Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day Proclamation - October 21, 2025

By virtue of the power vested in me
I Do Hereby Declare
October 21, 2025
as the
25th Annual Child Care Worker and
Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day
in the City of Pembroke.
Whereas years of research confirm 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 and child care staff are the key to quality in early learning 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.
Therefore: I, Ron Gervais, Mayor of the City of Pembroke, do hereby proclaim October 21, 2025, the 25th Annual “Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day” in the City of Pembroke in recognition of the education, dedication and commitment of child care workers to children, their families and quality of life of the community.
Dated in the Mayor’s Office this 7th day of October, 2025
Ron Gervais
Mayor, City of Pembroke