>> Hello and welcome and
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thank you for joining us on
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It Is Written Canada.
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Today we are visiting an
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amazing community, a community
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that is so close-knit that the
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crisis of a world-wide
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pandemic, instead of
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traumatizing them, became a
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catalyst, a wonderful
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opportunity for growth.
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Instead of shutting them down
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it opened this community up
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and it drew their hearts even
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closer together and closer to
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their land and to the heart of
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their Creator.
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>> In a moment we will explore
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how the people of Wiikwemkoong
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First Nations on Manitoulin
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Island in northern Ontario has
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been affected by the
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challenges of the pandemic.
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>> Here we are with
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Scott Flamand at the
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Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
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and, Scott, you are dealing
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with food distribution...
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>> Yes, I do.
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>> During this time, right at
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the beginning?
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>> Yeah, right at
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the beginning.
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>> They shut down this ter--
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>> The border, yeah, yeah.
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>> And what was that like?
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>> So what happened was the
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Chief in Council for the
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protection of the population
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because we have a lot of
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people with existing health
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conditions that would probably
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not do well with COVID so what
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they did was they shut down
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the border here so no one was
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allowed to leave or enter
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unless it was for an emergency
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or they had a-- they got
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special permission so we just
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had one grocery store.
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So even people that were
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working could not stock their
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fridges because we only had
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one local grocery store that
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could not keep up with the
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demand so we started-- the
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Chief in Council started a
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food security program where
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they purchased food and we
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gave out care packages.
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Initially it started out with
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just about a hundred people
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and then it quickly exploded
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to about 750 people.
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So we were doing 1500
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deliveries per month so not
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only did we have to order the
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food, but we had to store it
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as well so we moved to the
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gymnasium and then we started
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building an even bigger
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inventory because the grocery
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store could not keep up.
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>> Yeah and you didn't have
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people coming in...
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>> No.
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>> The island was shut down...
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>> Yes, and then we even had
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trouble getting food supplies
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from our suppliers because the
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shortages, like toilet paper,
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toothpaste, all of that was in
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short supply so we were
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actually stocking up.
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The other thing is our local
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grocery stores were supplying
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us, but we didn't wanna take
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stuff off their shelf so one
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of the other strategies we
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adopted was we actually
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piggy-backed on their orders
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from their wholesaler so we
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wouldn't take anything off
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their shelves.
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Logistically, we always had to
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make sure that we always had
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food in stock and that we
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always had emergency cases and
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then we also supplied meat,
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protein, so meat packs were a
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big hit because a lot of--
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Again, our grocery store
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couldn't keep up with the food
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supplies so...
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Like any other community, you
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heard about the shortages with
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toilet paper, which really I
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didn't understand. [laughs]
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>> I don't think any
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of us did.
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>> No, no, exactly.
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So it was a good opportunity
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to learn and help the
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community.
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>> And you had everyone kind
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of pulling in the resources to
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help you out, to bag all
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of these...
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[Scott] We had baggers, we had
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people unloading the trucks,
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we had drivers, so it was
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all coordinated.
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We had spreadsheets so we had
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routes all planned out so...
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When we first started, we were
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delivering 'til 8:00 at night.
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That's how-- 'cause we were
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just so disorganized.
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By the end of June-- April, we
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were-- we could deliver 400
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packages by 11:30 in
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the morning.
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We would start at 9:00 and we
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would have them delivered by
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11:30 with...
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>> So you got really
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good at it.
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>> Yes, we had the routes all
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planned out, we had drivers
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assigned so they knew their
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routes and we told people what
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time we were gonna be there.
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So social media was actually a
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good thing, too, because they
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would-- we would tell them we
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were starting delivery at
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9:00, make sure you're home so
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that was one of the
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things we had.
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>> Was it good for you?
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I mean you're a business
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person, you have your own
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business, but now you're
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helping your community.
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>> Yes.
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>> Was that a good thing
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for you?
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>> Yes, yes, it was a good
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thing because like I said to
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you earlier, it was good to,
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you know, wake up in the
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morning and have some purpose.
