Communities at Play—Make the Connection
is the theme of Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador's 39th
Annual General Meeting and Conference being held this weekend in
Marystown.
The Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Recreation, will address the delegation this evening
(Friday, June 11) at Hotel Marystown, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
"Increasing our population's participation in regular
physical activity is one of the main objectives of the province's
recreation and sport strategy, Active, Healthy Newfoundland and
Labrador," said Minister French. "For almost four decades,
Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador has delivered recreational
programming and services to both young and older alike, and I look
forward to meeting with delegates this weekend and hearing their views
on how we can continue to work together to improve our collective health
and quality of life."
Minister French noted that Budget 2010: The Right
Investments — For Our Children and Our Future provides almost
$540,000 in operational funding to Recreation Newfoundland and Labrador
to support such programs as High Five, which promotes healthy
development in children ages 6-12, Recreation Month activities, the
Small Steps. . . Big Results physical activity campaign,
professional development activities and a variety of recreational
programming and services delivered throughout the province.
Operational support for provincial recreation and
sport federations in 2010-11 — including Recreation Newfoundland and
Labrador, Sport Newfoundland and Labrador and School Sports Newfoundland
and Labrador — totals almost $1.8 million, an increase of about $360,000
since the introduction of the provincial recreation and sport strategy
in 2007.
Since 2007, the Government of Newfoundland and
Labrador has invested more than $70 million in new funding for
recreation and sports infrastructure, athlete development, and
recreational programming and services throughout the province.
For more information on Recreation Newfoundland and
Labrador, please visit
www.recreationnl.com.
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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 11
10:55 a.m.