A retired man volunteered at the local hospital, playing piano for patients. After he had finished his performance he said goodbye to one of the patients and said, “I hope you get better soon.” The patient replied, “I hope you get better too.”
It’s a funny comment, but the truth is seniors contribute a significant portion of volunteer hours in Canada. Just four years ago, Jacintha and Jim Collins, a senior couple from Ontario, started up a small endeavour that grew into a major charitable organization called Harvest Hands. Faytene Grasseschi interviewed Jim and Jacintha recently on Faytene TV.
“Four years ago we started collecting food for local charities and groups that were suffering from lack of food and no resources to buy anything,” Jacintha explained. It started with a car load, then a van load, a bigger truck, and four years later they have tractor trailers picking up and delivering an average of $150,000 worth of food every week to 270 organizations in Ontario. Those organizations include food banks, senior homes, lunch programs, pregnancy centres, shelters, missions, and anybody who needs food.
Jim was the driving force behind the initiative. “I knocked on doors, going to retailers, growers, food processors asking for surplus, seconds or food that was approaching its best before date,” he said. “We were amazed at their re-
sponse. Now every week they rescue, pick up and deliver food that would otherwise go to a landfill.
Statistics report Canada produces enough food for 52 million people, yet one in six Canadians experiences food insecurity every day. Furthermore, statistics also show 58% of all food produced in Canada is never consumed, 86% of waste occurs along the supply chain, and 45% of that waste is avoidable.
Which may help to explain why Jacintha discovered, “The more food we gave, the more we started to get back.”
Harvest Hands helps retailers save money by not paying to take food to the landfill and charities receive free donations and delivery of food.
Further statistics report the over production of food in Canada is equal to 124,000 fifty-three foot tractor trailers full of food. “That’s the amount of food wasted annually,” Jim said. “There’s a simple, but not necessarily easy answer.”
Faytene observed that the not necessarily easy answer involves the heavy lifting of Harvest Hands’ 200 monthly volunteers. “We clock 1200 volunteer hours every week,” Jim said. “That’s equivalent to about $20,000. Without volunteers we couldn’t do anything.”
When they started four years ago, Jim recruited everyone in their circle of friends and acquaintances as volunteers, and it grew from there.
“It takes a village of people to do
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what we do every single day. And they (the volunteers) did it with their whole hearts and are still doing it four years later,” Jacintha said. They have students, grandchildren, church groups and charities who periodically help at Harvest Hands.
“It’s the thing we wanted to do our entire life, and now we’re experiencing it,” Jim said. “It gives us the opportunity to show people the goodness of God.”
Jacintha said people always ask how they accumulated all the contacts who give them food. She said it was simple, “The more food we gave, the more we started to get back. Every step we took God had a supply.”
The couple have many stories to tell about how their charity has touched the lives of individuals, and shared one example. A few years ago they heard about a pregnancy centre who had to cancel their fundraisers because of the lockdowns, and didn’t have supplies for the moms and babies.
“We loaded up a truck with food and diapers,” Jacintha recalled. “They said we’ll take one of these and one of these, and then we told them the whole truck load was theirs. And we still supply them to this day.”
The reclamation of food is relatively new, but there are other groups doing the same thing. Second Harvest - the largest food rescue organization in Canada, as well as FoodMesh (which also operates in Kindersley) are among those groups.
“There is a huge opportunity. Fifty percent of all food in Canada is wasted,” Jim said. “Our work can be replicated. We’ve had people come work with us for a week and study the process.”
It’s amazing what can happen when everyday people take a small step up and end up tackling the big issues of our time. During the spring of 2024, some food banks are already reporting as many visits as they usually receive at Christmas, which is the peak period. And with statistics showing there’s been a 78.5 percent increase in visits to food banks since March, 2019, it’s obvious that food insecurity has become a big issue throughout Canada.
The good news is everyday Canadians are helping alleviate the problem, with zero government involvement. In fact, it appears everyday Canadians are doing a better job than government ever could.
“There’s a network that you’re not even aware of if you’re not in that situation,” Jacintha said. “They help one another and protect one another.” And that could very well be the secret that drives their success.
