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Vol 27 No 26
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Young volunteers bake goods for Elders in Rankin Inlet Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council program encourages youth to give back to the community
ᐃᓚᐃ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑭᓚ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᒪᒪᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔭᖅᓯᔫᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕐᒧᑦ ᔨᓚ ᒥᖅᑯᓵᕐᒧᑦ. ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ ᐃᒐᒋᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᒪᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᒪᑎᒃ ᓂᕆᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ.
By Cody Punter Northern News Services
A group of youths in Rankin Inlet have been taking part in a baking program dedicated to feeding Elders in the community over the last few months. Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council received federal funding to run the program, which seeks to encourage teens and pre-teens to give back to the community. “Because COVID restrictions are in Rankin and high school students are only going to school twice a week, we thought we should come up with a way to keep them busy … just to give them that warm fuzzy feeling of giving back to the community. During that time we have started talking about doing a baking program,” said Ilitaqsiniq program manager Kelly Clark-Lindell. There are currently 10 youth between the ages of 12 and 18 enrolled in the program. For the past two-and-a-half months, they have been getting together several times a week to bake 15 to 20 trays worth of food a day. Once it is ready, the youths then go around and hand out the baked goods to Elders in the community. “It’s nice for kids to be in that situation where they are giving. The Elders that we have been delivering to have been so appreciative,” said Clark-Lindell. Twelve-year-old Makayla Kaludjak, one of the program participants, said she signed up because she loves baking. She said she has learned new recipes, such as cinnamon buns
Eli Sammurtok and Makayla Kaludjak drop off baked goods for Elder Geela Merkosak. Sammurtok and Kaludjak have been involved in a baking program dedicated to feeding Elders in the community, organized through Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council. photo courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council and peanut blossom cookies. She has also enjoyed meeting new Elders in town. “It’s very fun to bring the baked goods to Elders. They are so happy to receive them,” she said. Now that the current baking program has wrapped up, Clark-Lindell said Ilitaqsiniq is getting ready to do a new
round of volunteering. Out of the 10 youth in the current program, nine are planning to do more work throughout the summer. “We’ve been having little brainstorming sessions with what they would like to see, what they’d be interested in,” said Clark-Lindell.
ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔪᐃᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ
ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ Hᐊᑭᕕᒡᔪᐊᓕᖅᐸᑕ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᔪᒫᖅᑐᑦ
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“Until the federal government takes some serious action, we don’t feel that now is the time to celebrate Canada.” – The Rankin Inlet Fire Department issued a statement on their decision to cancel their annual Canada Day parade, page 2.
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