From September 12-18, the Town of Bonavista will host the 2010 Cabot Loop Games, thanks in part to a $10,000 investment from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The funding will be used to assist with the costs associated with hosting the games.

"The Regional Games Program allows our province's youth to participate in organized, yet non-competitive sport programming," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "It is part of the Provincial Government's efforts to provide our young people with opportunities to engage in physical activity, and encourage them to continue a healthy, active lifestyle throughout their lives."

The $100,000 Regional Games Program, administered through Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador, provides 10 communities with up to $10,000 to provide youth, aged 11-18, with an opportunity to participate in multi-sport events within their regions.

"I commend the Cabot Loop Regional Games Committee for organizing this recreational activity for the Bonavista Peninsula youth, and offer my thanks on behalf of all participants to the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation for providing funding to host the games," said Roger Fitzgerald, MHA for Bonavista South. "If past years are any indication, this event will be well attended and the games played with much enthusiasm and community spirit."

Budget 2010: The Right Investments — For Our Children and Our Future provides over $1.2 million in new funding to improve existing programming and introduce new initiatives which support the goals and objectives of the Provincial Government's recreation and sport strategy, Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador (2007).

Since the launch of the strategy, more than $70 million in Provincial Government funding has been committed to recreational and sport infrastructure, programming, and athlete development.

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