Health-care Groups in Thunder Bay join Challenge for Environment
In an effort to encourage the community to adopt more environmentally friendly lifestyles and reduce their individual carbon footprints on the planet, two health-care groups in the City of Thunder Bay are competing against each other to set an example to the public.
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, together with St. Joseph’s Care Group, have teamed up to encourage their employees and squad of volunteers to support eco-friendly transportation. The two organizations are setting their sights sites on having the most number of healthy commuters join the national Commuters Challenge.
And so far things are looking good, with around 5,000 volunteers and members from both groups expected to carpool, take public transportation, bike, and of course, walk for the cause. For Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s president, Ron Saddington, he hopes that people actually change their lifestyles and commit to the simple practices they’ll be adopting for the week-long activity.
He adds that he’ll be probably be walking to work the whole week and maybe even after that.
The Commuter Challenge is a week-long event that kicks off on the 30th of May and ends on the 5th of June. Everyone is invited to join the challenge.
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