If you are a parent, here's what you can do:

• Learn about the Best Start activities in your neighbourhood and participate or get involved

• Get connected with other parents and families through Best Start hubs

• Visit your nearest Ontario Early Years Centre

If you are an elected official, here’s what you can do:

• Learn how Best Start can benefit the children and families in your area

• Create policies in your community that benefit safe, healthy environments for children to live, grow and play

• Invest in children by supporting families in your community

If you are an educator/teacher, here’s what you can do:

• Learn how Best Start prepares children for school before they arrive in Junior Kindergarten

• Be connected to your nearest Best Start hub

• Educate your parents with smaller children about Best Start

If you are a neighbour, here’s what you can do:

• Learn about the Best Start initiative in your community

• Get to know the families in your neighbourhood

• Volunteer at your nearest Best Start hub or community centre

If you are a member of a service club or community group, here’s what you can do:

• Learn about the Best Start initiative in our community by requesting a presentation for your next meeting

• Help invest in the future by supporting children in the present

• Become a part of a growing movement and become a supporter of Best Start

If you are a child care provider, here’s what you can do:

• Learn about the benefits of Best Start and how you can be a part of the initiative

• Participate in professional development workshops available through Best Start

• Reinforce through action the importance of early brain development  

If you are a business owner/member of the local industry, here’s what you can do: 

• Learn how Best Start will build a sustainable workforce in Lambton County

• Encourage ongoing government action on early childhood development and care issues

• Influence public policy and public opinion on the benefits of developing human capital at an early age

• Talk to fellow business leaders and employees about the vital role that quality early childhood care and education plays in current and future workforce development

• As champions for young children, corporate and labour leaders can also help to communicate a strong business case for approaching early childhood development programs as an economic development strategy