{"id":48496,"date":"2026-06-09T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/?p=48496"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:58:06","slug":"portage-golf-tournament-quebec-77500-raised-for-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/portage-golf-tournament-quebec-77500-raised-for-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Portage Golf Tournament \u2013 Quebec: $77,500 Raised for Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p class=\"lead\">On June 8, the 31st edition of the Portage Qu\u00e9bec Golf Tournament brought together 148 players at the <a href=\"https:\/\/royalquebec.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Qu\u00e9bec Golf Club<\/a> for an outstanding day in support of a vital cause.<\/p>\n<p>A heartfelt thank you to our honorary president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/martin-vezina-7531326b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin V\u00e9zina<\/a>, Regional Vice-President, Sales, Independent Advisor Network, Quebec and Atlantic Provinces at <a href=\"https:\/\/ia.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iA Financial Group<\/a>, for his dynamic leadership. We also extend our sincere thanks to the organizing committee for their unwavering commitment, as well as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexandre-bernier-460bb012\/\">Alexandre Bernier<\/a>, who generously agreed to represent Mr. V\u00e9zina, who was abroad on business.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the generosity of all involved, the event raised a net total of $77,500, which will be entirely dedicated to the program for <a href=\"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/quebec\/french-adolescent-program-east\/\">Adolescents and young adults in Saint-Malachie<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/quebec\/adult-day-centre-program\/\">Adult Day Centre in Qu\u00e9bec City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A highlight of the day was the testimony of F\u00e9lix, a young man who completed his treatment a few months ago. His heartfelt and authentic story served as a powerful reminder of the tangible impact Portage has on the lives of the youth we support. His journey deeply moved participants and illustrated the importance of investing in specialized addiction treatment resources.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the participants, partners and volunteers who helped make this event such a success. Together, we are transforming lives.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Gilles Fr\u00e9chette<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/portage.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GIL_9958-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"GIL_9958\" height=\"2409\" width=\"2560\" title=\"GIL_9958\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/portage.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GIL_9868-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"GIL_9868\" height=\"2560\" width=\"1674\" title=\"GIL_9868\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRELATED CONTENT\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Share this article:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/?p=48496&#038;fl_builder&#038;title=Portage+Golf+Tournament+%E2%80%93+Quebec%3A+%2477%2C500+Raised+for+Programs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Facebook\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/?p=48496&#038;fl_builder&#038;title=Portage+Golf+Tournament+%E2%80%93+Quebec%3A+%2477%2C500+Raised+for+Programs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Linkedin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 8, the 31st edition of the Portage Qu\u00e9bec Golf Tournament brought together 148 players at the Royal Qu\u00e9bec Golf Club for an outstanding day in support of a vital cause. A heartfelt thank you to our honorary president, Martin V\u00e9zina, Regional Vice-President, Sales, Independent Advisor Network, Quebec and Atlantic Provinces at iA Financial&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/portage-golf-tournament-quebec-77500-raised-for-programs\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Portage Golf Tournament \u2013 Quebec: $77,500 Raised for Programs\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":48493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,4,14],"tags":[352,353],"class_list":["post-48496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-quebec-news","category-quebec-foundation-news","tag-donation-2","tag-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48496","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48496"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48499,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48496\/revisions\/48499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}