Child Care Worker & Early Educator Appreciation Day - Oct 21

PROCLAMATION

 25^th Annual Child Care Worker &

Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day

October 21^st, 2025

WHEREAS years of research confirms the benefits of high-quality early learning and child care for young children’s intellectual, emotional, social and physical development and later life outcomes; and 

WHEREAS child care promotes the well-being of children and responds to the needs of families and the broader community by supporting quality of life so that citizens can fully participate in and contribute to the economic and social life of their community; and

WHEREAS trained and knowledgeable Registered Early Childhood Educators are the key to quality in early years and child care programs – in licensed child care, Early ON programs, child life programs, and full-day kindergarten; and

WHEREAS Registered Early Childhood Educators and child care workers will be vital to the success of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system;

NOW THEREFORE, I, Mayor Jack Harrison, on behalf of Dryden City Council, do hereby proclaim, October 21, 2025 as the 25th Annual “Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day” in the City of Dryden in recognition of the education, dedication and commitment of childcare workers to children, their families and the quality of life of the community.