FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
May 19, 2011   

GANDER, NL – The final games of season three for SAFE Work NL’s Who Wants to Save a Life? were played today at the Joseph R. Smallwood Arts & Culture Centre in  Gander, with a tie in the senior division and Clarenville Middle School taking home the junior title.  

In the senior division Templeton Academy of Meadows and Tricentia Academy of Arnold’s Cove tied three times in the final question showdown and both teams were awarded first place honors.  The 10 students from both teams will take home a $1,000 scholarship each and $5,000 for their respective schools.   

In the junior division the winning team from Clarenville edged Menihek High of Labrador City. Participants on the winning junior team each received I-Pads, and $5,000 for their school.  The runner-up team members received I-Pods and $2,500 for their school.  

SAFE Work NL’s Who Wants to Save a Life? is an innovative and creative trivia game designed to educate high school students about workplace health and safety. It was developed and funded by the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (the Commission), in partnership with the Department of Education.  

“This game show is a wonderful way to educate our youth and promote safe workplace environments,” says Leslie Galway, the Commission’s CEO.  “Workplace accidents and illnesses affect not only workers, but employers, families and communities. We must all play a role to ensure that every working person in Newfoundland and Labrador goes home healthy and safe at the end of every working day.”  

Since 2008 the Commission through SAFE Work NL’s – Who Wants to Save a Life? has awarded over $75,000 in scholarships, prizes and cash for schools. 

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Kathy Dicks-Peyton, ABC*
Manager of Communications and Event Planning
Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission
146-148 Forest Road
P.O. Box 9000
St. John's, NL
A1A 3B8 

T: (709) 778-1566
F: (709 778-1117
C: (709) 689-9279 

*Accredited Business Communicator

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