NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo op for Shinerama

Health and Community Services Minister Tom Osborne will participate in the Shinerama Fundraiser in aid of Cystic Fibrosis. Media representatives are invited to a photo opportunity where the minister will shine the shoes of president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses� Union, Debbie Forward. The photo op will take place 1:00 p.m. today (Friday, September 8) at the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union office, 229 Major's Path.

Shinerama is Canada�s largest post-secondary fundraiser involving students at almost 60 university and college campuses across Canada. While Shinerama began in 1964 as a shoe-shining campaign during orientation week, it has since grown to include a wide variety of shining and non-shining activities under the Shinerama banner.

Media contact:
Tansy Mundon, Health and Community Services, (709) 729-1377, 685-1741 or tansymundon@gov.nl.ca
Colleen O'Leary, Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses� Union, (709) 753-9961, ext 116 or coleary@nlnu.nf.net

2006 09 08                                            10:55 a.m.