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Chelsey Gladue’s mother Sonya Falcon shown with the school supplies that were donated. | Photos submitted by Chelsey Gladue She said the idea came af- able to, or any gently used By Angela Brown ter seeing a Facebook post items that you had left over,” SaskToday.ca from families asking if there Gladue added. “I just posted NORTH BATTLEFORD was any help with back-to- on my Facebook, and it blew — A North Battleford mother school supplies. up from there.” has organized a school supply Gladue said she knows About a dozen families drive to make back to school firsthand what it’s like for donated items. The Meota a little easier for families in families trying to make ends snack bar contributed $150 need in the Battlefords. meet. from their weekend tips to Chelsey Gladue, who has “My husband’s always help purchase supplies. six kids of her own, started worked, but there was a time Roughly 20 families and the drive about a week and a where he ended up not having 30 to 40 students picked up half ago because she knows a job just before school start- donations at the event. how hard it can be for fami- ed,” she said. “And then back “It was really, really aplies to afford the high cost of to school, it gets quite pricey. preciated,” said Gladue of school supplies. I remember struggling. the community’s response. On Aug. 27, Gladue and “So I thought to myself, “It was nice to see the kids her mother, Sonya Falcon, why couldn’t we as a com- get excited to get back into distributed donated items to munity just come together school.” families at Centennial Park and throw a couple extra Donated items included in North Battleford. things in your cart if you’re markers, crayons, pencils,
Chelsey Gladue spearheaded a school supply drive to help families in need. pens, binders, gym shoes and lunchboxes. Gladue said she was especially happy to see high school students benefit from
the drive. “The high school students are always left out, and that’s where they really need the push to stay in school,” she said. “A lot of them will drop out because they don’t have the supplies they need to go to school. So I was really happy to see that we were able to help out a lot of high school students.” Gladue noted the back-toschool supply drive was such a success she plans to do it again next year. “I’m thinking next year, if we start a little bit earlier, then we’ll be able to assist more families in the community,” she said.
Overdose Awareness Day aims to end stigma of overdose and addictions By Angela Brown SaskToday.ca
NORTH BATTLEFORD — The Battlefords Indian Métis Friendship Centre recognized the fourth annual Overdose Awareness Day Friday with a walk, a flag-raising ceremony at city hall, a barbecue and several presentations.
“We are trying to end the stigma of overdose,” said executive director Jackie Kennedy. “We bring training, we bring facilitators in to give information out so people know what’s out there, that no one is alone.” Kennedy said people won’t ever completely end overdose from happening. Continued on page 2
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