{"id":54614,"date":"2018-11-22T12:55:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=54614"},"modified":"2018-11-22T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T23:40:17","slug":"volunteers-needed-to-bring-holiday-cheer-to-local-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/11\/volunteers-needed-to-bring-holiday-cheer-to-local-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers needed to bring holiday cheer to local kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extra helping hands are needed to deliver a dose of holiday magic to a Thorold elementary school next month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers from Brock University will visit Prince of Wales Public School for the annual Holiday Extravaganza on Wednesday, Dec. 5, spreading seasonal cheer to about 150 kindergarten to Grade 8 students.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organized by Brock\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brockconed.com\/brock-students\">Concurrent Education Student Association<\/a>\u202f(CESA), the memorable day will include holiday-themed activities, crafts and special guests, but in order to bring it to fruition, additional volunteers are needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock students interested in donating their time at the event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., can email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:events@brockconed.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">events@brockconed.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as soon as possible for more information or to register. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHoliday Extravaganza is a fantastic volunteer opportunity for all Brock students. It is something that everyone should become involved in before they graduate,\u201d said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CESA Events Co-ordinator Courtney Kelly<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThis event not only provides Brock students with an opportunity to get into the holiday spirit, but also offers an excellent way to give back to the Niagara community.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participation in the Holiday Extravaganza will be tracked on students\u2019 co-curricular\u202ftranscripts and all volunteers will receive\u202fa reference letter from the school&#8217;s principal. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra helping hands are needed to deliver a dose of holiday magic to a Thorold elementary school next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,40],"tags":[3930,6196],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54615,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54614\/revisions\/54615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}