NEWS RELEASE

October 26, 2009

UNION GAS UNVEILS NEW ADDITION TO WATERLOO REGION CHILDREN'S SAFETY VILLAGE

Makes a $25,000 investment in safety of region’s children

Cambridge, ON – Union Gas today officially opened the Union Gas Activity Centre – the latest addition to the Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village and a key part of this important community safety project.  On hand to assist were Union Gas District Manager Murray Costello; Waterloo Region’s Children’s Safety Village Chair Lee Fitzpatrick, City of Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr and representatives from the Waterloo Regional Police and Fire Services. 

Built with a donation of $25,000 from Union Gas, the interactive activity centre provides educators with a unique venue to demonstrate natural gas safety in a fun, hands-on way that children will find easy to remember.

"Union Gas and its employees are committed to safety both on and off the job and to giving back to the communities in which we operate,” said Murray Costello, District Manager, Union Gas. "That's why our support for the Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village, and six other safety villages across Ontario, was such a natural fit for us. We understand that accidents are preventable and that adopting a safety mindset is essential to accident prevention." 

Over 250,000 children have already participated in safety programs at the safety village where they have had the opportunity to practice real life skills that reduce the risk they will face injury due to a preventable incident.

"I want to congratulate Union Gas for their commitment to safety and for their contribution and ongoing support of the Children’s Safety Village," said Lee Fitzpatrick, Chair Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village. "Union Gas continues to act as a positive community partner in the Waterloo Region and we value the investments they continue to make locally and across Ontario."

About Union Gas
Union Gas Limited is a major Canadian natural gas storage, transmission and distribution company based in Ontario with nearly 100 years of experience and service to customers. The distribution business serves 1.3 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in more than 400 communities across northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario. Union Gas's growing storage and transmission business offers premium storage and transportation services to customers at the Dawn Hub, the largest underground storage facility in Canada and one of the largest in North America.  It offers customers an important link in the movement of natural gas from Western Canadian and U.S. supply basins to markets in central Canada and the northeast U.S. A Spectra Energy (NYSE: SE) company, Union Gas has assets of $5 billion and approximately 2,200 employees. Visit uniongas.com for more information.

About the Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village
The Waterloo Region Children’s Safety Village is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching children in grades 1-6 about safety education. The focus at the Village is on experience based learning where children receive classroom instruction and have an opportunity to practice what they have learned in a “hands on” environment. The Children’s Safety Village reaches approximately 20 - 25,000 students each year.  Grades one, three and five are taught by a uniformed police officer who teaches the fundamentals of traffic, bicycle and pedestrian safety and the newly developed “Stranger Danger on the Internet”. Grades two, four and six are taught aspects of fire safety by a uniformed fire education officer. With the use of videos, an interactive Hazard House and “Sparky’s Apartment”, children are educated on the importance of working smoke detectors, having a practiced fire escape plan and how to identify hazards in their home environment.

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