Health and Community Services
April 21, 2015

Media Advisory: Health Minister to Announce Funding for Pathways Foundation

The Honourable Steve Kent, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Community Services, will make a funding announcement for the Pathways Foundation's Hope Walk tomorrow (Wednesday, April 22). The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Core Fitness, 78 O'Leary Avenue, St. John's.

The Pathways Foundation supports the healing of survivors of sexual abuse from religious institutions and aims to promote healing and prevent harm from reoccurring. The Hope Walk is a provincial walk that will create awareness of the organization and the many mental health supports it provides.

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Media contact:

John Tompkins Director of Communications Department of Health and Community Services 709-729-1377, 728-7762 jtompkins@gov.nl.ca

2015 04 21                              12:40 p.m.