![]() "It's not a large amount of money but we wanted to try to do something." "It will, hopefully, brighten up their Thanksgiving a little bit," O'Sullivan said. The remaining vouchers were donated to others still dealing with Fiona's aftermath. The principal identified the families most in need. He dropped off 20 vouchers valued at $20 each to a local school in the community. "We thought with the power outages and a lot of people in the area in need that we would help out as best we could," said chapter president Mike O'Sullivan, who is also Stellarton's fire chief. In Stellarton, some families are getting vouchers to use in restaurants thanks to the Red Knights International Firefighters Motorcycle Club. "I believe this is a great morale boost," said Maj. Daniel Roode of the Salvation Army. "I know that when the guys come in after a long hard day of work it's one of the highlights of their day."ĭorothy Pal is shown with a turkey, vegetables and cranberry sauce at the Pugwash Open Hamper Food Bank. Some of those workers have travelled from New Brunswick to support the restoration effort. ![]() The volunteers have been feeding about 60 forestry workers. "I didn't like the idea of them eating sandwiches or whatever in the backs of their trucks, so to be able to come back and get a nice hot home-cooked meal adds a little bit of comfort." "I wanted to be able to give something back to these workers with them being away from home," Gray said. They're now preparing a Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the fixings for the workers on Monday. They're doing it out of a kitchen at the Summer Street community centre in New Glasgow. ![]() Gray has been keeping those workers fuelled up as part of a team of Salvation Army volunteers making daily hot meals. The region suffered significant damage from post-tropical storm Fiona and has been one of the most challenging areas for power crews working to bring back electricity.įorestry workers have also been supporting efforts to get people reconnected in the county by cutting up fallen trees and clearing away debris. After the storm hit Nova Scotia, Wanda Gray wanted to do something to help with the rebuilding efforts in her community of Pictou County. ![]()
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