Shadd Health and Business Centre Students to Raise Funds In Dragon Boat Race
Montreal, August 25, 2023- A team from the Shadd Health and Business Centre in NDG will be part of the BDO Cedars CanSupport Dragon Boat Race on Saturday, Sept. 9 (8 am to 2 pm) at Promenade Pere Marquette (2105 boulevard St. Joseph) in Lachine. Other activities throughout the day will include Zumba, Yoga and Family events
This event is
crucial to help raise awareness and much needed funds for Cedars CanSupport,
which has, and continues to provide, free psychological, emotional, practical
and financial support to cancer patients and their families, one person at a
time, for the past 30 years. The Cedars Cancer Foundation was founded in 1966
by a group of individuals in the Lebanese community, who overcame personal loss
and dedicated themselves to fighting cancer and to alleviating its effects on
patients of all origins and their families.
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From left to right: John Millar, Domenico Aversa, Lina Jaugelis-Zatkovic from the Cedars Cancer Foundation and Joe Cacchione. |
SHADD’s involvement comes through its commitment to teambuilding
and involvement in the community. Participants
must paddle in unison to power the dragon boat in a series of one-minute-long
heats against other competitors. This is also a way to expose SHADD, showing
others that it is not just a successful vocational school, but also a community
contributor. “Our students are our strength,” says teacher John Millar. “The
dragon boat represents the power and strong fellowship of our students. This is
SHADD’s core.”
With a generous contribution of $5,000, Dominic Aversa
of Baton Rouge restaurants in Anjou,
Laval and Greenfield Park has shown the example and encouraged the students to participate and donate. The goal
of each dragon boat is to collect $15,000 in donations.
“We are close, but we need your support,” said
Principal Joe Cacchione.
Go to the Cedars Foundation Dragon Boat race and look
for DONATE TO TEAM or Click on the link below: SHADD/Baton Rouge
FIREBREATHERS and donate. It’s that easy!
http://give.cedars.ca/site/TR/Events/DragonBoat2023?team_id=3369&pg=team&fr_id=1390
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adult sector population of more than 35,000 students, the English Montreal
School Board (EMSB) is the largest English public school board in Quebec.
Established on July 1, 1998, when the province created new boards along linguistic
lines, the EMSB network consists of 73 schools and centres. For more
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Manager, Marketing and Communications
English Montreal
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