{"id":108689,"date":"2022-07-29T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=108689"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:23:36","slug":"canada-day-flea-market-in-shawville-raises-record-amount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/canada-day-flea-market-in-shawville-raises-record-amount\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Day flea market in Shawville raises record amount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 12<sup class=\"typo_exposants\">th<\/sup> annual Canada Day flea market in Shawville was a resounding success, as the organizers recently announced that they brought in a record amount this year.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer Chris Beimers explained that this was their first year back following the pandemic and they managed to raise more than $7,500, which will be donated to local teachers at Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary for classroom supplies.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-108689-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Clip-Chris-Beimers-recipients.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Clip-Chris-Beimers-recipients.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Clip-Chris-Beimers-recipients.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Beimers explained that he and his wife Melanie had started the flea market as a way to get rid of some things they had lying around the house. The event grew quickly to fill the entire arena and become a staple of Canada Day celebrations in Shawville.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-108689-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Clip-Chris-Beimers-origins.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Clip-Chris-Beimers-origins.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Clip-Chris-Beimers-origins.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>This year brought out 27 vendors and Beimers said that he was thankful for all those who helped make the market a success. The breakdown of the market\u2019s profits are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Online auction: $2,883.00<br class=\"autobr\" \/>50\/50 draw: $987.50<br class=\"autobr\" \/>Vendor spots: $710.00<br class=\"autobr\" \/>Cash donations: $450.00<br class=\"autobr\" \/>Sales from donated items: $2,856.30<br class=\"autobr\" \/>Grand total: $7,586.80<\/p>\n<p><strong>The full interview with Beimers is available below:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12th annual Canada Day flea market in Shawville was a resounding success, as the organizers recently announced that they brought in a record amount this year. Organizer Chris Beimers explained that this was their first year back following the pandemic and they managed to raise more than $7,500, which will be donated to local&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":108700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,221],"tags":[8180,17318,4225,9168],"radio":[239],"origine":[274,258,260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108746,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108689\/revisions\/108746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108689"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=108689"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=108689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}