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Like any other company, my
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company had to shut down
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during the pandemic so this
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was a great opportunity for me
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to work for my community.
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>> The COVID-19 pandemic has
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disrupted our lives in
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many ways.
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As economies around the world
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began to shut down, food
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security became and issue for
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many around the world.
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The World Food Program has
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identified that approximately
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130 million people around this
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world will be food-insecure
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due to the economic
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constraints brought on
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by COVID-19.
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Here in Canada, we're going
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from one in eight people
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before COVID being
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food-insecure now to one out
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of every seven Canadians being
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food-insecure.
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>> So 126 Andrew's Place Road.
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We get a list like this and
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go from house to house.
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[knocking]
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>> [speaking Ojibwe]
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Here's your care package.
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>> Uh-huh, chi-miigwetch!
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>> Alright, have a good day.
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>> Uh-huh, you, too.
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[Stephen] ADRA Canada is
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supporting food banks and food
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service groups around this
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country and around the world
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to be able to meet the needs
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of those who are suffering
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during this pandemic.
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[Mike] When everything was shut
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down, now you had an outlet.
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You were working, I mean,
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you're a hard worker and so
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you couldn't sit at home.
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>> No, no, I can't sit, I'm
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not that type of person, I
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have to do something and it's
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OK watching Netflix once in a
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while, but I couldn't watch--
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sit there for days and watch
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Netflix, I would go crazy so
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it was great that I enjoyed
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doing this.
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My wife also got hired.
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She's a master gardener so she
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actually ran the gardening
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program so we both
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work here.
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She ran a gardening program,
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250 gardens she supplied the
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soil, flower beds, showed
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people how to plant, gave them
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seeds, water tanks, so she
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did-- and showed them how to
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can goods so she did all of
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that so she's a master
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gardener so she will-- so both
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of us were working in the food
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sector so...
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>> So you're not just
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teaching, I mean you are
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teaching, you're not just
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giving away, right?
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You're actually teaching them
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how to take care of themselves
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and that is something that
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goes way beyond COVID, right?
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It's going to build up your
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community.
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>> Yeah, one of the things we
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want, our long-term goal is to
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start actually a food security
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department so that people can
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garden, harvest local food and
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then use the food bank to
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supplement their food.
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What we were finding was the
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food care package was meant to
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supplement people's diet.
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In some cases it was their
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only food supply, we didn't
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know that until people would
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call us on Monday that they're
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out of food, "we just gave it"
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"to you Wednesday."
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"But we don't have any money."
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And one of the things of-- a
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lot of our clients were on
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welfare and, you know, the
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government said,
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"You've gotta stock up."
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Well, you can't do that when
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you're on welfare.
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Where are you gonna
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get the money?
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So they're living not paycheck
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to paycheck, they're living
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daily, they're trying to meet
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the daily needs so...
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>> So when people were shut
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down in their homes, did you
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find that just having that
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contact, someone coming and
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bringing groceries was
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good for them?
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>> Oh, yes, because some of
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our drivers, they would return
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like half an hour late and I'd
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say, "Where were you?"
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And I said, "This guy just"
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"kept talking to me and"
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"visiting me, they were"
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"telling me to come in and"
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"we couldn't, we had to talk."
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But they would talk to people
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because sometimes that's their
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only cont-- especially elders.
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Even the elders are on social
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media now so that kind of
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helps, too, because everybody
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stays informed on
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social media.
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So I think social media is
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probably a good thing in this
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case because it kept people
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informed, kept people up to
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date, and people were able to
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provide comments and
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feedback as well.
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>> So I'm thinking about the
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mental health issues of
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staying locked down.
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Did you-- you know, you're a
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very communal people so you
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like to connect with each
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other, to get together,
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and now this has stopped.
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>> Yeah, so one of the
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benefits, I guess, is a lot of
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people started going out to--
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we have a lot of trails so
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we're a large territory so
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people can go walk in the bush
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so I was telling some of your
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colleagues that a lot of people
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were going out in the bush.
