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Space inside Sheldon Kennedy Centre of Excellence receives new name

Ribbon cutting ceremony for MNP Move Your Mood Studio was held Nov. 21
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The name for the MNP Move Your Mood Studio, located inside the Sheldon Kennedy Centre of Excellence, was revealed recently. (Contributed photo)

A space for classes and physical activity inside of the Sheldon Kennedy Centre of Excellence has a new name.

On Nov. 21, there was a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the newly named MNP Move Your Mood Studio, which features a climbing wall, physical activity gaming wall and kitchen.

Move Your Mood, an Alberta Health Services program, occupies part of the second floor of the building, which is located on Red Deer Polytechnic’s campus.

Move Your Mood is described as a research-based program that promotes physical activity and healthy lifestyle practices to improve the mental and physical well-being of participants. The program aims to provide opportunities for participants to experience how to move their bodies, fuel their bodies, practice mindfulness and build positive coping strategies.

The MNP Move Your Mood Studio will be a shared space for all children and youth accessing services at the Sheldon Kennedy Centre of Excellence. It aims be a place where children and youth can learn positive coping strategies to improve their mental and physical wellness through interactive opportunities.

The space will provide professionals in the building an opportunity to create positive connections and teach children and youth skills they can continue to be active and healthy for life. It will also provide opportunities for prevention work with students in the community and a space for future training of RDP students and MYM coaches.

A “significant contribution” was made on behalf of the partner group from MNP’s Central Alberta region, a Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre media release said on Thursday.

“On behalf of the Central Alberta partner group and our entire team across the region, we are elated to celebrate the MNP Move Your Mood Studio,” said Patrick Wigmore, regional managing partner for MNP in Central Alberta.

“Our partners throughout the region believe that pooling our efforts together to create a greater impact for organizations like Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre and in turn, Move Your Mood, will leave a lasting legacy of positive impacts in Central Alberta. The decision to support the CACAC was unanimous.”

Denise Fredeen, health promotion facilitator at Move Your Mood, thanked MNP for its donation to the Sheldon Kennedy Centre.

“We are grateful and honoured to share the name of the MNP Move Your Mood Studio and look forward to the opportunities this space will provide our entire community in the future. The space will be up and running in the new year,” said Fredeen.



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Sean McIntosh

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Sean joined the Red Deer Advocate team in the summer of 2017. Originally from Ontario, he worked in a small town of 2,000 in Saskatchewan for seven months before coming to Central Alberta.
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