{"id":1923,"date":"2018-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/organisme-de-bassin-versant-de-la-yamaska\/happy-75th-birthday-mr-savoie\/"},"modified":"2020-10-14T15:41:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:41:33","slug":"happy-75th-birthday-mr-savoie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/happy-75th-birthday-mr-savoie\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 75th birthday Mr Savoie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>On November 13<sup>th<\/sup>, 2018, we celebrate the 75<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp; birthday of Mr. Eddy Savoie!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tOn this special day, we want to celebrate the kindness of this spouse, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, owner and exceptional employer. On behalf of us all, the large family of Les Residences Soleil, we wish Mr. Savoie a happy birthday filled with joy and love.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tA man with a great heart<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"197\" src=\"\/images\/hommage_palaroid(1).jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tSome pictures of the personal tributes prepared by his wife Carmelle, his brother Florent, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, as well as many friends and collaborators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"197\" src=\"\/images\/polaroid_histoire(2).jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\n\tFrom plumber to pioneer<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tSurrounded by his loved-one Carmelle, his 5 children, 13 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, more than 7 000 residents and 2 000 employees, Mr. Savoie can proudly say that he has founded the most beautiful and large family en Quebec. Today, it has become the largest private and family business in this field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tIn addition to his business acumen and foward-thinking nature, this man is especially recognized for his human approach, his dedication and real love for seniors.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tDiscover the impressive path of Mr. Savoie, since his arrival at the age of 16, with only $ 5 in his pocket, until the invention of the successful model that is Les Residences Soleil<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/summary\/eddy-savoie-a-great-builder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"29\" src=\"\/images\/bouton_ANG.jpg\" width=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"197\" src=\"\/images\/polaroid_archives(3).jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>\n\tNovember 13, 1988<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tGround-breaking for the first Residences Soleil took place 30 years ago today. Especially designed to fulfill the parents of Mr. Savoie, find out the history behind the concept.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tAlready at the time, the whole family proudly took part of the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/summary\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"26\" src=\"\/images\/bouton_ANG(1).jpg\" width=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\tWe invite you to stay tuned during the year 2019 for information about the festivities and novelties that will surround the celebration of our 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary to the services of seniors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"311\" src=\"\/images\/diapo-anniversaire_ANG.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tMr. and Mrs. Savoie surrounded by a few grandchildren and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tThe great achievements of Mr. Eddy Savoie, besides his family:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tA pioneer of the concept of Les Residences for seniors that we know today across Canada.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tInitiator of the implementation of the tax credit for the home support of all seniors in Quebec since 2000.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWinner of <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/news\/whats-new\/2018-laureate-canadas-best-managed-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Best Managed Companies in Canada<\/em><\/a> for 15 consecutive years and Platinum Member.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/news\/whats-new\/2018-consumer-choice-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Consumer Choice<\/a>&nbsp;Award<\/em> for 15 consecutive years in the category Private Seniors&#39; Residences &#8211; Greater Montreal.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSelected by the government to carry out the first <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/summary\/chsld-saint-lambert-sur-le-golf-residential-and-long-term-care-centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major CHSLD<\/a> in public-private partnership mode in Quebec, successfully achieving savings of $ 100M over 25 years for the people of Quebec.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCreation of <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/living-environment\/unique-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unique programs<\/a> for the benefit of Les Residences Soleil residents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tcentenary<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tRent fixing<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tSatisfaction insurance<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\tAccommodation upon non-voluntary departure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tInvention of <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/living-environment\/shorttermstays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">short-stay plan<\/a> at Les Residences Soleil to serve the population<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHonorary President of more than a dozen events and fundraising every year, to name just a few.<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSee here other <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/summary\/awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">distinctions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/news\/social-involvement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social implications<\/a> that have occurred in recent years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 13th, 2018, we celebrate the 75th&nbsp; birthday of Mr. Eddy Savoie! On this special day, we want to celebrate the kindness of this spouse, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, owner and exceptional employer. On behalf of us all, the large family of Les Residences Soleil, we wish Mr. Savoie a happy birthday filled with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,1],"tags":[],"global_category":[],"class_list":["post-1923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3592,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions\/3592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"global_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_category?post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}