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We had a lot of quad trails so
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a lot of people have
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side-by-sides so we would
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drive out to South Bay and we
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would meet about 16 cars just
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out for a drive in the country
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because there was nothing else
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to do and we're all locked
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down so a lot of people were
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boating, a lot of people were
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outside so it actually in a
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way, it probably promoted
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outdoor recreation and getting
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people more in tune
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with nature.
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And look here, we can go out
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for a walk and you're not in a
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confined area so...
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So 50 years ago if COVID
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happened, nobody would have
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been hungry here 'cause
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everybody had gardens,
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everybody had pigs, everybody
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had cows, they were growing
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their own food, everybody had
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a root cellar.
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Yeah, so there was no
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welfare, everybody took care
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of themselves, everybody had
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farms so if COVID happened 50
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years ago we would have been,
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"So what?"
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>> Yeah! Right.
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>> The wouldn't-- maybe they
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wouldn't have gotten the
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flour, that stuff, but they
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would have had-- they would
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have been able to feed
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themselves.
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So that's why we've seen the
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gardening program.
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Last year they only had 30
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gardeners in the program, this
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year they had over 250 gardens
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so we were run off our feet.
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My wife supplying soil, seeds,
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workshops on how to grow their
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own food and we're hoping this
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continues past COVID because I
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think with the price of food
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and other stuff I think it's
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gonna increase in the future
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so I think there's a way
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to make people more
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self-sufficient and not rely
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on the grocery store for their
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only source of food.
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>> Absolutely. Good.
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So, Scott, I wanna say
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miigwetch to you which means...
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>> OK, thank you.
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>> Yeah, thank you.
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>> Means "thank you."
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>> Yeah and thank you very
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much for being with us and for
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sharing with us what you do
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here and how you've been
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helping your community.
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>> Yeah and we appreciate your
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organization for helping us
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out with food security and the
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OAL program.
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We really appreciate any
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contribution or any help we
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can have as a community.
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So thank you.
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>> You're welcome.
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>> I'm here with Annette,
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Scott's wife, who is an avid
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gardener and she's been in
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charge of the gardening
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project here at Wiikwemkoong.
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So, Annette, how long have you
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been doing this?
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>> I've been the gardening
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program coordinator for the
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community since April
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of this year.
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>> OK. How many requests did
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you get for this gardening
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program this year?
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>> OK, so this year they had
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274 requests for gardening
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assistance which is up from 30
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requests last year.
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>> That's fantastic!
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And what kind of requests?
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>> Basically they ranged from
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everything garden-related so
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seeds, plowing, disking,
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furrowing, watering
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containers, water delivery,
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pest diagnosis, canning
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supplies, like, everything
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associated with the
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gardening cycle.
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>> So you would get farmers to
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come in and to do the disking.
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And so how were these requests
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fulfilled, like you had
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farmers and what about the
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other things?
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>> So we hired a farmer to do
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all the disking and plowing
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and furrowing and he was the
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only one that did it and so he
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was working day, night,
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weekends for about a month and
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a half to get it all done in
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time for people to plant.
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>> That's amazing.
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>> So yeah, he worked
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really hard.
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>> So, Annette, how did you
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learn how to garden?
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>> I grew up-- my family
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gardened all the time, like,
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that's how we lived.
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So we had cows, pigs,
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chickens, and we had three
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gardens and that's what we
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relied upon for sustenance
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throughout the year.
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I think over the years the
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convenience of the grocery
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stores and people, I guess
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they're just kind of naturally
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lazy anyways and they'll go
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for the easiest solution which
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I think is why gardening
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hasn't been as popular as it
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used to be because they don't
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need-- they don't rely
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on it anymore.
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>> So it's kind of lost, that
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part of your culture has been
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lost, but now you said you've
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got 270 requests, that almost
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seems like it's been
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revived again.
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>> The pandemic really got
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people thinking about their
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food security and this is the
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first time since I was kid
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that I've been able to drive
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through this community and
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see, like, gardens at every
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second and third house.
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Like, it's just, it's amazing
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the interest that
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happened here.
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>> That's wonderful.
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And when you say, "gardens at"
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"the house," tell me a little
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bit about how the family is
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involved in that gardening.
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>> So it definitely has become
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a family event.
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We just did a survey for the
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program last month and people
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were saying that it gave them
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something to keep their minds
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busy and it gave them
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something to talk about.
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So there's definitely a
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disconnect right now between
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people, like, not knowing
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where their food comes from
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and we did have a couple of
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participants who, it was their
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first time gardening this
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year, who said that their
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children were just amazed that
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that is where food actually
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comes from because they didn't
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even know, they just thought
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it comes from the grocery
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store, they've never seen a
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tomato plant, you know?
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So yeah, it's been an
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educational experience, yeah.
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>> That's wonderful.
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And really brought-- so this
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project has really built the
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community and community is
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such a big part of your
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culture and it's just
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uplifted that.
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That's so wonderful and so
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exciting so...
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Annette, thank you so much for
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being with us today and for
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sharing what you have done in
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this community with your
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gardening project.
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Miigwetch.
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>> Miigwetch.
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>> I'm Chief Duke Peltier, or
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Ogimaa in our language and
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I'm the elected representative
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here Wiikwemkoong Unceded
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Territory and the role I
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perform is leading the
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community and providing some
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direction and being the
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official spokesperson of the
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decisions of our
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elected council.
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I've always grew up with the
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knowledge of this-- our
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community, Wiikwemkoong
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Unceded Territory being a very
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special and unique place in
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this country.
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So our community has always
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been aware that food security
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is one of the main issues that
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we're at risk for.
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Primarily for a couple
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reasons, that we're at the end
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of a road and we're also on an
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island and the main food
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distribution centres are
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far, far away.
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We were-- we immediately began
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having discussions here
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amongst our own pandemic team
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and emergency control group
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members on how to create a
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food security system so that
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we can provide for the--
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nurture the needs of our own
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community and one of those
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programs that we wanted to
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bring back into our
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people's minds was that they
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do have the ability to grow
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their own food.
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Our community throughout
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history have always been
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agricultural people here on
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Manitoulin and planted a
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number of different crops to
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subsidize their main source of
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food, the fish in the waters
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here and part of-- one of the
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programs that we wanted to
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develop was a gardening
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program and mainly raised-bed
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gardens so everyone can
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participate, they're not too
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large of a plantations.
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So that's one of the successes
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that we've seen come from
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COVID-19 is our own people
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returning back to land-based
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type activities and growing
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their own food.
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So if we're gonna look at some
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of the positives of a pandemic
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is that the-- we reintroduced
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the idea that you can grow
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your own food and it's
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probably a great idea to do it
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even if there is no pandemic
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because it does reduce your
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own costs and you're getting a
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much tastier product and
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you're gonna enjoy it a lot
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more because you're the one
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that did the work with
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maintaining the garden
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throughout the summer.
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The secondary program that we
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put in place for COVID-19 as
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part of our food security
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approach was having a
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food-distribution system,
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terminal, if you will.
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We hired-- gave the
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responsibility to some staff
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to begin coordinating the
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ordering of transport loads of
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different goods and to begin
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assembling food-care packages.
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So they were able to bring in
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volunteers, they volunteered
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to support the Food Care
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Program and they began
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packaging everything up in our
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high school gymnasium and
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where they were creating on a
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daily basis packages that were
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going to be delivered on a
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bi-weekly basis to each of the
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800 households that were
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requesting support from the
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Food Care Program.
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So we're very fortunate that
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from these systems that we put
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in place here in Wiikwemkoong
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that we're able to limit the
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spread of COVID-19 in-- and
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having an impact here in our
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home and against our
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loved ones.
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>> I was really impressed with
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the Chief in Council
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responding to the pandemic,
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like, it showed that they
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really cared because I was a
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recipient of the food boxes.
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I didn't expect to be treated
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like that, it was like,
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"Wow, somebody really is"
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"thinking about us," you know?
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So getting the food boxes,
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to me, was a big thing.
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Like, I really appreciated it
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every time that it came in.
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I really give two thumbs up to
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the Chief in Council and the
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rest of the community workers
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who worked hard, like, I knew
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they were at the arena putting
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these boxes together and
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opening the door, you know, to
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a knock and then getting this
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box, it was like, right on,
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like, you know, I was happy.
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It put a lot of ease on my
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mind, I didn't have to go to
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the grocery store and deal
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with that.
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>> I try to live positive
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all the time.
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That's just the way I was
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brought up, like, don't let
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negativity get you, it just
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brings you down and us native
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people are connected with
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nature so we have this
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connection, but I'm glad it
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continues in this COVID, you
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know, how our community gets
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together and keep that vibe
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alive of giving and caring
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and respecting.
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Before COVID we were already
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close, but now that we're in
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this situation it comes
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out more.
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We really respect our elders.
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Like me, I don't feel like
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wearing a mask, you know,
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it bothers me, it bothers me,
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I don't want-- but I don't
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wanna get an elder sick.
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Nobody wants to do that.
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So don't take any chances.
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Like, I don't really go out,
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I just stay home to make sure
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everybody's safe.
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And once-- if everybody could
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do that for a while and get
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rid of this COVID, we could
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get back to normal as soon as
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possible 'cause things are
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gonna get worse.
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Not for us, I mean like,
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we're a community, like, it
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will get bad, but luckily we
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have our community keep
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us strong.
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That's the way, that's how
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we're gonna overcome
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this COVID.
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If you see somebody in need,
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we would help, and that's the
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kind of people we are.
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I would like our people to
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realize that there's more to
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you than that because our
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ancestors developed a
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communication and the
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existence with nature that we
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all had and we have to gain
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back and if we have all that,
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all that in play with our
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communic-- spirituality and
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all this, you wouldn't even see
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anybody hating anybody, you
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wouldn't even see anybody
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arguing, you won't even see--
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you just, "I will respect you"
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"as a being."
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As First Nations people are
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like that and it shows in
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Wiikwemkoong that we're like
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that and all of us should be
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like that, not just First
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Nations, all of us.
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>> My name is Kevin
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Wassegijig, I'm Director of
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Operations for Wiikwemkoong.
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The pandemic in our community
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has been challenging.
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It's been a lot of work,
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but fortunately we've had
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tremendous support from the
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overall community which has
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been perhaps the main reason
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that we've continued to remain
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safe and healthy.
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From a personal perspective,
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again, some change needed,
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you know, individual habits
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that you have to change and,
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you know, even today, you walk
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into the grocery store, walk
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into the gas station and
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remember to grab your mask,
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you know?
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You get right to the door and
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you have to turn around, run
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back to the car and
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grab your mask.
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So definitely it's been an
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adjustment, but again, in the
00:23:08.35\00:23:10.52
community and the community as
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a whole, I think everybody's
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done a great job.
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I see a lot more people in our
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community out for a walk, out
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for a bike ride, you see
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families out doing things
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together where prior when we
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were busy being busy perhaps,
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it forced us, you know, you
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gotta close in a bit.
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And so I see a lot more things
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like that that are beneficial.
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I think it's been a good
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reflection of our community.
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You know, for generations, for
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centuries, Anishinaabe
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Indigenous people have had
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to innovate.
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That's why we're still here.
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And so this has just been
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another challenge for us
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to innovate.
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I wanted to say chi-miigwetch,
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thank you very much to ADRA as
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a collective, to the
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individuals that help make
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ADRA a reality.
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We very much value the support
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and contributions from ADRA
00:24:05.74\00:24:08.11
and, you know, continue to
00:24:08.11\00:24:10.01
look forward to a very
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mutually beneficial
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relationship.
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Miigwetch.
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>> We at ADRA Canada were very
00:24:16.92\00:24:18.72
honoured to privileged to
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participate and partner with
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the Wiikwemkoong First Nations
00:24:22.96\00:24:25.13
community here on Manitoulin
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Island, the world's largest
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fresh-water island.
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Given the outbreak and
00:24:30.27\00:24:31.80
pandemic of COVID-19 we were
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able to respond and work
00:24:33.80\00:24:35.94
together with them to provide
00:24:35.94\00:24:37.14
emergency response assistance
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funds that helped them to meet
00:24:38.94\00:24:40.48
the dire food needs in
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their community.
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This was so helpful that it
00:24:42.91\00:24:44.08
was reported that over 800
00:24:44.08\00:24:45.75
families were assisted with
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food bags and supplies that
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were most needed where food
00:24:50.75\00:24:52.12
access was very limited and
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very expensive.
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We were just so excited to see
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.49
the amount of people that were
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being helped.
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If you would like to find out
00:25:01.46\00:25:02.46
more about what we do or even
00:25:02.46\00:25:03.77
support us, visit us
00:25:03.77\00:25:05.40
at ADRA.ca.
00:25:05.40\00:25:06.74
Thank you for your
00:25:06.74\00:25:08.27
continued prayers.
00:25:08.27\00:25:09.47
>> To see beyond the apparent
00:25:11.74\00:25:13.41
negative consequences of a
00:25:13.41\00:25:15.08
crisis such as a pandemic
00:25:15.08\00:25:17.31
takes a very exceptional
00:25:17.31\00:25:19.15
community.
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>> And the people of the
00:25:20.32\00:25:21.92
Wiikwemkoong First Nation on
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Manitoulin Island here in
00:25:24.42\00:25:25.79
beautiful northern Ontario is
00:25:25.79\00:25:29.16
such an exceptional community.
00:25:29.16\00:25:32.39
Their outlook reflects the
00:25:32.39\00:25:33.80
truth that we find throughout
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.33
the Bible that God can enable
00:25:35.33\00:25:36.90
us to bring the best out of
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.57
any bad situation.
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>> The Bible also encourages
00:25:41.90\00:25:43.27
you to...
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[Mike] So let's take a moment
00:25:53.55\00:25:54.78
right now to ask our Creator,
00:25:54.78\00:25:58.45
our Great Creator, our God,
00:25:58.45\00:26:01.76
to provide for us this kind of
00:26:01.76\00:26:03.43
optimistic outlook.
00:26:03.43\00:26:04.86
Let's pray.
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Oh Lord, You are the creator
00:26:07.23\00:26:09.23
of heaven and earth and we
00:26:09.23\00:26:10.60
wanna thank You for the
00:26:10.60\00:26:12.77
positive example of the people
00:26:12.77\00:26:14.37
of the Wiikwemkoong First
00:26:14.37\00:26:16.71
Nation here on Manitoulin
00:26:16.71\00:26:18.61
Island here in beautiful
00:26:18.61\00:26:20.81
northern Ontario who work
00:26:20.81\00:26:22.48
together to create innovative
00:26:22.48\00:26:24.55
solutions to face this
00:26:24.55\00:26:26.88
major challenge.
00:26:26.88\00:26:28.28
[René] We rejoice because
00:26:28.28\00:26:29.72
their example has taught us
00:26:29.72\00:26:31.32
that even when we face
00:26:31.32\00:26:32.69
challenges, we can grow,
00:26:32.69\00:26:34.42
we can develop resiliency,
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.59
endurance, community,
00:26:36.59\00:26:37.93
and character.
00:26:37.93\00:26:39.96
And, Lord, we ask You to pour
00:26:39.96\00:26:41.63
Your love into our heart
00:26:41.63\00:26:43.13
through the Holy Spirit who
00:26:43.13\00:26:45.13
You have given to us in the
00:26:45.13\00:26:46.80
name of Jesus, our Creator and
00:26:46.80\00:26:49.00
Redeemer, we pray, amen.
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Friends, when you are in a
00:26:53.88\00:26:56.18
crisis you want to be able to
00:26:56.18\00:26:57.78
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"man shall not live by"
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"bread alone, but by every"
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"word that proceeds out of"
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