Babies and Toddlers

Be You. You Belong!

The message "Be You. You Belong!" aims to strengthen relationships between families and their community.  This important message was created after speaking with families in Ajax and Pickering about their experiences with being a parent.

We asked... What is it like to be a parent or a caregiver in Ajax and Pickering?

Check out what parents had to say!

Come to free programs every day to learn about how children learn by playing, meet other parents, and talk to staff who know about children’s development.

• Ajax Public Library
• Carea Community Health Centre
• EarlyON Child and Family Centres
• Family and Community Action Program (FCAP)
• Pickering Public Library
• Welcome Centre Immigrant Services
• YMCA

Durham Healthy Families Be You. You Belong! Mini Passport Program

Please read these Official Rules and Regulations before entering the Mini Passport Program. Participation in the Mini Passport Program constitutes full and unconditional agreement and acceptance of these Official Rules and Regulations, which are final on all matters relating to the Mini Passport Program.

Durham Region Health Department Population Health Division ("Program Sponsor"), the Regional Municipality of Durham, its employees, Regional Council Members, agents and assigns shall not be held responsible for any costs, losses, damages or expenses arising by reason of accident, negligence, printing, administrative or other errors that may arise or occur in connection with the Mini Passport Program. The Program Sponsor reserves the right to modify, amend, suspend or terminate this Program at any time, without prior notice, with no obligation or liability.

• The Mini Passport Program starts on June 27, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. and ends Oct 5, 2019 2:00 pm.
• Entries received after the Mini Passport Program duration will be disqualified.

The Mini Passport Program is open to residents of the Regional Municipality of Durham.

To take part, participants will obtain a mini passport from the following locations: Pickering Libraries, Ajax Pickering Carea locations, Ajax Pickering EarlyON locations, and Ajax & Pickering Welcome Centres. After attending a community program intended for children 0-6 years, the participant will be provided with 1 sticker to apply to their passport. Once 6 stickers are collected on the passport the participant can hand in the passport to one of the above mentioned locations and receive a cinch bag package while supplies last.

• Limit of 1 mini passport per family.
• Limit of 1 sticker per program visit per family.

No responsibility is assumed by the Program Sponsor, its employees, Regional Council members, agents and assigns, for any disruption to telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software or failure for any entry to be received because of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet as well as lost, misdirected or late entries which for any reason are not received or which are illegible or incomplete.

Participants will be provided with 1 cinch bag package per family per completed mini passport (6 stickers) as supplies last.

• The Program Sponsor will provide cinch bag packages to the participating locations.
• The Program Sponsor reserves the right to modify cinch bag packages as deemed necessary.
• The Program Sponsor's decisions as to all matters related to administration of the Program is final.

Participation in the Mini Passport Program is conditional upon acceptance of the following terms and conditions:

• The Program is governed by the laws of Canada and the Province of Ontario, excluding conflicts of laws principles. All federal, provincial and local laws and regulations apply. Program is void where prohibited. The Program may only be entered in or from Ontario by residents of the Regional Municipality of Durham and entries originating from any other jurisdiction are not eligible for entry.
• The Program Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to remove any comments or posts on the Program Sponsor's Facebook page by any Participant, that the Program Sponsor deems inappropriate, offensive or contrary to any law whatsoever and such removal will deem the Participant to be disqualified from the Program.
• The Participant, by commenting on the Program Sponsor's Facebook page consents to the collection, use and disclosure of whatever personal information may be posted in said comment and to the collection, use and disclosure of whatever personal information may be necessary in order to deliver the prize to the winning participant(s) pursuant to the provisions of The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER M.56, as amended from time to time.
• The Program Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion, to add to, remove, modify or otherwise change the Program at any time without notice if fraud or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Program as determined by the Program Sponsor in its sole discretion. Continued participation in the Program will constitute acceptance of the changes.
• If a person is dissatisfied with any portion of the Mini Passport Program or disagrees with any of these General Terms and Conditions or its other Rules and Regulations, the sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue participation in the Program.
• The Participant is solely and uniquely liable for the quality, accuracy, completeness and/or timeliness of the information contained in their Program entry submission. The Participant is responsible for any errors, omissions and/or misrepresentations contained in any of the information they provide. The Program Sponsor assumes no liability for any common law or statutory breach arising from the information provided and/or any acts or omissions done in connection with participation in this Program.
• By participating in the Mini Passport Program, participants release, indemnify and hold harmless the Program Sponsor, its respective employees, Regional Council Members, agents and assigns from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind, including death, arising from or in connection with the Program or receipt or use and/or misuse of any Program incentive.
• The Program Sponsor, its employees, Regional Council Members, agents and assigns are not liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including as a result of the Participant's participation in the Durham Healthy Families "Be You. You Belong!" Mini Passport Program whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise.
• By participating in the Mini Passport Program, participants agree to a complete release of Facebook
• The participants and Program Sponsor acknowledge that the Mini Passport Program is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
• Participation in the Mini Passport Program constitutes the participant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official Rules and Regulations and General Terms and Conditions