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• Water feature dedicated to Rotary Club to be unveiled at downtown Brock campus Thursday

  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 | By Brock University

  MEDIA ADVISORY: R00222 – 19 October 2016

  A new water feature at Brock University’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts is being dedicated to recognize the generous support of the Rotary Club of St. Catharines.

  Members of the community and news media are invited to the celebration Thursday, Oct. 20 at the southeast entrance of the MIWSFPA in downtown St. Catharines.

  The Rotary Reflecting Pool is a custom-designed water feature that will be the artistic centerpiece of a public, sculpture-filled greenspace on the grounds of the Walker School.
   
  The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 12:20 p.m. in the Margarette & Milton Pummell Commons, which is at the large south entrance of the MIWSFPA.
   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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• Brock Badgers to host Don’t Hide in the Den mental health awareness event Thursday

  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 | By Brock University

  MEDIA ADVISORY: R00221 – 19 October 2016

  More than 600 elementary school students from across Niagara will be at Brock University for Don’t Hide in the Den-Badgers Speak Out, a mental health awareness event Thursday.

  The outreach event is an initiative by the Brock men’s basketball program to help educate Niagara youths in Grades 6-8 about the importance of mental health awareness.
   
  The event starts at 10:25 a.m. with both head coach Charles Kissi and former men’s team player Matt Marshall addressing the crowd and presenting a cheque for more than $1,000 to Pathstone Mental Health.

  Speaking Thursday will be all-star Badgers forward Dani Elgadi, as well as Matthew Beard, a Grade 12 student from E.L Crossley secondary school. Both speakers will address the issue of mental health and the importance of creating awareness in youth to combat the stigma and encourage support. 

  Also talking to the students will be Brock Department of Child and Youth Studies Professor John McNamara, who will be talking about what defines mental health.

  Kissi said it’s important to teach kids that there are people around that they can talk to about their mental health struggles.

  “I don’t think mental health is a new problem, but it’s something we’re beginning to understand better. We’re starting to identify it in our young people more and more.
  “This is about giving them some strategies, some coping mechanisms and some alternatives to the feeling that they’re helpless in many cases.”

  The elementary school students will have lunch and then watch the Badgers host Redeemer College in a pre-season men’s basketball game in the Bob Davis Gymnasium at noon.

  This marks the second year in a row the men’s team has hosted students in a social issues-themed event. Last year’s Badgers vs. Bullying event was filled to capacity with hundreds of students taking part.

  “That was one of the more fun games we played in terms of how energetic and loud the gym was,” Kissi said. “It helps to show our guys the impact that sport can have on young people and helps them understand that sport can be a vehicle for so many other things.”

  What: Don’t Hide in the Den-Badgers Speak Out
  When: Thursday, Oct. 20 – 10:25 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  Where: Bob Davis Gymnasium, Brock University
  Who: 600 elementary school children from across Niagara

  For more information or to arrange interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 289-241-8288

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