The Honourable Al Hawkins, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, will celebrate Pink Shirt Day with educators and students tomorrow (Wednesday, February 27) at St. John Bosco School, 75 Linegar Avenue, Shea Heights in St. John’s. Minister Hawkins will be joined by the Honourable Tom Osborne, Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board and MHA for Waterford Valley.

The event will take place in the school gymnasium at 10:40 a.m.

Pink Shirt Day is held annually in schools in Newfoundland and Labrador, across Canada and throughout the world to highlight and promote anti-bullying activities.

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