This Ontario couple started from nothing. They came out of a tough business situation and turned their pain into purpose. “We didn’t have a strategic plan,” Jim said. “We’ve seen that the harvest of generosity will grow, and honestly we’ve seen that in real time.”
of 3 children born to Kendra and Ryley Girletz. I started Preschool at Oyen Public School, where I completed up to grade 8 before moving to South Central High School in grade 9. I have attended South Central throughout all of my high school years, grade 9-12, with a hiatus in grade 11 as I attended Medicine Hat High School for the first semester due to my hockey schedule. Throughout my life I have been known to be a smart person, often having classmates come to me for answers. I have received the honor roll achievement every year since grade 7 which I am quite proud of. I enjoy golfing, playing basketball, playing video games, and listening to music, but my passion has always been hockey. I played my whole career in Oyen, until U16 when I started playing in Medicine Hat. My U16, U17, and U18 years were spent playing AA and AAA hockey. I loved the challenge of playing elite hockey, and I met some very good friends while I was in Medicine Hat. After I graduate I plan to either continue playing junior hockey with my friends in Medicine Hat or attend the University of Calgary where I plan on getting a degree in Software Engineering.
Jax Graham
My name is Jax Xavier Graham. My mom is Kait Graham and My dad is
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Andrew Graham. I was born in Trenton, Nova Scotia until I moved to New Glasgow to be closer to friends and my school. I went to preschool in Westville and went to A.G. Baillie memorial for grades primary to six. Then to New Glasgow Academy for grades seven and eight and NNEC for all of highschool except this year. Ever since I was a kid I was a multisport athlete playing things like baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey. Over the years, between baseball and basketball, I won multiple provincial championships and medalled often. Baseball was never really my main sport until this past year when I came to SCHS for the Badlands BaseballAcademy, but now it’s a huge part of my life, and will continue to be for the next couple years. My favorite memories back home would have to be my friends, family and all the trips I’ve been on. My favorite memories here would be going to Florida for baseball and playing in basketball provincials in Vegreville.
Gavin Hagens
My name is Gavin William Hagens. I am the youngest son of Preston and Sarah Hagens. I have an older brother, Osten. My life began in the small hamlet of New Brigden, along with my education from ECS to grade 4. I attended OPS for grades 5-8, and SCHS for grades
9-12. I have enjoyed playing sports for as long as I can remember. Around here it is hockey in the winter, baseball in the summer with school sports squeezed in between. Mom made me take swimming lessons too, now I spend my summers as a lifeguard at the Oyen pool. Hockey is my favorite sport. I played hockey in Oyen, Medicine Hat, Brooks and with the 3C’s. I played spring hockey, AA, and attended many hockey camps. I wrapped up my minor hockey run playing in the U18 Tier 1 Provincial Championship. My hobbies range from vehicles, to woodwork, to technology and I’m a pretty good shot. My dad, Preston and I, took a 2006 F-150, did body work, painted it, and customized it together, which became my first truck. Osten, dad and I enjoy collecting, and shooting firearms at targets that we design and build in our shop. I plan to attend Olds College next year. Throughout all my years enrolled in school, I have created the most important memories that will stick with me forever. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”.
Jack Hartell
My name is Jack Chase Hartell. Wace and Amanda Hartell are my parents. I spent most of my childhood living on a ranch west of Eatonia, where I was raised. I attended
Jenner for kindergarten, but following first grade, I pursued my education virtually through Golden Hills Academy. I stayed there until grade 11, at which point I transferred to SCHS, which was probably one of the best decisions of my life. Being homeschooled wasn’t terrible, but it definitely wasn’t for me. I struggled with homeschooling; I never did my work and I never understood anything about it. Now that I’m in public school my grades have gone up and I became less socially awkward. My hobbies are working on vehicles, and working out. As a kid I always liked vehicles, especially older ones; just something about them has always caught my eye. The way they sound and idle, the looks of the interior, no matter how ripped they were. Older cars and trucks, in my opinion, are way better. The reason I love working out is the way it makes me feel after a lift. it just makes me feel like I’m actually being productive with myself. One of my favorite school memories is when my friend Cash Norris was reading out loud for the class. The way he talks and speaks is always entertaining to watch and listen to.
