While Meaghann Gervais-Lynch, the founder and lead instructor at HealthGirl can’t magically teleport her actual studio to the Joel Steele Community Centre for Yoga Harvest, the experience you’ll have is very comparable to what you could enjoy if you were to visit. Courtesy Photo
WINCHESTER – Feel like helping your community, meeting some interesting people and perhaps even taking some steps toward better mental and physical health? Then maybe the place to be this weekend is the Joel Steele Community Centre (upstairs at the Winchester arena) for the second annual Yoga Harvest, presented by HealthGirl.
The event takes place on Sun., Oct. 20 from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. (Doors open at 1:00 p.m. for check-in). Your donation of at least $30 reserves your spot at this 90-minute gentle yoga event, which will focus on joy, gratitude, and community. This class will suit all levels, and we will have chair modifications for those who need chair yoga.
Last year, Yoga Harvest raised over $1,200 and this year they have set a goal of $1,500 for
the Community Food Share Food Banks Serving Dundas and Stormont Counties.
Those who also make a food donation of the foods Community Food Share needs most will be entered into draws for prizes donated by local businesses. The foods needed most are:
Canned Meats (tuna, ham, etc), Peanut Butter, Sun Butter, Canned Tomatoes or Tomato Sauce, and Fruit Snacks (i.e. applesauce cups for children’s lunches. Please do not donate pasta.
Community Food Share is experiencing rapidly increasing demand, and they can certainly use your help. All proceeds will go directly to the food banks.
To register, follow the link on the HealthGirl website (healthgirl.ca). Meghann Gervais-Lynch, owner of HealthGirl, is looking forward to seeing you there and Community Food Share and their clients will be grateful for your donation.
Terry Tinkess is a professional photographer, educator and journalist. He has been making a living with a camera and keyboard since 1999 and has been featured in such publications as The Ottawa Citizen, Cornwall Standard Freeholder, The Globe and Mail, The Miami Herald, Ottawa Construction News, The Ontario Construction Report, Ontario Home Builder Magazine, Reed Construction Data, Canadian Potato Business and most recently, The Record and Eastern Ontario AgriNews. Terry lives in Ingleside, Ontario with his wife Brenda, Mia the anxious Pittie and cats Wally and Chubbers.
