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‘Be a kid without a cost': Expanded SUPIE program begins at three city parks
Denver Boismier, right, and Melissa Ospino, worked the Lanspeary Park site of the expanded City of Windsor SUPIE program on July 13, 2025. (Robert Lothian/CTV News London) Expanded access to the City of Windsor's SUPIE (Supervised) Program began at three new parks on Sunday evening. After successfully piloting the program at Mitchell Park in the downtown since 2023, the city expanded to Mic Mac Park, Lanspeary Park, and Fontainebleau Park. Through the program, youth can spend the evenings alongside supervisors using sports equipment and staying active. Setup at Lanspeary on Langlois Avenue, Melissa Ospino and Denver Boismier, recreation program instructors with the city, awaited their first attendee. 'The kids are so, like, enthusiastic about the program. They want to be there, it's not like they're being forced to come,' explained Ospino, who has previously worked at the Mitchell Park site. 'They just want to do the activities, they want to do crafts, and they want to get to know us.' For Sunday, about seven kids were signed up to visit the SUPIE program at Lanspeary. Each day, supervisors organize different activities, themes and games. 'Kids can come here, do one of the themes, like that's all really, just have fun,' Boismier said. 'Be a kid without a cost.' Following initial success, the program will continue throughout the summer at 10 different parks across Windsor. SUPIE programs will run free of cost from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the following sites: July 2 to Aug. 30, 2025: Mitchell Park July 13 to July 29, 2025: Mic Mac Park, Lanspeary Park, Fontainebleau Park July 30 to Aug. 16, 2025: Walker Homesite Park, Robert McDonald Park, Riverside Baseball Park Aug. 17 to Sept. 6, 2025: Central Park, Remington Booster Park, Forest Glade Park
CTV News
12-07-2025
- General
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SUPIE program expanding to nine more Windsor parks
Mitchell Park in the area of Giles Boulevard and Bruce Avenue in Windsor, Ont. (Courtesy of Google Street View) A pilot program that began in a park in downtown Windsor is now expanding to nine other parks across the city. The SUPIE (Supervised) Program began in 2023 as a pilot project in Mitchell Park at 399 Giles Blvd. W. It provides a supervisor designed to restore proper usage of the park to the residents of the neighbourhood and encourage community engagement and healthy, active living by providing recreation staff to run free programming for youth-aged children, including sports, arts and crafts, passive games, and special events. SUPIE programs will now be offered from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the following locations: July 2 to Aug. 30, 2025: Mitchell Park July 13 to July 29, 2025: Mic Mac Park, Lanspeary Park, Fontainebleau Park July 30 to Aug. 16, 2025: Walker Homesite Park, Robert McDonald Park, Riverside Baseball Park Aug. 17 to Sept. 6, 2025: Central Park, Remington Booster Park, Forest Glade Park To register for SUPIE programming, visit or call Central Registration and Booking at 519-255-1161. The city says over 250 youth have participated in SUPIE since it was introduced, with stakeholder feedback showing that the program contributed to an increase in park utilization, community engagement, and overall park satisfaction. - Rusty Thompson, AM800 News
CTV News
06-07-2025
- CTV News
SUPIE program returns to Windsor's Mitchell Park
Mitchell Park in the area of Giles Boulevard and Bruce Avenue in Windsor, Ont. (Courtesy of Google Street View) A park in South Central Windsor will again be supervised over the summer following the continued success of a city-run program. The SUPIE (supervisor) Program returns for the third year at Mitchell Park, 399 Giles Boulevard West. The goal of the program is to enhance park safety and engage children in enriching recreational activities. Ward 3 councillor Renaldo Agostino said the program began in 2023 following discussions with nearby residents who were frustrated with ongoing crime in the park. 'During that meeting all the residents came out, everybody was upset, and everybody was angry, and everybody was telling me what was going on at the park, and I just sat there and I thought about when I was a kid, and when I was a kid there was park supervisors,' Agostino said. 'So, I brought up the idea of the SUPIE program and everyone there was struggling between security and activities.' The program was launched with both security and SUPIES, however security was dropped after the first year because there was only one incident requiring their assistance. In partnership with the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative, Agostino said SUPIES will be on hand seven days a week, working with youth from 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. until Aug. 30. 'They're just working kids doing arts and crafts, playing sports, soccer, basketball, there's all kinds of different activities that they do, so it's great, it's a great program,' he said. Agostino said when the program began, it came at a cost of approximately $30,000. 'Now we've got it down to, from what I understand, the last numbers I saw, just over $12,000 that now makes it a possibility to branch out into other parks, and other parts of the city,' Agostino said. The city said over 250 youth have participated in SUPIE since introduced in 2023, with stakeholder feedback showing that the program contributed to an increase in park utilization, community engagement, and overall park satisfaction. The city points to data from partners that indicates the program has been successful in the goal of reducing crime in the park. -With files from AM800's The Shift with guest host Kristen Siapas. Written by Dustin Coffman/AM800 News.
