{"id":20388,"date":"2025-03-25T21:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/uncategorized\/jss-programreport2024\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T16:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:14:13","slug":"jss-programreport2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/jss-newsletter\/jss-programreport2024\/","title":{"rendered":"JSS Program &#038; Volunteer Appriciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 25th Holiday Drive\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"EOP SCXW246840715 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW28174012 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28174012 BCX0\">Thank you for your generous support to our 2024 Holiday Drive. The Holiday Drive program received overwhelming responses and donations as heartfelt expressions of goodwill from community members. We are extremely grateful for your continued support. The gifts were delivered to 41 families, consisting of 98 individuals, including many children and elders, prior to the holiday.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28174012 BCX0\"> The JSS Holiday Drive, which supports those facing <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28174012 BCX0\">difficult situations<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28174012 BCX0\"> in our community, would not have been possible without your generous support. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW28174012 BCX0\">made a donation<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW28174012 BCX0\">, helped with promotional efforts, as well as to the volunteers who created heartfelt greeting cards and those who delivered gifts. Thank you all for your kindness and dedication.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW28174012 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20382\" src=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Picture1-300x151.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Picture1-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/jss.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Picture1.png 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW265943882 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW265943882 BCX0\">Volunteer Appreciation Party<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW265943882 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW87208823 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87208823 BCX0\">On November 10th, 2024, over 30 volunteers and board members gathered in the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW87208823 BCX0\">Hosaki<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87208823 BCX0\"> Room at JCCC for the annual JSS Volunteer Appreciation Party. While enjoying delicious Japanese dishes such as oden, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW87208823 BCX0\">kushikatsu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87208823 BCX0\">, and sushi rolls specially prepared by Cafe Green Tea, attendees spent a wonderful time connecting with one another through conversations and activities. It was <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87208823 BCX0\">a great opportunity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87208823 BCX0\"> to express our sincere gratitude for the ongoing support and dedication of our volunteers.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87208823 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW87208823 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW144711582 BCX0\" lang=\"JA-JP\" xml:lang=\"JA-JP\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144711582 BCX0\">Rumiko Suzuki\uff08Volunteer \/ Community Support Service Coordinator)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW144711582 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your generous support to our 2024 programs and activities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":20383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[393,280,244],"tags":[294,313,295,373],"class_list":["post-20388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jss-newsletter-march-2025-en","category-news","category-jss-newsletter","tag-holiday-drive-en","tag-jss-report","tag-volunteer-en","tag-373"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20492,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20388\/revisions\/20492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jss.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}