{"id":19464,"date":"2021-01-27T00:21:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T04:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=19464"},"modified":"2021-01-27T00:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T04:21:53","slug":"letter-the-war-amps-key-tag-service-celebrates-75-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=19464","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: The War Amps key tag service celebrates 75 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dear Editor,<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The War Amps Key Tag Service is celebrating a milestone this year \u2013 its 75<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary! The service has not only been reuniting Canadians with their lost keys, it has been helping to make a difference in the lives of amputees.\u00a0 To date, more than 1.5 million sets of lost keys have been returned to their owners.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it\u2019s a free service, donations enable the Association to operate its many programs for amputees, including veterans and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was born missing both feet and was enrolled in The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program at a young age.\u00a0With this support, I grew up knowing I wasn\u2019t alone and that I had a wealth of resources to draw from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the Association, amputees are also eligible for financial assistance for artificial limbs which allow them to be active and independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The War Amps 2021 key tags are being mailed to Nova Scotia residents next week and I would like to thank everyone for their continued support. The Key Tag Service not only protects your keys, it allows amputees across the country to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Verney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>War Amps Regional Representative<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Scotia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;110&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Editor, The War Amps Key Tag Service is celebrating a milestone this year \u2013 its 75th anniversary! The service has not only been reuniting Canadians with their lost keys, it has been helping to make a difference in the lives of amputees.\u00a0 To date, more than 1.5 million sets of lost keys have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,997],"tags":[1781,48,1293],"class_list":["post-19464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-column","category-columns","tag-key-tag-service","tag-n-s","tag-war-amps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19464","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=19464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}