Emma Howe
My name is Emma Elise Howe, the oldest daughter to Neal and Raelynn Howe. I was born April 12, 2006 and grew up on our family ranch in Buffa-
lo, with my two younger sisters, Rylee and Jade, and my brother, Waylon. Growing up, some of my best memories came from working with cattle and all the yelling and mixed hand signals my dad has given me. Throughout my years I have played many sports and activities; 4H, hunting, farming and spending time with family and friends at rodeos and other events. However, basketball was the one I have stuck with, thanks to my many great coaches. I started my education journey at Jenner, where I attended kindergarten to grade 9, and then transferred to South Central High for my senior years. Being raised in a rural area that is surrounded by cattle, pivots and heavy duty equipment, has inspired me to bring those experiences with me to post secondary. In the fall of 2024, I will attend Lakeland College in Vermillion to take my major in Animal Technology Livestock Science. My future goals are to own my own business and be a cattle/ livestock nutritionist, as well as continue on with the tradition of our family cattle ranch. I would love to thank my family and friends, along with my teachers and coaches for helping and guiding me along my journey
Cohen Jorgensen
My name is Cohen Jorgensen, a.k.a “COJO”. I am the son of Neil and
Jordana Jorgensen, and I have two Siblings. Lauren is 15 and is a synchronized swimmer, and Caleb is 12 and plays hockey and baseball. I live on an acreage just outside of Beaumont, AB which is where I grew up going to school and playing sports. The schools I have attended are: Ecole Beau Meadow School (K-6), Ecole JE Lapointe School (7-9), Ecole Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School (10), South Central High School (1112). From a young age, I fell in love with the game of hockey, which I played from the age of 4 until I was 16. I played hockey in Beaumont up until I was 13 which is was when I started playing AAA in Leduc for my last 3 years. I started playing baseball when I was 8, where I developed an undying passion for the game. Playing baseball is the only way I know how, and want, to spend my summers, and it has taught me so many valuable lessons along the way. Heading into my Gr 11 year I decided to move away from home and billet in Oyen to join the Badlands Baseball Academy. Yes it was hard and there have been challenging times, but to this day it is the best decision I’ve ever made, and it will be an experience I won’t forget for the rest of my life.
Chase Logan
My name is Chase Russell Logan, and I am the youngest, and more
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handsome son of Barry and Erin Logan. I have an older brother, Gavin and an older sister, Quinell. All of my family attended SCHS. I attended Oyen Public school from Kindergarten to Grade 8, SCHS for Grade 9 and 10 and Foothills Composite High School in Okotoks for Grades 11 & 12. I like most sports, particularly baseball, hockey and golf. When I am home I enjoy helping my Dad on the farm. My favourite memory at OPS was my weekly visits to Mr. Shields office to discuss politics… haha. I also remember the VERY windy day a group of us students were sent to deliver the paper recycling and the bag broke. We were MIA for quite a while. My nickname is Charlie, and some people didn’t know my real name until I got to schoo. After high school, I plan to attend Linn Benton Community College in Albany, Oregon to continue my education and pursue baseball opportunities. I am grateful that SCHS included me and my family in the graduation ceremonies. Thank you
Cam MacDonald
Hello! My name is Cameron MacDonald. I am 18 years old and finally able to say that I’m graduating highschool! My parents’ names are Heather and Trevor MacDonald, who unfortunately couldn’t make it here today. It’s fine don’t
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worry, you can get my billets Nolan and Myken to tell you how amazing I am. I grew up quite a ways from here, starting in the wonderful place of East Hants, Nova Scotia. I attended Enfield District Elementary school from primary to grade 5, followed by Riverside Education Centre from grade 6-8 and Hants East Rural High from grade 9-11. The summer of 11th grade I ended up playing against coach Zack’s baseball team from Bridgewater Nova Scotia, and ended up winning every game against them. (Probably a coaching issue). Anyway, he asked me if I was interested in playing baseball in Oyen and told me great things, so I said yes. So my final year of schooling has brought me here, and I couldn’t be more thankful. Some talents and interests I have are sports, cooking and hanging with my buddies. In the future, I would love to either continue playing baseball or coach at a high level. My backup plan would be to build up my own real estate company back home with my dad.
Julian Magadia
I am Julian Magadia from the Philippines. I started Kindergarten in my home country and moved here when I was in Grade 4. At first, I thought it was going to be a nightmare moving here and leaving my friends and relatives back home. I
was scared, and we were afraid. However, growing up my mom would always say, be brave because life is so much better here. She was right. I attended OPS and SCHS, and it feels like I have finished school in no time. I have so much to be grateful for, from small wins to bigger wins.
My favourite part of this journey was meeting my friends, being able to go through school and all the activities with them, and late night calls to study for a test the next day that I didn’t even know if I would pass! Honestly, my dream is to be a successful business man one day; it is the only clear vision in my head. It’s sometimes indefinite which way I go first; is it normal to say that I don’t know where to start? Sometimes I feel like a kid, and sometimes I feel grown-up, but I will continue to search for myself and not give up.
