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Securing a location, finding volunteers and accumulating some warm winter clothing are among them.
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In the days since the effort was announced, the Saskatoon Community Care Camp has already seen the pieces starting to fall into place.
People have been reaching out. The camp’s volunteer list was at 20 people on Friday, and a steady stream of blankets, homemade quilts and winter gear is flowing in.
SASKATOON Following the success of an outdoor homeless camp with teepees and open-pit fires in Winnipeg, a group in Saskatoon hopes to erect something similar here to keep the homeless warm and safe during the winter cold. “We have a lot of access to warm-up stations, the problem is they run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with a couple running 24 hours and unfortunately homelessness and cold weather doesn’t stop at 9 p.m.,” said Daina Kary, an Indigenous social work student at First Nations University of Canada. Since she saw a video on social media, showing the makeshift homeless camp in Winnipeg, Kary and some of her colleagues have been organizing and reaching out to city organizations to see if they can make the homeless camp a reality in Saskatoon.
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Indigenous Storytelling Month goes online during COVID-19
A storyteller with Regina Public Schools says it s important to make people laugh and to keep traditions alive.
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A storyteller with Regina Public Schools says it s important to make people laugh, keep traditions alive
Posted: Feb 01, 2021 12:58 PM CT | Last Updated: February 1
Rhonda Donais Walsh will be telling stories virtually this month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but is ready with her puppet and other visual aids.(Submitted by Rhonda Donais Walsh )