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Daybreak Breaks Ground on a new Woodery Addition

Woodery program leader Venus Bidely handles the shovel with Woodery program participants Robin Steele and Tim Wright.

Woodery program leader Venus Bidely handles the shovel with Woodery program participants Robin Steele and Tim Wright.

On September 23rd, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Woodery addition took place on land at the west end of the barn, exactly where the new structure will be built. Venus Bidley, the Program Leader at the Woodery, and Robin Steel and Tim Wright, long-time participants in the Woodery program, dug the ceremonial shovel into the ground surrounded by an excited crew of Woodery participants, assistants and volunteers. Construction will take place over the fall and into the early winter.

Architectural Rendering: the addition will include a new lunch room and office.

Architectural Rendering: the addition will include a new lunch room and office.

Designed by architect Joe Lobko, the addition follows the original lines of the barn with the added visual appeal of an inviting, contemporary cottage on its west face. The space will be bathed in light and will provide a bright and airy space for breaks, lunch and meetings, as well as an administrative centre for the Woodery program.

The west interior of the barn will also undergo significant renovation, creating new activity stations for Woodery participants. The expansion will provide additional space for the welcome of new people to join the Woodery program.

The barn, built in the 1920s, was part of the original working farm on the site. The building that we now know as “the Big House” was constructed in 1926 as a sanatorium for members of the Sisters of St. Joseph suffering from tuberculosis. At that time, when TB was so widespread, many treatment facilities were developed across the country. The property was later sold to the Basilian order of priests who housed their novitiate there. It finally passed to Our Lady’s Missionaries, the sisters who generously donated the property in 1968 for L’Arche to begin in Canada. Daybreak opened its doors in 1969.