{"id":563,"date":"2010-08-07T07:38:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T11:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2010-08-07T07:38:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T11:08:13","slug":"cricket-sets-donated-by-rbc-for-toronto-day-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Cricket sets donated by RBC for Toronto day camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/voiceoftoronto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Voice of Toronto<\/a><br \/>\nToday, The City of Toronto received a donation of cricket sets from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Under the Operation Cricket program, instructors will be visiting various day camps across the city this summer and bringing the cricket sets with them. They will be used by over 500 boys and girls aged 6 to 12 years old at some of the following sites:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u2022\tWellesley Community Centre<br \/>\n\u2022\tNorth Kipling Community Centre<br \/>\n\u2022\tOakdale Community Centre<br \/>\n\u2022\tL\u2019Amoreaux Community Centre<br \/>\n\u2022\tMiliken Park Community Recreation Centre<br \/>\n\u2022\tAgnes McPhail Public School<br \/>\n\u2022\tPort Royal Public School<br \/>\n\u2022\tScarborough Village Community Recreation Centre<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation strives to create programs that are meaningful, relevant and responsive to the needs of the city\u2019s diverse communities,\u201d said Malcolm Bromley, Director of Community Recreation. \u201cWorking with our community and corporate partners it is our goal to ensure these recreation opportunities are accessible and give children and youth a healthy start on the road to lifelong active living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goals of the Operation Cricket program, run by Parks, Forestry and Recreation, are to improve access to the game of cricket, introduce the basic rules of the game to beginners, improve physical activity among youngsters, and build leadership skills among young cricketers. RBC illustrated its commitment to sharing the sport of cricket with young Torontonians by providing cricket sets to various day camps run by Parks, Forestry and Recreation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur support of cricket in Toronto is part of our ongoing efforts to build deeper connections with multicultural communities in ways that are relevant and meaningful to them,\u201d said Jennifer Tory, RBC\u2019s Regional President, Greater Toronto Region. \u201cWe want to create a legacy that will enable these communities to build on their love of cricket and pass along a cherished tradition to their children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, RBC sponsored the first ever Operation Cricket program which provided instructional cricket sessions to over 1,000 children in day camps throughout Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voice of Toronto Today, The City of Toronto received a donation of cricket sets from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Under the Operation Cricket program, instructors will be visiting various day camps across the city this summer and bringing the cricket sets with them. They will be used by over 500 boys and girls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadacricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}