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Tourism, Culture and Recreation
June 3, 2010

Minister Congratulates School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador on 40th Anniversary

The Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, will address the delegation of the 2010 School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador (SSNL) Annual General Meeting and Awards Banquet tomorrow (Friday, June 4) at 11:00 a.m. The meeting will take place at the Comfort Inn, St. John's.

"School Sports Newfoundland and Labrador promotes the importance of being active and healthy to our children and youth, while also encouraging their involvement in sport and physical activity in school," said Minister French. "As this organization celebrates their 40th anniversary this year, I commend them for their tireless efforts and hard work they have provided to Newfoundland and Labrador over the past four decades."

The Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation provides SSNL more than $500,000 annually including operational support and support for Participation Nation, a school-based program designed to provide physical activity opportunities to children and youth in a non-competitive environment. The funding also includes support for the Labrador Travel Subsidy, a program which allows schools in Labrador to compete in regional and provincial sport competitions.

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 recreation and sport strategy, Active Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador. Since the launch of the strategy in 2007, more than $70 million in Provincial Government funding has been committed to recreational and sport infrastructure, programming, and athlete development.

For more information about SSNL, please visit: www.schoolsportsnl.ca/

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Media contact:
Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca

2010 06 03                            2:20 p.m.


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