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Here is one of my school pictures - I know the SKC Program would have made a huge difference for me. So glad to have the opportunity to help other kids now.

10:19 PM ET - 27 Mar 14

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The SKC Clubhouse is bright and inviting! It is a place where the kids can be creative and share with friends!

9:42 AM ET - 9 Apr 14

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I am really getting involved with this page, and LOVE all of you so much! I am so passionate about getting the word out for my foundation Shania Kids Can, ...and I wait with GREAT expectation to have more Partners, Sponsors and to OPEN more Clubhouses and School programs. You all here are helping me do that! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. ~ Shania

11:57 AM ET - 22 May 14

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From Shania Kids Can on Facebook:

I love you Las Vegas - I'll be back in July! No time off for me, I'm writing AND getting ready for CALGARY (ssshhh... don't tell anyone, but I'm really, REALLY excited to go to Calgary! Not only do I get to sing live on stage, but SKC has a school opening) I am blessed!

8:19 AM ET - 11 Jun 14

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O'Connell Racing Enters 2014 Great Battle Maine to Florida

Featuring Shania Kids Can

HOLLYWOOD, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 19, 2014) - O'Connell Racing (OConnellRacing.com), a professional motorsports company based in Southern California, announced today that the team with the father-son driver combination of Gus O'Connell and Kevin O'Connell will compete in the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race that will take place over a week long period starting in downtown Ogunquit, Maine and ending in The Villages, Florida.

The Great Race, established in 1908 with an inaugural race from New York to Paris requires entrants to only race classic, vintage or antique vehicles. The race is considered to be an automotive competition based on precision driving and navigational skills with events that are timed, with controlled speeds and endurance criteria. The 2014 race will include stops in states such as New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia with the finish in Florida.

Kevin O'Connell commented, "This is a new type of racing for us and our #59 entry will campaign an all original 1959 Chevrolet Apache Fleetside pick-up truck. My father, family friends Bill Kohlmeyer and Chris Bensabat are going to start the event in Maine, with family members Fred and Denny Cassin providing race support and logistics. I intend to meet up with the team somewhere along the line and drive for a stint or two after racing in the Gardner Denver 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America with Rick Ware Racing."

Shania Twain's charity Shania Kids Can has been selected as the primary effort for the entire month of June with O'Connell Racing and Rick Ware Racing dedicating entire events in NASCAR, the IMSA Lamborghini Super Trofeo Racing Series and the Great Race to the charity.

About O'Connell Racing:

O'Connell Racing (OCR) featuring American road course racing driver Kevin O'Connell and related venture sponsored companies is a motorsports marketing and media company that competes directly in NASCAR throughout North America and Europe, the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Series (formerly the Grand-Am Rolex Series) in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Racing Series and in SVRA in various vintage racing events in the United States.

About Rick Ware Racing:

Rick Ware Racing (RWR) has competed in multiple NASCAR racing series including the K & N Pro series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as well as the ARCA Series, the WMA Motocross Series, AMA Arenacross, Motocross and Supercross Series, Summer X-Games, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Racing Series and the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Series.

About Shania Kids Can:

Shania Kids Can is a program designed for kids at primary school level who are having personal problems at home. By helping less fortunate children reach their personal best in their daily lives at primary school age, this may likely prevent the less positive alternative that too many children of lost potential face later in life... of becoming statistics that burden society rather than contributing to it.

Contact:

PR
Jerry Digney

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oconnell-racing-enters-2014-great-140000370.html

Kevin O'Connell to Race Road America & Watkins Glen in 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series

Featuring Shania Kids Can

HOLLYWOOD, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 21, 2014) - O'Connell Racing (OConnellRacing.com), a professional motorsports company based in Southern California, announced today that driver Kevin O'Connell will race the #23 Shania Kids Can Chevrolet at both the Gardner Denver 200 at Road America, Wisconsin [today at 2:45pm ET on ABC] and Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen, New York [Aug. 9 at 2:15pm on ABC] this summer in the NASCAR Nationwide Series road course races with Rick Ware Racing. 

Kevin O'Connell commented, "This summer is going to be stacked with great racing events and opportunities to market and brand some of our best business partners. Road America and The Glen in the NASCAR Nationwide series are can't miss events and running the Glen in late June with the IMSA Super Trofeo Lamborghini series brings back fond memories of starting out in sports cars. The end of June wraps up with my father, Gus O'Connell and family and friends completing 7 days in the annual Great Race from Maine to Florida in a 1959 Chevrolet Apache. There should be lots to talk about." 

Kevin will be paired with one of NASCAR's premier crew chiefs, George Church of New Hampshire for all of the scheduled road course races. 

Shania Twain's charity Shania Kids Can will be the primary focus for the month of June on all of the "on track" racing equipment featuring the Shania Kids Can logo for all of the events in which Kevin O'Connell and Rick Ware Racing are competing in including the Great Race, NASCAR and IMSA. 

Shania Twain commented, "I'm very happy that Kevin and Rick will be supporting 'Shania Kids Can' in the upcoming racing events; having the SKC logo on the race cars is very exciting and a great way to for the foundation to gain awareness."

About O'Connell Racing:
O'Connell Racing (OCR) featuring American road course racing driver Kevin O'Connell is a motorsports competition and marketing company that competes in NASCAR in North America and Europe, the IMSA TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Series in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Racing Series and in SVRA in vintage racing events in the United States. 

About Rick Ware Racing:
Rick Ware Racing (RWR) has competed in multiple NASCAR racing series including the K & N Pro series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as well as the ARCA Series, the WMA Motocross Series, AMA Arenacross, Motocross and Supercross Series, Summer X-Games, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Racing Series and the TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Series.

About Shania Kids Can:
Shania Kids Can is a program designed for kids at primary school level who are having personal problems at home and that may a result have difficulties functioning at their full potential in the school environment either socially, behaviorally, or academically. The Shania Kids Can Foundation educates, inspires and empowers children in their communities to achieve their full potential.

PR
Jerry Digney
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/kevin-oconnell-race-road-america-150000119.htm

From Shania Kids Can on Facebook:

Wow!!! Blancpain is just AWESOME! Is this amazing! Share with your friends!

Check out our @Shaniakidscan, @ShaniaTwain Lamborghini running this weekend at Watkins Glen in the Tudor Super Trofeo series ! - Rick Ware Racing

@CodShaneWare ready for practice here @WGI in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series ! @ShaniaKidsCan

1:05 PM ET - 26 Jun 14

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Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen - Watkins Glen, New York

Qualifying - June 28 at 3:55pm EDT on IMSA.com

Race - June 29 at 11:00am EDT on FOX Sports 1 (TV)

http://www.imsa.com/races/sahlens-six-hours-glen1

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY to all of my US friends! I love you guys! Thank you for all of the love you have shown me for all of these years!

10:55 AM ET - 4 Jul 14

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Schools in the Program

SKC currently has two programs operating in Ontario, Canada, one operating in Nevada, United States and one in Alberta, Canada. More schools opening soon.

Irwin Memorial Public School - Dwight, Ontario

The Irwin Lounge has been operating successfully for the last eight years, providing nutritional support, life skills training, and social skills assistance to children between grades 1 and 8.  Once located in a portable building outside of the school, the Lounge has recently been re-located to its new home within the school itself.  Children that participate in the Irwin Lounge have the opportunity to participate in many different field trips, and enjoy the different guest speakers that come into the lounge.  A qualified staff person that is always available to the students as a neutral/safe person that they can always go to operates the Irwin Lounge, to discuss any issues that life presents them.

Schumacher Public School - Timmins, Ontario

Schumacher Public School in Timmins, Ontario is the second program funded through Shania Kids Can.  The Clubhouse operates every day of the week.  Teachers, and school administration identify children involved in the program as students needing extra assistance with social skill development, life skills, and nutritional support.  The Clubhouse is located in a classroom on the lower level of the school and is equipped with many different games to encourage academic development, social interaction, and life skills training.  The students also learn how to prepare nutritious snacks.  The Clubhouse is run by a qualified staff person that is always available to the students as a neutral/safe person they can go to with any issues that life may present them with.

Tom Williams Elementary School - Las Vegas, Nevada

The Tom Williams Elementary School is a program funded through Shania Kids Can, opened as of Fall 2013.  Kids receive academic, extra-curricular, therapeutic and nutritional support from the SKC Clubhouse which is located on the second floor of the school.

Catherine Nichols Gunn School - Calgary, Alberta

The brightly decorated SKC Clubhouse at Catherine Nichols Gunn School provides academic, nutritional, therapeutic and extra-curricular support to the students in the program.  The Clubhouse has been established by a partnership with Shania Kids Can, the Dilawri Foundation and the Calgary Board of Education.

http://www.shaniakidscan.com/what-we-do/schools-involved/

This weeks "Throw Back Thursday" is a photo of Fred speaking at The Starlight Global Foundation in the Bahamas this past January! #TBT #ShaniaKidsCan

12:51 PM ET - 11 Sep 14

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Our wonderful Program Leader at Sir Winston Churchill PS chatting with some of the SKC kids in the clubhouse!

8:40 AM ET - 29 Sep 14

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Schumacher Public School SKC Clubhouse Update

November 3, 2014

The SKC kids at Schumacher Public School in Timmins have been busy over the past two months.

Click HERE to read the newsletter. (requires Adobe Reader)

http://www.shaniakidscan.com/news/schumacher-public-school-skc-clubhouse-update/

While you're in town for the After Party, don't forget to stop by the Shania Shop to pick up your Shania Kids Can Shirt! Tickets still available - http://skcafterparty-vegas.whindo.com #SKCinVegas #ShaniaInVegas

3:25 AM ET - 12 Dec 14

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TBT - Shania Twain spends time signing an autograph for a young fan during her appearance at the 1996 Fan Fair event in Nashville. Photo courtesy the CMA Country Music Association.

9:00 AM ET - 15 Jan 15

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TBT - Visiting Chicago's Kids Cafe in 2003

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Singer Shania Twain hugs Josephine Okeke after playing basketball during a visit to Kids Cafe, a national program of America's Second Harvest, one of the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief charities, in July, 2003. Twain started singing because her parents were poor, and sometimes ate mustard sandwiches at school.

8:20 AM ET - 22 Jan 15

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#‎MusicMonday‬ - Back in 1996, The empowering balled "God Bless The Child" was released to help children all around the world. What you may not know, is that there are multiple versions of the song! The version from "The Woman In Me" had verses added to it before being released to radio and stores as a commercial single. There were two versions of that song, with Banjo and without. Here's the one without Banjo, which you may not have heard before.

Which version of the song is your favorite?

8:30 AM ET - 26 Jan 15

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#‎ThrowbackThursday‬ ‪#‎TBT‬ During the Still The One concerts in Las Vegas, We gathered with fans around the campfire on stage, had fun, and talked about Shania Kids Can. Another great way to have fun and keep warm is to sing songs by the fire.

9:00 AM ET - 5 Feb 15

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Music Monday - A bit of a flash back to some fun times in Las Vegas and also some great music for everyone to enjoy on a Monday!

11:34 AM ET - 9 Feb 15

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TBT - There are never enough hugs! Here is a picture of the school opening in Brampton last September!

11:08 AM ET - 12 Feb 15

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TBT - Spending time with the kids in the SKC program in Calgary last summer and loving every minute listening to what they have to say!

8:54 AM ET - 19 Feb 15

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Music Monday! So much fun and so many great memories!

8:11 AM ET - 23 Mar 15

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Irwin Memorial School Newsletter

April 21, 2015

Check out the latest from the Irwin Memorial School Clubhouse! Kids got to make Valentine's Cards for Canadian War Veterans, visited local radio station Moose FM 105.5 in Huntsville to interview a DJ and visited Pita Pit Canada to learn what goes on behind the scenes! Check out all of the fun the kids have been having over the past few months in the attached newsletter!

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http://www.shaniakidscan.com/news/irwin-memorial-school-newsletter/

Irwin Memorial Makes Mother’s Day Gift

May 11, 2015

The SKC Clubhouse kids at Irwin Memorial made some soap for Mother’s Day gifts! Such a great idea and wonderful way to say “thanks for all you do!”

Soap for Mother's Day (requires Adobe Reader)

http://www.shaniakidscan.com/news/irwin-memorial-makes-mothers-day-gift/

Calgary Program Spring Newsletter

July 8, 2015

Catherine Nichols Gunn School in Calgary has completed the first year of programming and the SKC kids have had many great opportunities. Read more in the Spring Newsletter!

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http://www.shaniakidscan.com/news/calgary-program-spring-newsletter/