Health and Community Services
August 24, 2007

Media Advisory: Minister to Attend Spokeman Tour for Childhood Cancer Event

The Honourable Ross Wiseman, Minister of Health and Community Services, will attend an event for the Spokeman Tour for Childhood Cancer, today (Friday, August 24), 2:15 p.m., at the Janeway Children�s Health and Rehabilitation Centre.

The Spokeman Tour for Childhood Cancer is a coast-to-coast bike ride by Tim Harriman, a childhood cancer survivor. Mr. Harriman began his one-man tour in Victoria, B.C., on June 3 and is concluding his ride in St. John�s today. His goals are to raise $100,000 for the Childhood Cancer Foundation and have the month of September proclaimed Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by the Federal Government.

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Media contact:

Glenda Power
Director of Communications
Department of Health and Community Services
709-729-1377, 685-1741
glendapower@gov.nl.ca

2007 08 24                                                     9:45 a.m.


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