You can winMayor for a DayDeputy Mayor for a DayGift Certificates!
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Live in North Grenville.
- Be a student in grades 7 through 12.
- Complete the Mayor for a Day application form.
- Be available to shadow Mayor Nancy Peckford on Wednesday, October 16th (will include school hours, parent permission required).
Incentives ($550 total)
- One winner will be selected as 2024 Mayor for a Day, participate in job shadow experience, and awarded $100 local gift certificate!
- One winner will be selected as 2024 Deputy Mayor for a Day, participate in job shadow experience, and awarded $50 local gift certificate!
- $20 local gift certificates to the first 20 applicants (excluding the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for a Day winners).
Application Deadline
- Applications are due by 1:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 1st, 2024. Application is now closed.
The contest will occur each year during Ontario’s Local Government Week (third week in October), to increase public and youth awareness of the important role local governments play in our communities. The students can gain valuable insights into the workings of North Grenville. Open to students in grades 9 through 12 who live in North Grenville.
Photos from 2023's Mayor for a Day Contest
Mayor Ben McKenna and Deputy Mayor Miles Dockendorff
Deputy Mayor of the Day Miles with parents
Ben being signed in
Miles being signed in
Mayor Ben wearing chain of office
Miles with flags behind
Ben and Miles with Mayor Nancy Peckford
Having a discussion in Mayor Peckford's office
More discussions in Mayor's office
With council in meeting room
discussing tourism with the mayor
Meeting with Manager of Leisure Services
Meeting with Director of Parks and Recreation and Facilities Superintendent
Tour of the Zamboni room
Checking out the refrigeration units under the ice rink
At the Fire Hall with Fire Chief Okum
Tour of the Fire Hall
Ben and Miles sitting at the Mayor's desk
Ben and Miles doing rock, paper, scissors to decide on who is signing the guestbook first
Timeline
Application is open!
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Application Deadline
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Announce Mayor for a Day
TBD
TBD
Mayor for a Day shadows Mayor Peckford
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
