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HRM Employees to Make Over Community Centre

(Friday, October 22/04)-- Halifax Regional Municipality employees will participate in the first HRM United Way “Complete Make Over” next week.

The make over project, in support of HRM’s Metro United Way campaign, will be held at the Ward 5 Neighbourhood Centre next Monday and Tuesday (October 25 & 26) from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. The centre is located 5540 Russell Street, in the north end of Halifax.

The Ward 5 Neighbourhood Centre is a not-for-profit agency that provides over 120,000 hours of programmed activities for children, youth, and seniors each year. It also serves 20,000 hot meals and distributes over 75,000 kg of food yearly to the local community through St. Mark’s Food Bank.

The Complete Make Over is an activity that HRM employees have been planning and looking forward to for the last several months. It is an excellent example of how corporations can make a difference in their community through sponsorship and front-line volunteer participation.

Through the volunteer contribution of HRM employees, the Ward 5 Neighbourhood Centre will be receiving new ceiling tiles, countertops, floors restored and a fresh coat of paint both inside and out.

The children ’s playground will receive new sods, new gravel and a major clean-up. In addition, a new awning will be installed over the front entrance of the building. The staff and users of the Ward 5 Neighbourhood Centre are excited about what is estimated to be over $15,000 in renovations to the facility.

If you would like to learn more about this HRM United Way project, please contact either Jim Donovan at 476-8211, or Terry Gallagher at 476-4067.

The media is invited to visit the Ward 5 Neighbourhood Centre on Tuesday, October 26 from 10:00-10:30 am when the HRM United Way Steering Committee will be visiting HRM employees at Ward 5.

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John O’Brien
Corporate Communications Officer
(902) 490-06531

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