/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - 14th Annual Stand Up for Kids Awards at Queen's Park/

Presented by the Honourable Tracy MacCharles, Minister of Children and Youth Services

TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2014 /CNW/ - As part of Child Abuse Prevention month, the Award recognizes local heroes who take action against child abuse and neglect.

WHAT:	Stand Up for Kids Award Ceremony
	Minister of Children and Youth Services Tracy MacCharles will present the fourteenth annual Stand Up for Kids Awards to two individuals that have shown an exceptional commitment to protecting vulnerable children from abuse and neglect.
	The Stand Up for Kids Award is sponsored by the Children's Aid Society of Toronto, Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto, Jewish Family & Child and Native Child and Family Services of Toronto.
WHO:
	The Honourable Tracy MacCharles, Minister of Children and Youth Services
	Stand Up for Kids Award recipients, Lisa Felton, Teacher, Dixon Grove Public School & William (Bill) Blair, Chief of Police, Toronto Police Service
	David Rivard, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Aid Society of Toronto
	Mary A. McConville, Executive Director, Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto
	David van Overdijk, Director of Child Welfare, Native Family and Child Services of Toronto
	Richard L. Cummings, Executive Director, Jewish Child and Family
WHEN:	Thursday, October 30^th, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Main Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Committee Room 230

SOURCE: Catholic Children's Aid Society Of Toronto

For further information: RSVP: Rob Thompson, Director, Communications, Children's Aid Society of Toronto, 416-924-4640 ext. 2086, [email protected]; Anne Rappé, Manager, Communications, Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto, 416-395-1506, [email protected]