constituency office.

“The number of accidents involving seniors injured while crossing streets at night time is a continuing concern in the community”, said Wong. “These road safety straps will assist the safety of our seniors by increasing their visibility at night time, potentially reducing the risk of accidents involving pedestrians.”

People often wear dark colour clothing that makes them less visible in the dark. The newly designed neon yellow road safety strap is a simple road safety device which can be worn over clothing to enhance the visibility of pedestrians and increase the safety of road users, particularly seniors.

The road safety strap is available to any senior resident of Richmond on a first-come first-serve basis, at the Constituency office of Alice Wong, located at 360 – 5951 No. 3 Road on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday between 10:00am and 12:00pm while quantities last.

The Celebration and Commemoration Program is a theme-based, integrated and dynamic approach to celebrating and commemorating Canada and Canadians. The program provides continuity and consistency across the diverse celebratory and commemorative activities initiated by federal partners and other levels of government every year.

The Celebrate Canada program provides funding to community-based activities celebrating and promoting National Aboriginal Day, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, Canadian Multiculturalism Day and Canada Day across Canada. The 2010 funding application form is now available on the Celebrate Canada Web site at the following address:

http://www.pch.gc.ca/special/canada/invittn/frm-eng.pdf

Application deadline: February 28, 2010. Funding applications forms postmarked or otherwise delivered to the Department of Canadian Heritage office after February 28, 2010 will not be accepted.