Last week, at the Assiniboia Elementary school, the Assiniboia 鈥楾imes鈥� and 小蓝视频land Coop had an opportunity to honour some special Grade 7 and 8 students from Assiniboia and three of their dedicated teachers. These exceptional young people were provided with a noon hour lunch consisting of pizza, compliments of the 小蓝视频land Coop, and certificates of merit and appreciation from the 鈥橳imes鈥� newspaper. The 鈥楾imes鈥� also supplied soda pop for everyone in attendance.
The noon-hour lunch held at the Elementary school was to 鈥檙ecognize鈥� and commend these young people for their hard work and efforts put forth on March 5 in Assiniboia. On that day, under the encouragement and direction of their teachers 鈥� Sherri Blackwell, Laurie Hawkins, and Mathew Lothian 鈥� these young people stepped up to the plate, so to speak, and, in a grande act of kindness, shovelled likely much more than a 鈥榯on鈥� of 鈥榙riveway and sidewalk snow鈥� for the lucky homeowners of the neighbourhood near their school that day. In a special program at the Assiniboia Elementary School called 鈥楶ay-it-Forward鈥�, students are actively encouraged to do random acts of kindness in the community, whenever they can.
You will recall that on the first weekend of March, southern Saskatchewan received an enormous dump of heavy, wet snow. Navigating in town - or anywhere, for that matter - became extremely difficult. School buses were cancelled on the Monday following the 鈥榖ig dump鈥�. Those young people from town who showed up for school that day, in spite of the bad weather, had occasion to show their kindness to the community where they live. And they did just that! Willingly, they went to work, 鈥榩aying-it-forward鈥�. Just as they had been taught. This 鈥榩ay-it-forward鈥� day of shovelling snow on March 5th was deeply appreciated by all recipients of the student鈥檚 kindness.
Nice to see young people today 小蓝视频 good samaritans and good neighbours. Thank you for what you did!