Grady Martin
My name is Grady Martin, I was born April 26, 2006, to Kathy and Trent Martin. I attended Assumption R.C. School from kindergarten to grade 6, Oyen Public School for grade 7. In grade 8 I decided to follow my passion and love of hockey and tried out for the U15 AAA in Medicine Hat. Once becoming a member of the team my family and I realized that it was just too hectic of a schedule, and I would have to relocate/
billet to Medicine Hat. I attended Notre Dame Academy. For grade 9, I again played U15 AAA; I attended Irvine School; we were shut down due to COVID, and I returned home shortly after the hockey season began. Grade 10 I made the U18AAA in Lethbridge I attended Catholic Central High School. For grades 11 and 12 I have been in Prince Albert, SK playing with Prince Albert Raiders in the Western Hockey League (WHL) and attending Carlton Comprehensive High school.
My hockey career has taken me to a lot of different places. I have been billeted by some incredible families and I have been so fortunate to have met a lot of great friends along the way. It was hard moving away at such a young age, but I am glad my parents allowed me to pursue this dream.
Some of my favorite memories growing up aren’t school related. I enjoyed my carefree life in Oyen and hanging out with my Oyen friends. Basketball games outside the house, mini stick games in our basement, bike rides to DebMart.
Other things I enjoy are golfing, hunting, camping, fishing, spending time with my family.
Along my travels I have acquired a few nicknames like Marty and Birdman.
My future plans include continuing to play
in the WHL for the next three years, being drafted to the NHL and one day playing in the NHL.
Cash Miller
My name is Cash Miller, my parents are Nicole Skappak and Jessie Miller. I went to school at WPS from kindergarten to grade 9 then went to SCHS for high school. My hobbies are video games, working on vehicles and installing car audio. What got me into car audio was when my step dad got me subwoofers for my 16th birthday, and I have loved doing it ever since. My favorite in-school memory was when I went on a camping trip for outdoor Ed at the end of grade 10. My nicknames are Vanilla Milla or just Milla. One of my favorite sayings is bruh. I plan to go to Medicine Hat college, be an electrician, and one day have my own business while still farming.
Cash Norris
My name is Cashius Herbert Norris, the eldest son of Greg and Jerilyn Norris. I have two younger brothers, Coleman and Cooper, and a younger sister named Camrie. I grew up on a ranch just outside of Oyen. I enjoy hunting, fishing, 4H, ranch life, and hanging out with my friends and family. I started off my academics at Oyen Public School, and then came to South Central High for grades 9-12. Growing up on the ranch, I’ve learned
alot of life skills, such as not getting angry because one of my siblings didn’t shut a gate; alright, that’s a bit of a lie. First off, I did get angry and secondly, I probably was the one who left the gate open. Either way I’ve always enjoyed the ranch and I have a lot of fun working with the cows.
I remember hearing this in a movie somewhere and I’ve lived by it for a while now. Hold 4 fingers out in front of your face. How many fingers do you see? Do you see 4? That’s because you’re looking at what’s there. look beyond the fingers, look beyond yourself this will allow you to see more. There is always a bigger picture you just aren’t looking hard enough.
Denton Peacock
I was raised on a farm at Cereal, Alberta. My favourite pastime growing up was riding in Grampa’s truck chasing cows and eating whatever snacks Gramma had packed. Growing up I enjoyed playing hockey with the Oyen Bees. I have a strong interest in farming and aspire to take over the family operation. I am currently working at RME and will be headed to Olds in the fall to begin my Agricultural Mechanics diploma.
Pacey Phillips
Hello, my name is Pacey Joseph Phillips, I am the oldest son of Bree and
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Trains grounded – leaving earthly memories
BY BERNIE KREWSKI
Two centuries ago, railways replaced waterways as an effective means of travel and transport. Then highways replaced the railway. Advances in technology continue to dominate and govern our lives.
The Goose Lake Line’s fifty-year life span brought thousands of people to the prairies, “neighbors” for Aboriginal people who lived here for 13,000 years. Their respective historical experiences and stories became deeply intertwined, not always comfortably, but occurred, nonetheless. The process of Reconciliation continues.
Settlers from eastern Canada, United States, Britain, and Europe seeking new places to live established landmark communities along the Goose Lake Line. They “found a way of life” on “the Golden Wheat Belt,” as the Calgary Herald reported in a feature article on July 20, 1940. “In spite of the hardships of pioneering, these people settled these marginal lands, some to carry on through the ups and downs of poor crops and adverse economic conditions to wrest from the wilderness homes for themselves and their descendants.”
