Perry Levinski

Distinguished as an Arena Operator at the Corporation of the Town of Kirkland Lake, I leveraged my expertise in ice surface maintenance and building upkeep, alongside adeptness in team management and environmental awareness. My tenure is marked by completing specialized courses in arena management and demonstrating exceptional problem-solving and mechanical skills, ensuring operational excellence and safety.

Volunteer

I volunteered  for approx  8 years  at the Timiskaming Child and Family  Services in Kirkland Lake. I developed a religious study program at the Maximum Security Pineger Young Offenders facility.    The program included the study of world religions, Bible study, movie nights with showings of family rated movies. We also had Karaoke nights and even brought in a local band  which gave the kids a concert. I also had volunteers knit mitts and hats for the offenders when winter came    I even introduced story time evenings,  this was essentially a quiet time for the youth. I read to the kids  uplifting encouraging stories. None of the programs were mandatory for the inmates but the sessions were between well attended and full.  Before implementing programs I  would discuss them  with the Pineger management . I was in the role of mentor to many of them.   I also put myself on 24 call if one of the youth  was in need of counseling. At times  some of the youth would basically have a bad day either with other inmates or staff.  Sometimes the inmate would be violent and the O.P.P. would be called in to restrain the inmate.  At these difficult times  either the centre or the  inmate  would ask  me to come in and sit with the young  offender. It was  challenging work.  I received several certificates  for my volunteer service while at Pineger and Timiskaming Child Family  Services between 2000 /2009  as well as  awards. I  received in 2008  the Ontario Volunteer Service award from David Ramsey MPP Timiskaming- Cochrane  and received after my first 5 years of service the Volunteer service award from The Honourable Michael Chan Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and from The Honorable Dalton McGunity Premier of Ontario