Fisher River Cree Nation elders showered with love by Canadians for Valentine’s Day
Global News
'With winter and it's kind of isolated around this time and we just want to brighten everyone's day with some Valentine's cards and spread the love.'
Heavy headlines and the dreariness of winter got Kacie Sinclair thinking of ways to brighten the days of the 19 elders who live at the Ochekwi Sipi Cree Nation Personal Care Home on Fisher River Cree Nation, an hour north of Winnipeg.
The activity director saw a care home in the U.S. looking for Valentine’s Day greetings for residents and she thought, why not do the same?
“With winter and it’s kind of isolated around this time and we just want to brighten everyone’s day with some Valentine’s cards and spread the love,” Sinclair told Global News on Jan 20.
They put up a map of Canada and looked forward to pinpointing all the places they received cards from.
No one was prepared for what followed.
Every day since, the Fisher River post office has filed bins upon bins for the care home staff to pick up.
“We’ve got more than 2,000,” Sinclair said.
And each elder has a basket stuffed full of greetings.
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