Toronto, Ontario – November 23, 2011 - Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning invites you to join police officers from across Ontario for the launch of the 2011/2012 holiday R.I.D.E. Checks (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) program – a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of not driving impaired.
Marking its fifth annual return to the R.I.D.E program is the State Farm R.I.D.E Checks Rewards Booklet. R.I.D.E Checks Rewards supports the efforts of police services in the Greater Toronto Area by giving them booklets to make available to citizens, either at roadside spot checks or for pick up at their nearest police facility. The R.I.D.E. Checks Rewards Booklet details the penalties associated with drinking and driving and includes money saving coupons. For more information on R.I.D.E Checks and R.I.D.E. Checks Rewards programs, visit www.ridechecks.com.
Event: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 11 a.m.
Concourse, Humber College, North Campus
205 Humber College Blvd., (Hwy 27 & Humber College Blvd.), Toronto, Ontario.
Photo Opportunity:
John Davies, president, Humber College
Police officers from Durham, Halton, Niagara, Ontario Provincial, Peel, South Simcoe, Toronto and York Police Services
R.I.D.E Check vehicles and police officers will be positioned along Humber College Blvd. performing roadside spot checks
Officers will distribute the State Farm R.I.D.E. Checks Rewards Booklet
Display of R.I.D.E., police and other showcase vehicles
Directions:
Humber North Campus is located at the corner of Highway 27 and Humber
College Boulevard (one block south of Finch Avenue). Please see the following link: For a detailed map humber.ca/maps/northmap.htm.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Four out of five of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit humber.ca.
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For more information and to arrange interviews, please contact:
Kevin Gonsalves / Andrew Leopold
416.675.6622 ext. 5778/4296
Andrew cell: 416.518.8989
kevin.gonsalves@humber.ca /andrew.leopold@humber.ca
