milton town councillor

Teddy Bear Vigil Friday December 21st

Mike Cluett

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“The streets of heaven are crowded with angels tonight”

Thanks to Giles and Samantha Attew amongst others for getting this organized.

I dont think there was a parent or person out there who was not affected by what happened in Newtown CT last week.  Watching the news I could barely hold back the tears as the visuals of children running screaming from their school were shown on TV and hearing the accounts of what happened made my skin crawl.

Its these events that prompted the quick organization of a night time vigil in remembrance of those children who were taken from us way too soon and the to support the families and friends of those directly affected by the events of that day.

There will be a Teddy Bear Candlelight Vigil this Friday Dec 21 at 6pm at Victoria Park/City Hall – 150 Mary Street to Support The Grieving Families at Sandy Hook ES – Newtown , CT.

Bring a Bear to show you care!   Attached is the poster – Please share this with others in Milton so they are aware! Milton, Lets all come together to do a payer and to show love & keep Newtown in our thoughts during this difficult time they are facing. All Bears will be collected and sent to Sandy Hook ES.

Milton Youth Advisory Committee

Mike Cluett

Before the last council meeting of 2012, members of Milton Town Council were invited for a sit down meeting with the Milton Youth Advisory Committee.  Its become an annual tradition with this committee to meet with council members, ask questions that are important to the youth in Milton and get to know each other.

As with previous years, I was very impressed by this group of students.  They are engaged in our community and want to find different ways to take part in our town and give back as well.  The questions they asked were fair,  but challenging as well and they pulled no punches either.  Its exactly what we need to make sure we’re getting honest feedback from the youth in town.

They made their annual report presentation to council last night and I’m convinced that before long we might see some of these students sitting around council’s table in the future. (Watch out everyone)

It was great meeting everyone last night and I look forward to speaking with you throughout 2013 and beyond.  As I told many of them last night, we need to hear from them on what direction the town should be taking with its priorities.  What should WE be doing for the youth of Milton.

If you have kids under the age of 25 who would like to get involved in the Milton Youth Advisory Committee send them a tweet @MiltonYAC Its only through discussion and getting feedback directly from the youth in town, will we at council have a better idea of  how we need to shape Milton for the years to come.

There Was A Miracle On Main Street

Mike Cluett

Yesterday was the 4th annual Toy Drive in Milton put on by the Tiger Jeet Singh Foundation and supported in a large part by Troy Newton of Troy’s Diner.  As Ive said many times before, you dont have to be in Milton very long to know about Troy’s.  Great food, great service, amazing staff and Troy’s impact on our community can not be measured.

I was happy to help out in supporting the Miracle on Main Street this year and every year it just gets bigger and better.  There were reindeer, Santa Claus himself came down from the North Pole to say hi to the kids, live entertainment by Milton’s own Jon Abrams as well as Prita Chhabra, a merry go round, silent auctions, the worlds most famous hockey dad Walter Gretzky and thousands of toys for the toy drive.

On a personal note, Ive known Troy for as long as I’ve been a Miltonian and he does have a heart of gold.  He was asked by Jennifer Valentyne from BT yesterday why does he do this and his reply is simple but very telling of who he is.  Isnt it what we should be doing?

Troy and his team help out at so many community events and when called upon, he’s there no questions asked.

I havent heard an official total yet from the Tiger Jeet Singh Foundation of what the total amount raised but I heard yesterday from Mayor Gord Krantz that the total was close to $200,000!!!! WOW! That will bring more smiles to kids faces this Christmas than before. An outstanding effort by a group of outstanding volunteers. The team should be commeded for their efforts yesterday.

And to top it all off, yesterday morning in front of the diner Troy was presented with the Queens Diamond Jubilee award for his years of community support.  It gets said so often but its so true with this…there is no other person that deserves this honour more than Troy.  Congratulations and Im very proud to call you my friend.  Check out the video below of the presentation live on Breakfast Television.