Saturday, January 30, 2010

Red Sucker Lake, a reserve known only to me by reputation. I've been told the first thing you see upon arrival ( by plane, there are no roads) is "Welcome to Hell" painted on the side of a building. Reserves are often very poor and quality of living conditions deplorable, so imagine my surprise when a radio announcer thanked a 12 year old girl from this reserve, and 4 of her friends for collecting $400 from her neighbours to donate to Haiti. They went door to door in their reserve and the people dug deep into their pockets to help others across the globe. As an Elder said upon hearing this, " we were brought up to give to others in greater need than ourselves".

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