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Dad on duty Michael Simpson, a CRD Hazmat emergency responder and Central Saanich firefighter, takes a time out with daughter Kaycee, 3, during the Saanich Fire Department’s open house last Saturday at Fire Hall No. 2 on Elk Lake Drive. The biennial event brought out an estimated 2,000 people for a day of free food, firefighter demonstrations and fun. See more photos on pages B1 and B3.
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Sam Laramee squeezes one mini shampoo bottle after another and pokes fun at his mundane, repetitive task. “It’s this or school, and there’s no school,” says the 14-year-old, laughing. As Laramee awaits word on an end to the teachers’ strike and the beginning of his student life at Reynolds secondary, the teen is using his free time to volunteer with Disaster Aid’s Soap for Hope program, based out of an Esquimalt warehouse. On this day, four would-be students are repackaging slightly used soap, shampoo and conditioner – donated from 50 hotels across Vancouver Island – to create hygiene kits that will be shipped as far away as Ghana and Croatia, and as close to home as Rock Bay Landing. The current 13-litre shampoo batch is destined for Thailand. “It makes me feel good that I can help people in other countries just by squeezing shampoo bottles,” says Maya McIntyre, 11. Maya’s mother, Anne, is in her fourth month as the executive director of Disaster Aid Canada. Anne has recruited Maya six times already, but is also fielding requests from the community for student volunteers. PLEASE SEE: Strike brings unique work, Page A3
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