Workers at the Eagle Heart Centre in Regina pose for a photo. This year the centre is working to brighten the holiday season.
The goal of the Eagle Heart Centre is simple: bring aid and comfort to Regina's inner-city neighbourhood and create a safe place where families can come together. This year, the organization will be helping needy families with meals and shared outings. The goal of the Eagle Heart Centre is simple: bring aid and comfort to Regina's inner-city neighbourhood and create a safe place where families can come together.
"The project is rooted in the tradition of giving, inspired by the fond memories that we can think of even as children, and memories with our loved ones during the Christmas season," Bull said. Bull says the organization, founded in 1995 as the Aboriginal Family Centre, wants to promote family togetherness this season by providing meals and fun outings that can be shared.
"You hear that saying all the time: 'It takes a village.' Well not only does it take a village to raise children, but it takes a village to care for the community."Debbie McKenzie-Pelletier, who has been turning to EHC for support for the past 12 years, is great-grandmother to the six children she is raising.
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