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Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation | Ride Inside
Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation | Ride Inside
Hundreds of people participated in the Ride Inside fundraising spin class which is dedicated to supporting young people living with and beyond cancer. The event took place on October 24, 2019 at 360 Hydro Place.
Blake Wheeler and his family were special guests and key fundraisers. A total of $250,000 was raised at the event which will help researchers and health professionals continue to provide outstanding care for all Manitoba kids and their families living with cancer.
14th Annual Never Alone Luncheon
Never Alone Foundation
We were proud to support the Never Alone Foundation’s 14th Annual Never Along Luncheon on October 23, 2019 at the Victorian Inn.
The event was presented by Pratts Wholesale Food Service, with guest speaker Catherine Wreford Ledlow (Former Broadway & Royal Winnipeg Ballet performer), and Emcee Joe Aiello.
“The Never Alone Foundation is here to assist cancer patients and their families in their time of need. We pride ourselves on delivering as much support as we can, as fast as we can.”
What is the Never Alone Foundation?
From revitalizing the rooms of a palliative care unit and a blood and marrow unit to providing funds to stage a puppet program to explain the effects of cancer to children, the Never Alone Foundation continues to make a difference in the lives of cancer patients and their families. Never Alone Foundation also provides gift baskets, food and gas gift certificates, books, advice on who to contact for other services and more importantly to simply lend an ear and the opportunity to talk with someone who has gone through this same journey.
Celebrating 15 Years
PROUD TO CELEBRATE 15 YEARS
This year we are proud to celebrate our 15th anniversary!
It’s hard to believe that we started operations in 2004 with only three staff and less than 100 active customers.
With dedication, a vision of unwavering quality and service, and a customer base that has shown profound support, we now supply over 12,000 customers in Winnipeg. Our distribution throughout Manitoba has also grown to service Steinbach, Beausejour, Selkirk, Morden, Brandon, and Pilot Mound.
Over the years our water has received multiple international awards including Best Tasting Water in the World at the prestigious Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting.
For the past four years our premium one litre bottle has placed among the top premium waters in the world winning Best Packaging and Design awards at the exclusive Fine Water Society. Our one litre bottle is now available in major cities throughout Canada and the United States and also exported to countries around the world including Germany, Japan, and China.
All of this wouldn’t be possible without you.
THANK YOU
Summer Photo Contest | Now Closed
SUMMER PHOTO CONTEST | NOW CLOSED
Thank you all for entering our summer photo contest and sharing your summer adventures with us. Stay tuned for our next contest.
Contest Details
Share your summer adventures with us!
Take pictures of you enjoying the great taste of Jackson Springs Water on your summer adventure, tag us in the photo, and you could win a case of our award winning one litre bottles to take with you on your next adventure.
HERE’S HOW TO ENTER:
Follow us on Instagram (@Jackson_Springs and @drinkjacksonsprings)
Follow us on Facebook (Jackson Springs Water and Jackson Springs Water One Litre)
Take a picture of your Jackson Springs Water filled water bottle, cooler, one litre, etc. during your summer adventure.
Post to Instagram and/or Facebook. Each post counts as one contest entry..
Tag @Jackson_Springs and @DrinkJacksonSprings on Instagram and Facebook
That’s it! Each Wednesday we’ll choose two weekly winners.
WINNERS
Every Wednesday we will select two luck y winners to win a case (12 one litre bottles ) of our award winning premium one litres. Winners will be contacted directly through social media every Wednesday.
Must be 18 years or older to enter. Manitoba residents only. This contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram or Facebook. Contest will close at 11:59 PM CDT 9/04/2019. Winners will be announced each Wednesday until 09/04/2019. Delivery not included. Prizes can be picked up at 1-885 Keewatin Street Winnipeg MB. View full contest terms and conditions.
Teddy Bears' Picnic
33rd Teddy Bears’ Picnic
May 26, 2019 | Assiniboine Park
What a great day at the 33rd Teddy Bears’ Picnic presented by the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba at the Assiniboine Park.
The event is fun and educational for kids offering all day entertainment on the main stage and activities including the Dr. Goodbear Clinic, First Aid, Sun Awareness, Teddy’s Dental Work, Bear Eye Care, Play It Safe, and more.
Teddy Bears’ Picnic Gallery
Manito Ahbee Festival
Manito Ahbee Festival
May 15-19, 2019 | RBC Convention Centre
Jackson Springs was honoured to present an Indigenous Music Award at the Manito Ahbee Festival on Friday, May 17, 2019 at the Club Regent Event Centre. Chris Garrick presented the award for “Best Hand Drum” to Laura Grizzlypaws.
The award ceremony was outstanding and Jackson Springs Water was thrilled to be the official water sponsor.
The Manito Ahbee Festival celebrates Indigenous arts, culture, and music in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The 14th annual festival will be held May 15-19, 2019 and feature the Indigenous Music Awards, Manito Ahbee Pow Wow, Indigenous Music Conference, Indigenous Marketplace and Trade Show, Getting Jiggy With It, Art Challenge, and Youth Education Day.