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Fortunately for historians, these “Goose Lakers” left acres and acres of memories in writings, material objects, and stories for future generations to absorb, defining who they were and how they lived. These have been the foundations of my recent contributions to The Echo.
A brief article in the Calgary Herald on July 9, 1937, alluded to a “Goose Lake Picnic” at Sylvan Lake: “The second annual picnic of former residents of the Goose Lake Line, now residents of the Sylvan Lake area, was held in the provincial park here Sunday afternoon when 134 people who had previously lived on the Goose Lake Line met to renew acquaintances and recall old times.” Charles Dunford, the founding editor of The Oyen News (1914-1935), who had moved his printing press to Sylvan Lake, was likely the initiator of this event.
My father died in 1962 when the first red flags about the future of the Goose Lake Line were waving. An emigrant from Eastern Europe, he proudly wore the ambience of a “railroader” after sixteen years of homesteading. From him I learned about trains No. 9 and 10, respectively, westbound from Saskatoon and eastbound from Calgary. It was part of the everyday railway conversations of my childhood.
A news item in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix on Feb. 20, 1962, said the CNR was appraising passenger usage on trains No. 9 and No. 10 operating between Winnipeg and Calgary. While approval to discontinue this service required input from the Board of Railway Commissioners, postal services were already being reduced to three days per week. A year later, the end of passenger service was confirmed.
News coverage of these developments began with a story in the Calgary Herald on May 6, 1963. Mrs. Hugh Beynon Biggs, 81, was a 57-year resident of Rosebud Valley, near Drumheller. She had snapped a photo of first train that passed through Springfield ranch in 1911. Learning this, CNR officials gave her a complimentary round-trip ticket to Calgary to commemorate this event - “Old Timer Takes ‘Last Journey’ on Rail Line Killed by Progress.” Before leaving her ranch that morning, she took another photo of the last train at Beynon Siding, named after her husband.
Two days later, long-time Herald reporter Ken Liddell wrote about “My Favorite Train” in his regular column. It was about travelling from Calgary to Saskatoon, enjoying the comfort of a sleeping car – taking a walk along the platform at Drumheller and having breakfast on the train before arriving in
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Saskatoon. It was a long 12-hour trip, but “you knew you had been into the country, not on a flight into the spaceless, empty yonder.” A railway buff, his book, “I’ll Take the Train,” was published in 1966.
At the other end of the Line was this headline in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix on May 15: “Part of the Old West Fades Tonight as Last Goose Lake Line Train Leaves.” There were no plans to acknowledge this event in Saskatoon, Rosetown, or Kindersley. According to the Star Phoenix, the loss of passenger service was “missed more by the men who lived the era than the communities it fostered” – the rail line was still “magic” to them. Several retirees recalled memorable events – a train stuck in a snow at Marengo for seven days and the death of the engineer on the first train to Alsask who was later killed in an accident on another rail line.
The last verse of a tribute poem written by a former railroader summarized the views of many: “So here we pay tribute to all those men/Who have served through the years on ‘Nine and Ten’/But I fear the passing of old number Nine/Foreshadows the end of the Goose Lake Line.”
While the roar of the passenger trains ended, the legacy of the Goose Lake Line endures.
Hanna in its beginnings became a major railway centre on the Goose Lake Line because it had a roundhouse, built in 1913. It was unusually shaped, hence its name, designed to service and store locomotives. It was decommissioned by the CNR in 1961. From 1974 to 1994 it housed an auction mart.
A group of history-conscious volunteers took steps to preserve this building, forming the non-profit Hanna Roundhouse Society in 2010. It was designated a “provincial historic resource” – unveiled at a celebration on August 15, 2015.
A few days ago (May 9, 2024) , the Society announced in a new release published in the East Central Alberta Review that it has been awarded $550,000 to complete Phase I of a rehabilitation project. What might follow is beyond imagination!
Down the road, but more modestly, a rail yard in Oyen has been festering for the last seven years. It began as an economic project initiated by the Special Areas Board and the Town of Oyen in 2017. The Keystone pipeline came and then departed – resulting from the complexities of international politics. Like the pioneers of this district discovered, the train and the rain eventually came - but seldom on time.
The historical train whistles of the Goose Lake Line still being heard!
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