A random act of kindness has created new friendships in a Calgary neighbourhood.
“I am — seriously, I am,” Wolter recently said outside her Falconridge home in northeast Calgary.
“We noticed these kids were always outside playing and always doing everybody’s lawn around here,” Mortier said. “We just wanted to do something for them, so we made a plan for them for Christmas — we were going to get them a basketball hoop.”Coronavirus: Anonymous 12-year-old Montrealer gives out gift certificates to lift people’s spirits
“I come from an upbringing where we didn’t have a ton of money, so this one kind of pulled my heartstrings already,” Van’t Hullenaar said.Story continues below advertisement
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