Run Your Lungs Out 2.0
Run Your Lungs Out 2.0
24 HOURS | 8 TREADMILLS | 1 CAUSE | CF POLO PARK | April 25, 2019
We were proud to be apart of the Run your Lungs Out 2.0 24 hour treadmill challenge in support of Cancer Care Manitoba. The event took place on April 25/26, 2019 at CF Polo Park, Winnipeg and set a goal to raise over $100,000.
The event didn’t stop at running!
Live DJ’s, news broadcast, local Winnipeg celebrities, spin classes, yoga, stretching stations, hydration station, aid stations, and cheer stations.
Raised over $100K!
The event exceeded its goal and raised a total of $107,095 raised for CancerCare Manitoba Foundation.
#RunYourLungsOut
Best Packaging and Design
Best Packaging and Design
Fine Water Society | Stockholm, Sweden | May 14, 2019
After Fine Water Summits in Barcelona, Vidago, Shanghai, Los Angeles, and Guangzhou. The Fine Water Society held the 6th Fine Water Summit in Stockholm, Sweden on April 25/26, 2019. The 2019 Summit theme was “Future Trends” and focused on the future of fine waters as a category - one that is rapidly changing the way we think about beverages.
The waters were selected in multiple categories by an international jury of water sommeliers Sam Wu (Singapore @xiaosammm ), Rita Palandrani (Italy @rita_january ), Michael Mascha (USA @finewaters ), Jeanette Fili (Sweden @theswedishwatersomm ) and Michael Tanousis (UK @bolidemichael ).
Jackson Springs Water Awarded for Best Packaging and Design
To the Fine Water Society the bottle design represents the brand and connects the consumer emotionally to the source of the water. Awards are given in each Category for the design.
Our one litre bottle once again placed among the top three in the world winning Bronze for best packaging and design.
Our exclusive one litre bottle has won multiple awards for best packaging and design. The unique one litre bottle design offers the elegant look and feel of glass with a functional shatterproof construction. This award winning design allows you to take the refreshingly smooth taste of Jackson Springs Water in areas where glass may be restricted. Sure to turn heads, the bottle was crafted exclusively by veteran designer, Henning Doose.
Jackson Springs Water’s one litre has now been recognized four times for its packaging and bottle design.
2019 Stockholm, Sweden – Bronze – Best packaging and design
2018 Machachi, Ecuador – Gold - Best packaging and design
2017 Guangzhou, China – Silver – Best packaging and design
2016 Guangzhou, China – Gold – Best packaging and design
World's Best Tasting Water
Awarded bronze for World's Best Tasting Water
Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting
Press Release - February 27,2018
We are thrilled and pleased to announce that Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water has won the prestigious Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting bronze medal for 2018. Jackson Springs Water has continuously placed among the worlds best premium waters and has previously won gold in 2012, and also placed 4th in 2015.
This 28th annual competition, nicknamed the “Academy Awards” of the bottled water industry, featured 40 entries from around the globe. A panel of eleven media judges sampled and rated each entry on five specific attributes under guidelines similar to those in a wine tasting.
Jackson Springs Water is a premium, natural spring water acquired from a protected company-owned source located in the Sandilands Provincial Forest near Middlebro, Manitoba.
Jackson Springs Water is 100% natural, featuring a moderate mineral profile as recommended by the World Health Organization. It has an alkaline pH of 8.1, and is also sodium and fluoride free.
Jackson Springs Water is available in environmentally friendly 3 and 5 gallon refillable containers for home and office water coolers. The company offers full delivery service throughout the city of Winnipeg and its surrounding bedroom communities.
Jackson Springs Water can also be found through the company’s rural distributor network in Selkirk, Brandon, Winkler/Morden, Pilot Mound, Beausejour and Steinbach, with distributorship opportunities available in Portage La Prairie and Thompson.
Jackson Springs Water is available on a world-wide basis in our premium, one litre bottle through our website jacksonspringspremium.com. Our premium one litre bottle has won 3 design awards for best packaging and design in the past 18 months at various water tasting competitions around the world.
We invite you to visit us and experience “The Best Water You’ll Ever Taste”.
THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF DRINKING SPRING WATER
Water is essential to human life. Approximately 60% of the total weight of most individuals is water. Water is involved in most body functions, regulating body temperature, transporting nutrients and oxygen to all cells in the body, moistening oxygen for breathing and helping the body absorb and synthesized essential nutrients.
THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF DRINKING SPRING WATER
The consumption of bottle water has increased by 400% (2) in United States and Canada alone, and the worldwide market of bottle water is worth over US $5.7 billion (4). Bottle water has taken an important role in the diet of North Americans, because most people believe that it is micro-biologically and nutritionally superior then tap water. Several health benefits have been attributed to the mineral and trace element content of spring waters. However, it cannot be assumed that all bottle waters provide the same health benefits due to the variation in their mineral content from manufacturer to manufacturer. The objective of this report was to identify the potential benefits of our spring water (Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water) in the human body in terms of mineral composition.
