{"id":25193,"date":"2019-05-14T16:50:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T20:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/?p=25193"},"modified":"2020-02-04T14:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T19:26:17","slug":"delvinia-supports-annual-benefit-gala-dr-clown-foundation-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/delvinia-supports-annual-benefit-gala-dr-clown-foundation-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Delvinia supports annual benefit gala for the Dr. Clown Foundation in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Foundation aims to improve the quality of life of kids in hospitals and seniors in long-term care facilities through visits with therapeutic clowns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday May 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, Delvinia President and Chief Innovation Officer, Steve Mast, and Director of Client Development, Ryan Crawford, attended the annual Dr. Clown Foundation<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vlSyV2OB-rA&amp;trk=organization-update-content_share-video-embed_share-article_title\"> Le Bal Imaginaire<\/a>. It was a fun-filled evening of \u2018clowning around\u2019 to help raise funds for the organization\u2019s programs aimed at bringing joy to hospitalized children and seniors in long-term care facilities.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"472\" id=\"longdesc-return-25194\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25194\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/clown-foundation.jpg\" alt=\"Delvinia\u2019s Steve Mast and Ryan Crawford clown around in support of the Dr. Clown Foundation.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/clown-foundation.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/clown-foundation-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As one of the event sponsors, we had the opportunity to meet and hear from the foundation\u2019s leaders and creative thinkers. This is a team of individuals who believe in the power of programs like patient visits with relational clowns that combine personal contact, games and imagination. The event alone raised $451 thousand, amassing a total of $717 thousand for the 2018-2019 campaign. Proceeds will be distributed across its different programs. Here\u2019s to bringing more fun into hospitals and patient experiences!<\/p>\n<p>Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/fondationdrclown.ca\/toutes-nos-campagnes\/bal-imaginaire-2019-87\">here<\/a> for more information on the Dr. Clown Foundation and its programs.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to our client <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenshield.ca\/en-ca\">Green Shield Canada<\/a> for getting us involved in this special event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foundation aims to improve the quality of life of kids in hospitals and seniors in long-term care facilities through visits with therapeutic clowns. On Thursday May 2nd, Delvinia President and Chief Innovation Officer, Steve Mast, and Director of Client Development, Ryan Crawford, attended the annual Dr. Clown Foundation Le Bal Imaginaire. It was a fun-filled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":25194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55],"tags":[593,770,938,790,937,936,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25193"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26093,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25193\/revisions\/26093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.delvinia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}