Probation Officers Association of Ontario, Inc.

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Officers Association of Ontario (POAO) has been meeting the professional needs of Probation Officers and Probation and Parole Officers in the Province of Ontario, Canada,</B></div> <div> <B>for more than </B><B>50 years</B><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="604" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 499 WIDTH="176"><div> Please plan to join your colleagues across the Province as they celebrate Probation Officers Week in Ontario.</div> <bR> <div> Check back here in the coming days for details on events in your area or, if you have an idea for an event, contact your Branch Chair with your idea.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="cff7ded0.jpg" border=0 width="381" height="493" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="552" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#0033FF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#003399" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#0099FF HEIGHT= 451 WIDTH="177"><bR> <div> <B>POAO Research:  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF80" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>"Victims in the Criminal Process"</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <B>Click   <a href="HTMLobj-3321/Victims-in-the-Criminal-Process.pdf"><u>here</u> </a>  </B></div> <div> <B>for the POAO's research paper</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Sunset Cruise VIII</B></div> <div> <B>June 2007</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="c94926a0.jpg" border=0 width="146" height="106" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The always popular Midwest Branch</B></div> <div> <B>Sunset Cruise was another great success. Pictures are </B><A HREF="id225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunset Cruise 2007"><U><B>here</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Southwest Branch</B></div> <div> <B>does it again,</B></div> <div> <B>raising nearly</B></div> <div> <B>$5000.00</B></div> <div> <B>in the MS Bike Tour</B></div> <div> <B>in London</B></div> <div> <B>click </B><A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U><B>here</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>to learn more</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Let's Make</B></div> <div> <B>Cancer History</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b4db0840.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Probation Officers and Support Staff from the London area raised almost $5000 in the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life on June 16th.  Click </B><A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U><B>here</B></U></A><B> to learn more!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Membership Perks</B></div> <div> <B>Discounted Rates</B></div> <div> <B>to the</B></div> <div> <B>Ontario Science Centre and IMAX Theatre</B></div> <div> <A HREF="perks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Perks"><U><B>click here</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Your Perks and Fundraising Director, Jennie Yeomans,</B></div> <div> <B>has been busy coming up with significant perks</B></div> <div> <B>for POAO members.</B></div> <div> <B>Go to the </B><A HREF="perks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Perks"><U><B>Perks and Fundraising</B></U></A><B> page</B></div> <div> <B>to learn about discounts and exclusive offers</B></div> <div> <B>to Wonderland, Ontario Place, the</B></div> <div> <B>Ontario Science Centre and</B></div> <div> <B>Great Wolf Lodge!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>POAO's Southwest Branch was at it once again, riding the Big Bike for Heart and Stroke at the Point Edward Charity Casino (Sarnia) on May 25, 2005</B></div> <div> <A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U>Click here to</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U>learn more and to </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U>see some pictures.</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#0099FF WIDTH="177"><div> <B>2007</B></div> <div> <B>Member</B></div> <div> <B>of the Year</B></div> <div> <B>Susan Carey</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="cf786ba0.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Symposium 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Sudbury</B></div> <div> <B>November 4 - 7</B></div> <div> <B>Pictures from the event</B></div> <div> <B>will be posted</B></div> <div> <B>here soon.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>On July 23 & 24, 2005, Southwest Branch was represented by two separate teams riding in the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Bike Tour.</B> The Grand Bend to London (and back!) ride raised over $500,000 with over 900 cyclists participating.  <A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U>Click here to learn more.</U></A> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Financial Assistance Available to POAO Members!</B></div> <div> Financial Assistance is available to POAO members to further their education.  Click <A HREF="perks_financial_assistance_for_university.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Perks"><U>here</U></A> for more information</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Read the POAO's submission concerning MCSCS's announcement that it is to consider eliminating the Ontario Parole nd Earned Remission Board and transferring responsibility for provincial parole to the federal government.</B></div> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-3323/OPERB_issue.doc"><u>Click here</u> </a>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>POAO was 50 years old</B></div> <div> <B>in 2002 and</B></div> <div> <B>Darlene Humeniuk</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> has been digging into the Association's archives.</B></FONT></div> <div> <B> Read a little about what</B></div> <div> <B>she has found...</B></div> <div> <B>three articles:</B></div> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-3328/A_Look_Back_Summer_2003.PDF"><u>Summer 2003</u> </a>  and</B></div> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-3329/Another_Look_Back_Spring_2003.PDF"><u>Spring 2003</u> </a>  and</B></div> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-3330/Back.PDF"><u>Fall 2002</u> </a>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <img src="HTMLobj-3331/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="120" height="105">  </B></div> <div> <B>Get your </B></div> <div> <B>POAO golf balls</B></div> <div> <A HREF="poao_gear.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="POAO Gear"><U><B>here...</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#0099FF WIDTH="166"><div> <B>Probation Officers Week 2008</B></div> <div> <B>May 4 to 10</B></div> <div> <B>Click   <a href="HTMLobj-3322/PO_week_announcement_2008.pdf"><u>here</u> </a>  </B></div> <div> <B>for information about this year's event, and check back here for additional details in the coming weeks.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The President's </B></div> <div> <B>December 2007</B></div> <div> <B>Message</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="aec78ae0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B> to the membership</B></div> <div> Click  <a href="HTMLobj-3315/President_s_Message_December_2007.pdf"><u>here</u> </a>   to read Don Larman's message to all POAO members.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="ae0ae780.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>A Southwest Branch team of POAO members competed at the OPP Curling Bonspiel which was in support of the Sunshine Foundation, in St. Mary's on March 22/06.</B></div> <div> <B>Click </B><A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U><B>here</B></U></A><B> for more. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Midwest Branch's Famous</B></div> <div> <B>Sunset Cruise</B></div> <div> <B>was a huge hit on</B></div> <div> <B>Friday, June 23, 2006</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="b9b9e770.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>This is a very popular, annual event and by all accounts,  was well worth the drive to</B></div> <div> <B>Port Dover!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Click </B><A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunset Cruise 2006"><U><B>here</B></U></A><B> to see a few pictures from the event.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>165 New POs for Ontario</B></div> <div> "The Probation Officers Association of Ontario told me we needed more probation and parole officers to improve community safety.  I am announcing the addition of 165 new probation and parole officers..."</div> <div> The Honourable Ernie Eves,</div> <div> Deputy Premier, Finance Minister</div> <div> source:  <A HREF="http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/hansardindex.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/hansardin"><U>Hansard</U></A> </div> <div> May 2000</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>In June 2005, POs from Southwest Branch participated in the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life and raised more than $2200</B></div> <div> <A HREF="southwest.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southwest Branch"><U><B>Click here to learn more.</B></U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Probation Officers Association of Ontario</div> <div> 2100 Bloor Street West, Suite 6245</div> <div> Toronto, Ontario, Canada</div> <div> M6S 5A5</div> <div> Ph:  905-329-3219</div> <div> <A HREF="contactus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> (This site is optimized for an 800 x 600 screen resolution)</div> <bR> <div> copyright 2000 - 2008</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.globalscape.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.globalscape.com"><U><IMG SRC="57c54290.gif" border=0 width="84" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> 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