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THE STRAY DOG BREWING COMPANY presents Dan Kelly with special guest Ryan King from 7 p.m. at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. For more information visit facebook.com/straydogbrewing.

CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP PIONEERS CLUB 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION starting at 12 noon with a full roast beef dinner at the Bearbrook Community Centre, 8720 Russell Rd. Cost $17 per person. Reservations are required. Everyone welcome. For more information and to RSVP, contact Christine Lanthier at totalfootspa@xplornet.ca or call 613-835-3397.

THE ORLÉANS BREWING CO. presents Oyster Wednesdays every Wednesday Co. is located at 4380 Innes Rd. near the Innes Road McDonalds. For more information visit www.facebook.com/OrleansBrewingCo.

THE STRAY DOG BREWING COMPANY presents Taproom Trivia from 6:30 p.m. at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. For more information visit facebook.com/StrayDogBrewingCompany.

53rd ANNUAL MAPLEFEST hosted by the Cumberland Lions Club from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lions Maple Hall, 2552 Old Montreal Rd. in Cumberland Village. Tickets $12 for adults and $8 for children under 10. Includes pancakes, sausages, maple syrup, tea/coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice.

STEAL MY SUNSHINE PARTY at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park. Come celebrate the solar eclipse from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information visit facebook.com/StrayDogBrewingCompany.

 

 

Unique 'green' wall planned for Orléans Health Hub
Jean-Marc Pacelli
April 15, 2021

When the Orléans Health Hub opens early this summer on Mer Bleue Road, patients visiting the elderly services waiting room will be able to admire a serene green wall.

“This is a vertical garden made up of living and landscaped plants, which will be fed by an irrigation system,” explains Michel Gauthier, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Forget For a Moment Foundation, which is donating the 27 square meter wall.

The aim of the project is to bring nature inside for individuals who cannot go outside and for those whose state of health could potentially benefit from it.

The concept germinated in the mind of Jeannine Lafrenière, the founder and president emeritus of the Forget for a Moment Foundation, while she was under-going medical treatment.

“After spending many hours in a hospital waiting room following my cancer diagnosis, I wanted to bring nature inside health care facilities,” says Lafrenière. “If only there had been some greenery in the waiting room, it would have helped me immensely during what was a difficult and stressful time.”

Founded in 2012 and based in Ottawa, the Foundation wanted to produce something locally for some time now, having already created two walls in long-term care centers (CHSLD) in Gatineau.

“A living wall is not something that is easy to integrate into existing places. Our projects in Québec were smaller, so they posed fewer challenges. We approached the Montfort Hospital two years ago to see if it was possible to provide a larger wall before the construction of the Health Hub,” says Gauthier.

The final product, a monarch butterfly wing adorned with colored blown glass bubbles, will be a first in Canada and represents a gift the Health Hub officials could not refuse.

“Our patient-partners asked us to create a warm and inspired environment. of nature for the Orléans Health Hub. We told ourselves that this green wall would fit in well with the architectural design and the theme of the butterflies,” explains Geneviève Picard, communications director of the Montfort Hospital.

Ms. Picard also admits that she and her colleagues can’t wait to see the end result and find out the impact this wall will have on visitors to the Health Hub. The wall will cost about $100,000, which the foundation is already in the process of raising.

“We created a virtual puzzle and we invite people to buy pieces to complete it,” says Gauthier, while explaining that people wishing to make a donation without buying a piece of puzzle can do so as well.

As of last Friday, the campaign had already surpassed the halfway mark with more than $58,000 raised. Gauthier is confident the Foundation will be able to achieve its fundraising target by the time the ribbon is cut to open the Health Hub. Donations can be made by visiting www.forgetforamoment.org/projects/orleans-health-hub.

 

 
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