#We’re In This Together
I’m a senior (artist/crafter/sewer) who lives in a primarily senior neighbourhood in a senior building.
Our street (in the 5300-block of 204th Street, close to No Frills grocery) has a lot of traffic – both vehicles and foot traffic.
We’ve lived here for 23 years and know there are a lot of seniors who are alone here.
Also, a good amount of other seniors walk their dogs past our building.
The folks who’ve lived in this area for any amount of time, know I put up banners for most occasions (Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc.), we have the perfect set up on our patio, to do so. They look forward to seeing what I create and hang for all to see.
Why did I do the banner?
To let the others in our building and passersby know we’re all in this mess together - they’re not alone and that we CAN do this, we are CANadians!
Many have stopped and taken photos - some have yelled up to us (hubby and myself) when we’ve been on our patio, with their thumbs up after reading it.
It’s just a simple way to make us and our neighbourhood feel a little more connected in these uncertain times.
I’ve also been making fabric masks and supplying them to the neighbourhood (have sold 72 so far) for only $5 each, to cover my costs.
Many of the seniors in this neighbourhood are low-income and want fabric masks, however, either they can’t find any, aren’t able to make their own, or, they can’t pay from $10 to $30 each like most people want for them.
We’re not rich by any means, but we have more than many of our neighbours do, so we have no intentions of making a profit off of this horrendous pandemic.
I have a nice stock-pile of appropriate white fabric and elastic to make another 50, which we’re sure will sell soon.
That’s our story - nothing spectacular, just trying to keep busy and be of some help and/or encouragement to others.
Take care - be safe!
Rhonda Spooner
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