{"id":12976,"date":"2019-12-04T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12976"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:30:47","slug":"hockey-for-hope-jacob-project-making-donation-to-hope-cottage-through-bedford-minor-hockey-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12976","title":{"rendered":"Hockey for Hope: Jacob Project making donation to Hope Cottage through Bedford minor hockey team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WAVERLEY: <\/strong>A Waverley teen is thinking about others first this holiday season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jake\n Boudreau, a student at Lockview High, operates The Jacob Project, an \ninitiative he started some five years ago to help those in need. At the \nholiday season, that need is high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this year he approached his \nBedford Coyotes Hockey team out of the Bedford Blues Minor Hockey \nAssociation to see if they were interested in helping him out. They \nwere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dI am really thankful to  have a great group of guys to play hockey with, and to share this  project with,\u201d Jake said in an email interview. \u201cThank you to each of  you for your kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/77073861_2472677019507671_476759653531779072_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13020\"\/><figcaption>The team after their delivery. (Submitted photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope Cottage is facing a desperate need for stock, and it&#8217;s close to Jake&#8217;s heart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen\n I heard that they had a desperate need, I knew what I had to do and \nreached out to my hockey team,\u201d he said, adding they stepped up in a big\n way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That will lead the 13-player team to delivering donations to Hope Cottage on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\n top of what the hockey team did, Jake received a donation of $300 from \nKeller-Williams Realty for his efforts to support Hope Cottage replenish\n it\u2019s kitchen pantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI \nwas able to meet their committee today and they presented me with the \ncheque,\u201d said Jake. \u201cI\u2019m excited to deliver this to Hope Cottage. Their \nneed is so high right now. Please try to help if you can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said his team feels good for their good gesture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope that a lot of kindness can be shared every day,\u201d said Jake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delivery took place on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAVERLEY: A Waverley teen is thinking about others first this holiday season. Jake Boudreau, a student at Lockview High, operates The Jacob Project, an initiative he started some five years ago to help those in need. At the holiday season, that need is high. So this year he approached his Bedford Coyotes Hockey team out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21],"tags":[929,2,930,931],"class_list":["post-12976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-bedford-coyotes","tag-fall-river","tag-hope-cottage","tag-the-jacob-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}