UPPER RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK
Mental wellness program spreads across N.B. schools
A mental wellness program created in memory of a former NHL player has expanded to dozens of schools across New Brunswick, thanks to a partnership involving a Plaster Rock organization. Through that collaboration, World Pond Hockey Championship Inc. teamed up with Winnipeg- based True North Youth Foundation to bring Project 11 to the province. The initiative honours former NHLer Rick Rypien, who lost his life to depression in 2011. It equips teachers with age- and grade-specific resources, from kindergarten through Grade 12. The first group of teachers in New Brunswick was trained in Plaster Rock several years ago. Since then, hundreds of educators from across the province have completed the training.
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