Woodland Cree First Nation Letter

December 17, 2024
Enhanced Service Coordination, Family Stories

To whom it may concern:

I am a speech/language assistant at the Headstart Building in our community.

We took the children to the Teddy Bear Picnic in September at the Health Centre.

I have a non-verbal child that I work with – when I took the bubbles out of the bag her eyes went really big. I (have) never seen this child so happy and excited to see the bubbles. I handed it to her and asked her if she wanted me to open it for her.

She nodded yes! These bubbles that she blew out, I was totally surprised because for the very first time she spoke, “oh look at the bubbles” – I honestly had tears in my eyes and my heart was melting she spoke.

I wanted to reach out and Thank the First Nations Consortium for putting the bubbles inside all the bags for the children, you made my child so happy and carefree, and she speaks more often now!

Thank you,

For making my child so very happy

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A special afternoon at Chief Old Sun Elementary School on Siksika Nation as First Nations Health Consortium proudly partnered with HEROS Hockey and the Calgary Flames to bring Stanley Cup champion and current Flame Zach Whitecloud to visit students and staff.

Weekend of Connection Through Sport

On March 13 & 14th students from three First Nations communities traveled to Calgary to take part in a unique curling experience. Through a floor curling bonspiel at WinSport, they learned the game, competed together, and built new connections all while representing their schools and communities with pride.

Impact Grows When We Collaborate

Healthy Horizons made a generous investment to ensure young people have access to sport and proper equipment. Sport Central continues to steward those resources and place gear directly into the hands of kids who need it most. We helped bridge that connection in the community so everyone involved could be recognized and celebrated.