Press Release: Fredericton proclaims “2015 – The Year of Women in Sport!” today

Release
January 12, 2015

The City of Fredericton
Declares “2015 – The Year of Women in Sport!”
 
An invitation for Canadians to join in and declare “2015 – the Year of Women in Sport”

Press Release
The Power in Sport is pleased to announce the next proclamation made by a government body to recognize 2015 as a significant year for women and sport in Canada.
Declaration “2015 – The Year of Women in Sport!” was made tonight by the Mayor of Fredericton during its regular Council meeting. The event webpage is: http://goo.gl/Y67TcT
Also scroll to the bottom to read the actual proclamation.

“Sport is an important part of our community. We have invested in our recreation infrastructure, and our teams and athletes have done well locally, provincially, nationally, and even on the world stage,” said Fredericton Mayor Brad Woodside. “I am pleased to be able to proclaim 2015 as the Year of Women in Sport.”

 

“This year is worth recognizing given the Women’s World Cup of Soccer here in Canada. It is the single largest elite sporting event for women in the world and, as such, an inspiration for Canadians and supporters of the women’s game around the world. We are pleased to have Fredericton join Burnaby, North Vancouver, Surrey, Regina and Saint John, among others in making this declaration. We hope Canadians and other municipal governments will be inspired to participate” said Linda Diano of The Power in Sport.

 
 
More About The Power in Sport
The Power in Sport is serving as an umbrella to capture all those who declare to build visibility and generate positive action to raise awareness and empowerment for women and sport.
 
To see who has declared http://thepowerinsport.com/declaration/declarers-listing/
The general public, organizations and governments are invited to add their name and spread the proclamation at http://ideclare2015.com/now
 
Our lead initiative is to enable community participation leading up to a single day of soccer to recognize 2015 – The Year of Women in Sport! Read more about Play it Forward at http://thepowerinsport.com/play-it-forward
 

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For more information on The Power in Sport and Play it Forward contact Linda Diano at this email: info[at] thepowerinsport.com

Fredericton NB Declaration Jan 12 2015

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