1. Water for Life
Water is essential to human life. Approximately 60% of the total weight of most individuals is water. Water is involved in most body functions, regulating body temperature, transporting nutrients and oxygen to all cells in the body, moistening oxygen for breathing and helping the body absorb and synthesized essential nutrients. Our bodies need a certain amount of water intake on a daily basis to function appropriately; the minimum amount is about one liter. Water requirements vary with activity and age, but most active persons need two to three times the basic amount. Basic fluid intake serves to replace the fluids which are required to perform our normal body functions. If we consume less or lose more fluid than needed, the net result is dehydration. More generally, dehydration is referred to as “the excessive loss of water from the body.” The fluid loss may even be severe enough to become life-threatening.
2. Spring Water Consumption and Health Implications
Spring water is defined by the Canadian Bottle Association as natural water which shall be collected from an underground source and have total dissolved solids content not exceeding 500 ppm. Spring water is characterized by its purity at source, its content of minerals and trace elements (3). Magnesium, calcium, sodium and potassium are the main minerals found in spring waters (2,8). The World Health Organization (8) stated that the incidence of osteoporosis and heart diseases might be notably reduced by drinking waters with reasonable concentrations of magnesium and calcium. However the consumption of spring waters with high content of sodium may induce hypertension in some populations. (2) Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water is sodium-free.
2.1 Minerals significance
2.1.1 Magnesium: Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body and is essential to good health. Approximately 50% of total body magnesium is presented in bone. The other half is found predominantly inside cells of body tissues and organs. Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system, and keeps bones strong (5). It is estimated that the body requires between 220 and 410 mg of magnesium on a daily basis. Studies have shown that some populations in North America do not meet the daily requirements of magnesium consumption (6). Magnesium deficiency may encourage coronary artery vasospasms, leading to myocardial ischemia and sudden death (1).
2.1.2 Calcium: The standard adult’s weight is made up of about two per cent calcium. The bulk of this mineral is found in the skeleton and teeth; the rest is stored in the tissues or blood. Calcium is vital for healthy teeth and bones and also plays a crucial role in a range of body functions, such as the health and functioning of nerves and muscle tissue. As we age, the skeleton loses calcium. Women lose the most calcium from their bones in the five years around the age of menopause. However, both men and women lose bone mass as they grow older and should increase the amount of calcium in their diet (800 mg per day). Low intakes of Ca, contribute to rickets in children and osteoporosis in women worldwide (8). A diet high in calcium cannot reverse age-related bone loss but it can slow down the process.
2.1.3 Sodium: In the human body, sodium is an electrolyte that plays an essential role in regulation of fluids and blood pressure. Many studies in diverse populations have shown that a high sodium intake is associated with higher blood pressure.
However, most evidence suggests that many people at risk for high blood pressure reduce their chances of developing this condition by consuming less salt or sodium (7). The average sodium intake in North America is estimated to be between 4000 and 6000 mg. per day. The American Heart Association has recommended reducing the intake levels to less than 3000 mg per day (2).
3. Jackson Springs – The Healthier Spring Water
Garzon and Eisenberg (1) analyzed the content of magnesium, sodium and calcium in 48 commercially available European and North American spring waters. They found a great variation in their mineral content with ranges from 0 to 126 mg per liter for magnesium, from 0 to 1200 mg per liter for sodium, and 0 to 546 mg per liter for calcium. Since the mineral content of spring water varies remarkably, it would be erroneous to state that all spring waters are beneficial to human health.
A recent mineral analysis showed that “Jackson Springs Premium Spring Water” had four times as much magnesium as the median concentration found in 28 North American spring waters (2) (Table 1). In addition, the concentration of calcium was five times higher in Jackson Springs Water than that detected in the same number of North America Spring waters.
Drinking “Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water,” which is high in magnesium and calcium, may help individuals achieve the recommended daily allowances of these essential minerals. Furthermore, there is a substantial body of epidemiological data supporting the inverse relationship between calcium and magnesium concentrations in drinking water and ischemic heart disease mortality (8). Similarly, consumption of “Jackson Springs” waters rich in calcium and magnesium may also provide the same health benefits in our consumers. Consumption of “Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water” have the added benefit of having50% less sodium than the median North American Spring water (2), thereby reducing the intake of sodium while gaining the benefits of a spring water, a health benefit particularly important in people with hypertension conditions.
The high calcium, magnesium and low sodium concentrations of our spring water qualify it as ideal because these mineral proportions maximize the potential beneficial effects of our product on human health (2). In keeping with the study of Garzon and Eisenberg (1) and the mineral contents of our water, it can be said that Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water is the best consumer choice taking in consideration of the potential benefits associated with its consumption.