{"id":11970,"date":"2019-01-05T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T20:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/?post_type=post&#038;p=11970"},"modified":"2019-01-05T14:40:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T20:40:18","slug":"wild-winter-canoe-race-ignites-the-warmth-of-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wild-winter-canoe-race-ignites-the-warmth-of-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Winter Canoe Race ignites the warmth of community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stamant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-24-at-11.39.18-AM.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncentre size-large wp-image-11974\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-01-24 at 11.39.18 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stamant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-24-at-11.39.18-AM-1024x653.png?resize=640%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe St.Amant Foundation is proud to be a charity partner of the <a href=\"www.wildwintercanoerace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wild Winter Canoe Rac<\/a>e on <strong>Saturday, February 16<\/strong> at Shaw Park. This\u00a0is a race like no other with teams of\u00a0five \u2018foot-paddling\u2019 their canoes to the finish line in head to head heats as they try to win big prizes. <strong>Come out and cheer on the teams from the stands,\u00a0admission is free! <\/strong>There&#8217;s contests\u00a0&amp; games, a 50\/50 draw,\u00a0and a heated food court &amp; bar all\u00a0in an accessible venue.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stamant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fullsizeoutput_1aab.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11972\" alt=\"fullsizeoutput_1aab\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stamant.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/fullsizeoutput_1aab-300x209.jpeg?resize=300%2C209&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhat excites us the most about this event is the difference it will make in the lives of the people we support who live in community homes throughout the city. Proceeds from this event go towards the Sharing Together Fund, a collaboration between St.Amant &amp; DASCH Foundations.<br \/>\nThe funds will harness the power of recreation to connect people\u00a0with developmental disabilities and autism with their neighbours. Activities such as street movie nights and neighbourhood BBQs will spark some fun and grow bonds to ease loneliness and social isolation.<br \/>\nLast year,\u00a0Amanda &amp; Meranda\u00a0moved into a new St.Amant community home\u00a0in\u00a0St. James and invited their neighbours to their housewarming party.\u00a0Friends and family filled the home and were joined by 16 neighbours who all brought treats and gifts for the women. They have felt part of their community since the first day they moved in.<br \/>\n&#8220;When a neighbourhood welcomes people with\u00a0developmental disabilities into their community it provides them with a sense of belonging. We know they will live a more fulfilling life,&#8221; said Dayrn, a St.Amant senior manager.<br \/>\nWith the Sharing Together Fund, the housewarming party can be the first of many neighbourhood events hosted by St.Amant homes.<br \/>\n<strong>Join us for FREE or register a team at\u00a0<a href=\"www.wildwintercanoerace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.wildwintercanoerace.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St.Amant Foundation is proud to be a charity partner of the Wild Winter Canoe Race on Saturday, February 16 at Shaw Park. This\u00a0is a race like no other with teams of\u00a0five \u2018foot-paddling\u2019 their canoes to the finish line in head to head heats as they try to win big prizes. Come out and cheer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"post-topic":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":11970},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11970"},{"taxonomy":"post-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stamant.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-topic?post=11970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}