{"id":10468,"date":"2021-08-20T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/?p=10468"},"modified":"2021-08-20T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:45:00","slug":"paddle-for-miracles-childrens-miracle-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/paddle-for-miracles-childrens-miracle-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddle For Miracles launches August 23rd supporting Children’s Miracle Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paddle<\/p>\n

RE\/MAX\u00a0broker and avid paddleboarder Jennifer Evelyn<\/a> of RE\/MAX Real Estate Centre will be putting her hobby to work for a great cause.<\/h3>\n

On August 23, 2021, Jennifer will kick off her Paddle for Miracles with the goal of raising $50,000 in support of Children\u2019s Miracle Network (CMN).<\/h3>\n

Jennifer will be launching from Toronto\u2019s waterfront, near the Hospital for Sick Children. Her route will follow the north shore of Lake Ontario and continue up the Rideau Lake System, with her finish line at Children\u2019s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). The journey is approximately 300 nautical miles and will take between two to four weeks, depending on the weather.<\/p>\n

Jennifer\u2019s August 1 announcement could not be better timed, aligned with the start of RE\/MAX Month of Miracles.<\/a> Each year, the RE\/MAX organization takes the month of August to recognize its charitable partner, Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) and highlight some of the courageous kids who benefit from CMNH-funded programs. It\u2019s also a time to celebrate the RE\/MAX network\u2019s generous Miracle Home Agents, who donate a portion of their sales commissions, while encouraging more RE\/MAX agents to join the Miracle Home Program.<\/p>\n

Jennifer\u2019s ambitious endeavour was inspired by Wasaga Beach, Ontario-based agent Bruce Johnson, of RE\/MAX By The Bay Brokerage, who was honoured for his charitable work in 2019 with a Good Neighbour Award<\/a>, presented by the National Association of Realtors.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo say that this has been inspired by Bruce Johnson and the Motorcycle for Miracles journeys would be an understatement,\u201d says Jennifer. In 2016, Jennifer was able to \u201clevel up\u201d to Champion Agent status and sponsor a section of Bruce’s and his daughter Holly\u2019s ride across Canada<\/a> in support of CMN. Fast-forward to 2018, when Bruce announced he and Holly would continue their journey of giving with the Ends of the Earth Ride \u2013 a six-month, 15,800-mile trek that took them from the northernmost point in Canada to the southern-most tip of South America<\/em>. <\/em>Again, Jennifer was honoured to be a Champion Agent.<\/p>\n

Jennifer\u2019s goal with Paddle For Miracles is twofold \u2013 to raise funds and awareness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is now 2021 and we have not been able to champion for CMN through networking and conferences for almost two years. Like many others, I have missed these opportunities and know that while COVID-19 has changed so much, the need for Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals has continued,\u201d Jennifer says. \u201cI reached out to Bruce and told him that I had the crazy idea to paddle from Toronto to Ottawa on my stand-up paddle board. In true \u2018Bruce fashion,\u2019 he embraced the idea and Paddle for Miracles was born!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jennifer would like to see Toronto-area donations directed to the Alyssa Rae Johnson Foundation, in memory of Bruce\u2019s daughter, Alyssa, who was born with a condition known as omphalocele and, despite the best efforts of the doctors at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, suffered cardiac arrest and passed away in 1998, just 20 days after her birth.<\/em> All other donations will be made to donators\u2019 local children\u2019s hospitals. Jennifer aims to encourage not just one-time donations, but continued giving through RE\/MAX\u2019s Miracle Home Program.<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer has been boarding for more than four years, mostly on Clear Lake in Emsdale, where her cottage is located. She has also boarded Lake Ontario and Sturgeon Lake in The Kawarthas. \u201cI was looking for my\u00a0\u2018what’s next\u2019 after stepping down from managing a RE\/MAX office at\u00a0the\u00a0end of April,\u201d she says. \u201cCombining my love of paddle boarding and\u00a0supporting CMN seemed like a logical combination.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to learn more or donate, visit Paddle for Miracles<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RE\/MAX\u00a0broker and avid paddleboarder Jennifer Evelyn of RE\/MAX Real Estate Centre will be putting her hobby to work for a great cause. On August 23, 2021, Jennifer will kick off her Paddle for Miracles with the goal of raising $50,000 in support of Children\u2019s Miracle Network (CMN). Jennifer will be launching from Toronto\u2019s waterfront, near […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,90,43,96],"tags":[95,97],"class_list":["post-10468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cchf-news","category-childrens-miracle-network","category-partner-news","category-re-max","tag-childrens-miracle-network","tag-remax"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childrenshospitals.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}