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ROWAN BRINGS WELLSPRING

TO THE CLASSROOM SPEAKING OF
FOOD AND
In June, Wellspring received a HEALTHY
letter from Rowan, a student at
Armour Heights Public School. LIVING AWARD
Rowan and his classmates had
each researched a different We are thrilled to announce that
charity in their community, and Wellspring was recently awarded with
the Speaking of Food and Healthy Living
Rowan made a presentation on Award (SFHLA) Eastern Division Merit
Wellspring. Here s his letter and Award. The SFHLA honours initiatives
some of his pictures: that help Canadians adopt healthy
living behaviours, and give them options
and opportunities to take action on
healthy eating and active living. The
Eastern Division Merit Award was
given to Wellspring for the Nourish*
and Cancer Exercise** programs. The
awards ceremony took place in beautiful
Victoria, British Colombia, in June at the
annual Dietitians of Canada Conference.
We would like to thank everyone who
CONGRATULATIONS has contributed to the success of these

WELLSPRING LIFELINES! programs we could not have earned this
accolade without you! We would also like
to thank the award sponsors: Dietitians of
Wellspring would like to extend a most heartfelt thank you Canada and Kraft Canada, in collaboration
and congratulations to the Wellspring Lifelines Team for with the Canadian Society for Exercise
participating in the 2013 Mississauga Marathon last May. Physiology (CSEP) for their commitment
to promoting information about good
nutrition and physical activity.
Together, the Wellspring Lifelines raised over $15,000
for Wellspring cancer support programs and services at *Nourish is a variety of nutrition-based
Wellspring Birmingham Gilgan House. sessions that teach cancer patients and
their family members about healthy
Thanks to this tremendous team effort, Wellspring won a prize of nutritional practices pertaining to cancer
$2,000 for collecting the highest amount of donations in the Mississauga and wellness.
Marathon Charity Challenge for the second year in a row!
**Cancer Exercise is a 30-week exercise
Way to go Lifelines! program that is open to people during
any stage of treatment. It was developed
specifcally for the rehabilitation needs of
cancer patients.
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