St. John Ambulance announces new branch manager

Paul Hong, chair for the board of directors for St. John Ambulance for Bolton and Caledon, announced the new branch manager recently.

Morris Samson comes to the organization with many skills and experience in non-profit management, fund-raising, health and safety, and community and public relations. Morris spent 13 years in Brampton with the Salvation Army as director of community services and 12 years previous to that with an international logistics company in Mississauga as superintendent and health and safety co-ordinator.

Morris was a resident of Peel Region for more than 20 years and is very familiar with the Caledon and Bolton and their demographics. Morris participated for many years with other agencies and organizations such as The Region of Peel Ontario Works and Emergency Response, Red Cross, the Coalition for the Homeless, the Mayors Multi-faith Committee, Kiwanis and Rotary, Peel Regional Police Toys for Tots and the Brampton fire department food drives. Morris is looking forward to working with the community and committed to working with the St. John Ambulance team to make both Caledon and Bolton safer communities.

The St. John Ambulance provides training in first aid and CPR, Medical First Response, a therapy dog program, a child car seat training program, and a youth program. It is Canada's leader in First Aid Training. It has over 250,000 volunteers and provides training for over 500,000 Canadians each year.

Morris's responsibilities include the surrounding areas of Bolton, Caledon, and Orangeville. He can be reached at the Brampton office located at 8A Rutherford Road at 905-459- 2440, or morris.samson@sja.on.ca.