Hazelwood Elementary Receives Community Recreation Grant

Hazelwood Elementary School in St. John’s will be constructing a new playground thanks in part to a $15,000 grant provided through the Provincial Government’s Community Capital Grants Program.

“The funding will be used to assist with the redevelopment of the school’s playground,” said the Honourable Derrick Dalley, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. “Projects such as this help increase opportunities for physical, recreational, and social activities for students and children in the area.”

The Hazelwood Elementary School and school council are among various community-based organizations, municipalities, and recreation commissions which have received funding to upgrade their recreation and sport infrastructure through these latest Capital Grant Program investments.

“This funding is needed to repair and upgrade the playground at Hazelwood Elementary, which is used as a school playground as well as by the surrounding neighbourhood,” said Tom Osborne, MHA for St. John’s South. “I am delighted the school is receiving these funds for the much needed work.”

Budget 2012: People and Prosperity provides $8.6 million to support recreation and sport in the province. Since the launch of the Provincial Government’s recreation and sport strategy, Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador (2007), more than $70 million has been committed to recreational and sport infrastructure, programming, and athlete development throughout the province.

- 30 -

Media contacts:

2012 07 13                                        11:55 a.m.