Seniors, Wellness and Social Development
March 24, 2016

Media Advisory: Parliamentary Secretary to Attend Find Your Fit! Event

Derek Bennett, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Seniors, Wellness and Social Development, will participate in the second annual Find Your Fit! Community Physical Activity Challenge at Paradise Double Ice Complex today (Thursday, March 24).

Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador and ParticipACTION are teaming up during the month of April to support and encourage young people and their families in Newfoundland and Labrador to participate in physical activity through the community challenge. The event will also celebrate Nutrition Month and the importance of healthy eating for all.

Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador is hosting the 2016 Find Your Fit! Community Physical Activity Challenge launch in partnership with the Town of Paradise, Eat Great and Participate, and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The event begins at 3:30 p.m. at the Paradise Double Ice Complex�s Rotary Youth and Community Centre gymnasium.

For more information, visit: www.recreationnl.com/findyourfit .

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Media contact:

Roger Scaplen
Director of Communications
Seniors, Wellness and
Social Development
709-729-0928, 697-5267
rogerscaplen@gov.nl.ca

2016 03 24                              12:00 p.m.