Nova Scotian CEO's & Community Leaders agree to swap Chairs for the Day

HALIFAX, Sept. 10, 2012 /CNW/ - On Monday, September 17th, fifteen of Nova Scotia's most influential leaders from the business, education, healthcare and public sectors will spend their normal working day in a wheelchair. Chair-Leaders, the signature fundraising event of the Canadian Paraplegic Association (NS), will draw special attention to the barriers and challenges wheelchair users experience on a daily basis.

The showcase event of the day will be the noon-time obstacle course at Parade Square in Halifax. The public and members of the local media will be on-hand to cover the excitement as Chair-Leaders push, pull and wheel past the finish-line. The Chair-Leader who raises the mostfunds, combined with the most votes and points from the obstacle course will be awarded the first annual Paul Tingley Chair-Leader of the Year Award.

On Tuesday, September 11th, you are invited to attend the official launch of the event at the Halifax World Trade & Convention Centre. Join us for a special press conference in room 200C1 at 10:30 AM to formally introduce the selected Chair-Leaders for 2012. 

The Canadian Paraplegic Association (NS) serves all persons in Nova Scotia affected by spinal-cord injuries or who are wheelchair users as a result of any mobility disability to achieve independence, self-reliance and full community participation. They provide Rehabilitation Counselling, Community Advocacy, Peer Support, Informational and Employment Services. More information can be found on their website at thespine.ca.

May 2013 will see Chair-Leaders officially launched across the country as a part of Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month.

SOURCE: Canadian Paraplegic Association

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