 Colette Acheson Photography:Baron PhotoGraphics
IN REVIEWING THE 50-YEAR HISTORY and acknowledging the work
of the Lethbridge Association for Community Living (LACL), it seems society’s
views of how we think about people with developmental disabilities have come a
long way.
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 Paul Gerhart Photography:David Tanaka
WE ALL PRETTY MUCH KNOW what to expect from a trip to a
museum: things like antiquities, local history and…a beer tasting.
“It’s an event that people are surprised the museum does,”
says Lori Harasem-Mitchell, the Galt Museum & Archives’ Special Events and
Volunteer Co-ordinator. However, it seems to be a hit and is one of the museum’s
bigger annual fundraisers.
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A SELF-PROFESSED ANIMAL LOVER, Elizabeth Ginn, has founded
the Last Chance Cat Ranch; and when she says that she has cashed in her RRSPs
to keep her organization running, there’s no doubt of her seriousness and
passion for her animals.
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WHEN THEO AND ESTHER SLINGERLAND decided to grow a corn maze
in 2000, they had
no idea how much the Robinpick Berry Farm would change.
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BY THE AGE OF 24, Simon Jackson had been named a TIME
Magazine “Hero for the Planet,” selected as one of the top 25 “Up and Comers”
by Maclean’s and received a $50,000 scholarship for community service from TD
Canada Trust. He is the founder and has been the Executive Director of the
Spirit Bear Youth Coalition for more than 11 years, working to protect the
habitat of North America’s rarest bear – the white
Kermode, or spirit bear – of British Columbia.
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