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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Utterly amazed at the spirit and character of Calgary and its citizens today. I had an amazing morning and again evening trying to do whatever I could. I had just myself a mid range Ford Escape and some gloves and helped out where I could with what I could. Lost count of the people showing up with whatever supplies they thought could help too. Truly amazing. Been in Calgary for about 5 of my 30 years and felt like a true Calgarian today.
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Same here. I was so impressed at the amount of people dropping off donations at the temporary shelter up in the NE at the old hotel. There was line ups for vehicles waiting to drop stuff off, people helping other people unload their cars, people packing up vehicles with supplies to take out to Siksika nation. It was so awesome to see.
Unfortunately, we're leaving town today to head to Victoria (my gf's youngest sister is graduating) and can't help out immediately with cleanup, but will be volunteering when we get back in a week. We've done what we can by donating and taking a young family in during the evacuations, but I feel guilty leaving my city behind during a time like this right now.
I love this community during times likes this. Seeing the way our CP members have stepped up to help the city they love, it's such an honour to be a part of such a great online community.