Chatham-Kent is holding a home for the holidays celebration and focusing on young people who have moved back to the area permanently.
Caress Lee Carpenter is in the community development department of the municipality is trying to convince people raised here to always consider the possibility of coming back even after they have left.
"I am someone who was born and raised in Chatham-Kent and I did go away, but I always knew that I wanted to come back," she says. "I don't think that is the case with everyone, in fact I would say it is pretty rare to know you do want to come home to Chatham-Kent."
She says this is an especially good time to stress that the municipality is an open and welcoming society.
