Students Sleep Outside to Help Homeless
Holiday Hampers Spread Cheer By Marianne Curtis In Steinbach alone over 750 hampers are expected to be delivered throughout the area this holiday season. In response to the growing need to make Christmas special for everyone, several organizations throughout the region are devoting their efforts to make do just that. Donations of all kinds are still needed by all these organizations with the need for volunteers to help with deliveries, so please give generously. Here is a list of organizations that are providing Christmas Hampers this year in various areas. Anyone needing a hamper or knowing someone in need are encouraged to contact any of these organizations. Grunthal: The Grunthal Churches, Credit Union, gas stations and Grunthal Grocery are accepting donations of foodstuffs and toys to provide their area residents from the community and area with hampers.
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Boxing Day Shopping a Bust in Steinbach By Marianne Curtis
graduating class of the École-College Regional Gabrielle-Roy spent the night sleeping outside in -3 degree weather. Monique Guenette, a grad advisor at the school, said that the students chose to participate in the program so that they can understand
The Province recently addressed shopping restrictions pertaining to the Christmas holidays. While the province has determined that unrestricted shopping should be allowed on Boxing Day Sunday, the announcement does little to help shoppers in Steinbach. Under a proposed amendment to the Retail Business Holiday Closing Act that was recently introduced by the province, businesses that normally open on Sundays from noon until 6 pm will be able to open without these restrictions on December 26. Steinbach Chamber of Commerce President Keith Unger says the amendment will have little affect in Steinbach. “Since most businesses remain closed on Sundays, they don’t fall under this legislation,” explained Unger. “What we might see this year is retail businesses that would normally take the Monday off because the holiday is on Sunday, may decide to open instead.” The Chamber recently conducted a survey to see what retail businesses are planning to do throughout the
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The graduating class of Gabrielle Roy spent a night outside as part of a fundraiser that raised 1,000 lbs of food for Winnipeg Harvest and three vehicles full of coats for Siloam Mission.
By Marianne Curtis Nearly 50 graduating students from Ile Des Chênes spent the entire night outside on school grounds in a move to practice solidarity with Manitoba’s less fortunate. While the rest of the community was trick or treating the