{"id":20734,"date":"2018-06-19T10:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portage.hamakmarketingnumerique.com\/?p=20734"},"modified":"2018-06-19T10:20:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:20:49","slug":"mindcare-new-brunswick-funding-hope-and-understanding-for-portage-atlantic-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/mindcare-new-brunswick-funding-hope-and-understanding-for-portage-atlantic-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"MindCare New Brunswick Funding Hope and Understanding for Portage Atlantic Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portage Atlantic<\/a> staff and youth are pleased of the grant award from MindCare New Brunswick in support of the physical wellness program at their residential rehabilitation treatment centre at Cassidy Lake.<\/p>\n

The use of the weight and cardio equipment is part of the everyday programming for the Portage Atlantic youth. Having the equipment assembled, inspected, and refurbished in some cases, are essential components of providing a safe gymnasium environment at the Portage Atlantic <\/a>Lewis Fitness Centre.<\/p>\n

Youth tend to draw towards the weight and cardio exercises. One resident at the Portage Atlantic Cassidy Lake centre shared the following:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI would like to express how much the gym and equipment mean to me. Honestly, coming back to Portage for the 3rd time, I was very unfit and mentally unstable. I was\u00a0always unmotivated, falling asleep half way through the day and always complaining\u00a0about doing things. I wasn\u2019t sure if it was my mental\/physical health, or just me acting on old patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I eventually started to participate in activities and found myself having fun. Little by little I started to feel good about myself and was a lot more confident (breaking bad habits). If\u00a0it wasn\u2019t for the gym I probably wouldn\u2019t be who I am now. I found myself bonding with people and making strong friendships that will last forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Physical activity is something I didn\u2019t do before, but now it\u2019s an important part of my sobriety. I greatly appreciate the donation and would like to thank MindCare for making Portage<\/a> a better place, as well as investing in the wellbeing of troubled youth. I can\u2019t express my appreciation enough. The physical exercises further help me deal with my ADHD, break up the stationary portion of our day, rejuvenate our day and allow us to learn valid team work abilities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, under its MindCare New Brunswick banner,\u00a0raises and distributes funds to numerous programs across New Brunswick that promote mental wellness and provide expert services to those living with mental illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Portage Atlantic staff and youth are pleased of the grant award from MindCare New Brunswick in support of the physical wellness program at their residential rehabilitation treatment centre at Cassidy Lake. The use of the weight and cardio equipment is part of the everyday programming for the Portage Atlantic youth. Having the equipment assembled, inspected,… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atlantic-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}