Congratulations to Dexter Harvey and other award recipients

This Wednesday, at the Annual General Meeting of the Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Disease, a number of awards were presented. These included:

To Dexter Harvey - The Award of Distinction for his efforts in bringing together several disparate and competing organizations to participate in the Alliance for Prevention of Chronic Disease. Dexter was a founding father of the Alliance and was critical to its development over the last ten years. To learn more about the Alliance visit their web page at http://www.apcd.mb.ca/

To Don MacDonald - An award in appreciation of his contributions to the Alliance as its honorary solicitor and Council Member.

To the Manitoba Tobacco Reduction Alliance - An Award of Recognition for their achievement in advancing tobacco control.

To Judy McKinnon - Award of Recognition for her work as the Interlake Regional Health Authority Health Promotion Coordinator for her contributions to chronic disease prevention in the Interlake region.

To The Physical Activity Coalition of Manitoba - An Award of Recognition for their achivements in promoting physical activity and in particular their efforts in partnering with the CBC on the marketing campaign "Get Moving Manitoba" www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/getmoving

To the Interlake Regional Health Authority - an Award for their contributions to chronic disease prevention.

To Manitoba Health/Healthy Living - An Award of Recognition for efforts in chronic disease prevention and the Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative.