{"id":5347,"date":"2025-07-23T17:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:20:32","slug":"asrab-is-turning-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?p=5347","title":{"rendered":"ASRAB is turning 50!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5348\" src=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ASRAB-50-years.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ASRAB-50-years.jpg 170w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ASRAB-50-years-100x71.jpg 100w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ASRAB-50-years-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><strong>ASRAB is celebrating it&#8217;s 50th Anniversary!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s Celebrate Together<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out for upcoming celebration events in each region! We can&#8217;t wait to toast to 50 years of accessible sports and recreation for Albertans with visual impairment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reflecting on our history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To commemorate this special anniversary, we would like to invite you to share your favourite memories and photos of your experience with ASRAB.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5349 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-1024x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-1024x365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-768x274.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-100x36.jpg 100w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-150x54.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-200x71.jpg 200w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-450x161.jpg 450w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-600x214.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner-900x321.jpg 900w, https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/50-years-banner.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please follow the link below (or email <a href=\"mailto:info@asrab.ab.ca\">info@asrab.ab.ca<\/a>) to share your ASRAB story with us. <strong><em>We would love to hear about inspiring moments, your competition highlights, favourite memories with friends, or any other special story from your time with ASRAB.<\/em><\/strong> We will be including stories and images on our website and social media pages throughout our 50th year.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfMjRY6TcN3okCcjeLsCa4gD0pj8LZquFwPZBadPeawyrkYRQ\/viewform?pli=1\">Share your ASRAB story!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Launching into the future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have a great line-up of summer programs happening across the province! You can always check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?page_id=2072\">program calendar<\/a> to see what is upcoming in your city.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing everyone at Sight Night this fall. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/?page_id=13\">sign up now<\/a> to receive early bird prices and to begin fundraising with your team!<\/p>\n<p>Our Birdies for Kids fundraising campaign is continuing until the end of August. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/rogerscharityclassic.com\/alberta-sports-and-recreation-association-for-the-blind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donate today<\/a> to have your gift matched up to 50%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASRAB is celebrating it&#8217;s 50th Anniversary! Let&#8217;s Celebrate Together Keep an eye out for upcoming celebration events in each region! We can&#8217;t wait to toast to 50 years of accessible sports and recreation for Albertans with visual impairment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5351,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5347\/revisions\/5351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asrab.ab.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}