MEDIA ADVISORY

HRM to Open Service Dog Exercise Facility

 

(August 11, 2009) On Friday, August 14, 2009, at 1:30 PM, please join Helen McFadyen, Chair of HRM’s Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities, and HRM Councillors Mary Wile, Dawn Sloane, and Jerry Blumenthal, as the municipality officially opens this designated exercise area for service dogs. A number of handlers and their service dogs are expected to be on site for the opening.

When:     Friday, August 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM

Where:    Service Dog Exercise Facility corner of Cogswell Street and Rainnie Drive, adjacent to Centennial Pool, in downtown Halifax.

 

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Contacts:
Helen McFadyen
Chair of HRM’s Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities
Phone: 454-4834
email: helenandopal@ns.sympatico.ca

Deanna Wilmshurst
Information Officer
Infrastructure and Asset Management
Phone: 490-1454
email: wilmshd@halifax.ca