FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Perdita Felicien electrifies Toronto Youth through Sport-in-a-Box
Tuesday, August 8, 2006, Toronto -The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is proud to host a morning with Canadian Olympian athlete Perdita Felicien and 65 children (aged 9-12) at the Metro Central YMCA to discuss the cross-cultural theme of Sport Unites!
The morning is a community outreach event bringing together youth from YMCA day-camps and the Native Child Services and Family centre to discuss how sport is a unifier with the potential to resolve conflict while promoting a life-long engagement in Sport and Physical Education. The morning’s activities will be led by UNA-Canada Ambassador of Sport, Perdita Felicien, the staff of UNA-Canada and a representative from the Canadian Association for Health, Physical, Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD).
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday April 12, 2006, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
LOCATION: Metro Central YMCA. 20 Grosvenor Street. Just off Yonge St.
Perdita Felicien is an Olympic athlete who is also the three time Canadian Champion in 100 m hurdles. Perdita is also the first Canadian woman to ever win an individual world champion title. She is also an Ambassador of Sport for the United Nations Association in Canada’s Sport-in-a-Boxprogramme.
Sport-in-a-Box empowers young Canadians to think globally, act locally and share their ideas through the universal language of sport and physical activity. Furthermore, it relies on the power of sport as a vehicle to promote health, education, development and peace. Sport-in-a-Box asks the question ‘what would you put in the box?’ in engaging youth to share their perspectives on sport, physical activity and global education.
UNA-Canada is a national charitable organization celebrating its landmark 60th anniversary. As a ‘think and do’ organization, UNA-Canada supports a network of seventeen volunteer branches with a National office in Ottawa and Western professional office in Vancouver. Our mandate is to engage Canadians in the work of the UN and the critical global issues which affect us all, through innovative projects, policy research, and on-going communications with Canadians.
For further information please feel free to contact:
Jason Oliver
Communications Officer
United Nations Association in Canada
M: (613) 355-3654
jason.oliver@unac.org
www.sportinabox.ca
