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May 12, 2016 | 76 pages

Joy Jam brings community together for skatepark Laurie Weir

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Bradley Boyer’s Joy Jam was as sick as an aciddrop – or a total success for those non-riding types. The local teen is just 14 years of age and his inaugural fundraiser was rad, raising $834 for the cause. Boyer is helping raise funds for the Smiths Falls skateboard park and on Saturday he welcomed about two dozen boarders, riders, in-line skaters, and BMXers, to the event. “I love riding and I love kids,” he said as the reason

why he is looking to do some improvements to the park. “It’s going great… amazing.” With town council’s blessing, and the support of local businesses, Boyer also had some help from his mom, Amanda ToddPeters. “He’s really done this on his own,” she said. “I’m just helping anyway I can. It’s been great to see the community come together for the betterment of the park and for the kids.” She said when she drove up in the cube van to the skatepark earlier in the day,

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all those hanging out waiting for the event to start offered a helping hand. “They were all hauling out the tables and helping me set them up,” she said. “On a day when they would normally run the other way if they saw me (coming with a job to do)…” she added with a laugh. There were competitions and contests on tap including for the best dressed bike, the longest manual, highest bunny hop and best line of tricks. Hand-made by 2 Crazy Ladies, the winners of each category were presented with funky wooden plaques. Outside connections Terilee Kelford knows too well about some of the youth who use recreational facilities such as the Smiths Falls skatepark. She works with at-risk kids in Perth at Cornerstone Landing Youth Services. She’s got 20 years’ experience. She said she was thrilled to see so many young people taking part in the fundraiser. “Homeless kids use bikes and skateboards as their mode of transportation,” she said.

When the cost of playing organized sports is not an option, Kelford said the skatepark is a great opportunity for those who need it to have a sense of community and peer support from other like-minded youth. Not only is the Smiths Falls skatepark a fun place to hang out, it can also be a sanctuary for a homeless youth. Just last year, Kelford said they found a young person sleeping under that half-pipe… he had nowhere else to go. Seeing a need for some young people who didn’t have equipment but wanted to get involved in this type of recreational activity, she reached out to an Ottawa based skateboarding company to help. Last year, Kelford made a connection with For Pivot Sake. This non-profit organization founded by Antique Skate Shop in 2012, provides refurbished or donated skateboards to those in need. Chris Sheppard is from Laurie Weir/METROLAND For Pivot Sake. He too was Bradley Boyer’s Joy Jam was a huge success on Saturday, May 7 at the on hand Saturday at the Joy See JAM page SF9

Smiths Falls skatepark. Above, Nick Pilote shows how a manual is done during the fundraiser.

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