- To promote injury prevention through reality education, enabling youth to recognize risk and make informed choices about activities and behaviours
P.A.R.T.Y. Goals
- To empower youth to recognize risks
- To empower youth to make informed, smart choices
- To increase youths’ awareness of personal responsibility for their choices
- To increase youths’ knowledge of the impact of serious injury on quality of life for the individual and community
- To promote other injury prevention initiatives
- To contribute to a reduction in the incidence of risk-related trauma for youth
Why Should Students Attend P.A.R.T.Y.?
- It is a day packed full of interesting information and activities designed to help you become more aware of the importance and consequences of your decisions
- It is an opportunity to talk with many people including doctors, nurses, social workers and patients - ask questions, share information, get involved
- It is a unique chance to think, listen, and feel. This is one P.A.R.T.Y that you will never forget
Learn why accident is a word we don’t use in P.A.R.T.Y.
Who Should Attend?
- High school students 16 yrs & older, usually in Grade 11 or 12
- Peer Mentors
- High Risk, Hand Picked
- Leadership
- School Council
- Law Students
- Co-op Students
- Career Students
If You Plan To Attend P.A.R.T.Y. Remember:
- Consents are required
- For those driving, free parking is available in the parking garage
- Juice will be provided in the morning (But please try to eat breakfast before coming)
- Pizza lunch will be provided (Vegetarian and meat)
- Cell phones must be shut off while on hospital premises
- Cameras are encouraged (Photograph students & activities not patients or families)
P.A.R.T.Y. would not be possible without the commitment of our dedicated staff and community partners:
- Windsor Police Services
- Emergency Medical Services
- Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital Staff (ER, ICU, Neurosurgery, Rehab, Pastoral Care)
- Physicians
- Volunteers
- Injury Survivors
Please click here to view our P.A.R.T.Y Brochure.
Contact:
Maria Brocklebank
519-973-4411 Ext. 2604
Email: maria.brocklebank@hdgh.org