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Buds vow 404 days of water

Traffic woes blamed on immigration

Members of the group ImmigrationWatch Canada took to the Blundell Roadoverpass above Highway 99 earlyWednesdaymorning to protest Canadas immigrationpolicy, blaming it inpart for the LowerMainlands trafficwoes.The gathering

of five peopleunfurled a large,yellow and black-lettered sign statingFight gridlock:cut immigrationfor northboundcommuters to see.Dan Murray,

spokesman for the group, said thecurrent level of immigration in Canadais unwarranted and wants the federalgovernment to reduce the numbers, whichhe believes would help lessen the impact oncity streets.More people, more cars, said Murray.

Every two people who come in asimmigrants bring another car onto the road.Thats how it works.Murray argued that Canadas immigration

policy is outmoded and should be cut downfrom the 250,000 or so people he said have

been accepted annually since 1990.Since that time, Ottawa has never

provided a single iota of justificationfor bringing in 250,000 people, he said.Our current immigration intake is anabnormality in Canadas immigrationhistory. Its causing all kinds of problems,one of which is traffic gridlock.

Disagreeing withthat stance wasBalwant Sanghera,director of RichmondMulticulturalCommunity Services,who said Canadahas long been builtby an immigrantpopulation andshould not betargeted for trafficproblems as a meansof coercing Ottawa to

re-think its immigration policy.I think the government does its studies

and set the number (immigration intake)every year, Sanghera said. Its an arbitrarynumber, but its flexible. Around 200,000to 250,000 immigrants a year, I dont thinkthats too much. Its not out of the ordinaryand seems like a reasonable number.Sanghera said he felt it was unfortunate

ImmigrationWatch Canada was blamingimmigration numbers for clogged citystreets and doesnt realize immigrants are avital part of Canadian society.

They (immigrants) have contributed alot to the country, he said. We should bewelcoming immigrants and encouragingthem to integrate into the mainstream,Sanghera said. That should be the mainfocus.ImmigrationWatch Canadas Murray said

the notion that immigration can act as aneconomic stimulus is false.Dont look to immigration, because

in the years from Confederation, up untilabout 1990, immigration did not provideany, he said, basing his comment on a study

done by the Economic Council of Canadawhich was disbanded in 1992.At the moment, lots of people in

Richmond, where youve got a populationthat is mostly immigrant right now, hasforced a lot of long-term residents to moveout.Murray added that, while some who have

left may have benefitted in the short-termby cashing in on rising property values, thelonger view is not positive for communitiesacross the Lower Mainland.

Mike Deane (left) and Kyle Allesia are embarking on a 404-day challenge that limits their fluid intake to water. Photosubmitted

Its a time in ones life that peopleoften search for greater meaning and,sometimes, make crazy decisions.When buddies Kyle Allesia, of

Richmond, and Mike Deane, ofSurrey, hit their 30th year in Octoberand November respectively, theywanted to do something everyonewould remember and help a good

cause in the process.For 404 days and nights the

number of days between Allesias 30thand Deanes 31st birthdays and alsothe error code people might recognizefrom computers the pair of 30-year-olds have made a pact to drinkonly water and raise funds for WaterAid Canada.A list of official rules accompany

the lads 404waternotfound challenge:!No coffee, no pop, no juice, noalcohol;

! Cooking: When cooking, the use ofany liquids is OK (ie. milk in Mac nCheese);! Count Chocula Rule: Milk shallbe allowed to be poured over cereal,however the excess milk at the end ofthe bowl shall NOT be consumed;! Chunky rule: Soup is an acceptableliquid for consuming as long as thereare solids in it. Tomato soup is strictlyforbidden;

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Members of ImmigrationWatch Canada display their banner from atop the Blundell RoadoverpassWednesday morning to voice their opinion that Canadas immigration intakepolicy is a contributing factor to traffic congestion in the Lower Mainland. Photo supplied

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Our current immigrationintake is an abnormality inCanadas immigrationhistory. Its causing allkinds of problems, one ofwhich is traffic gridlock.- DanMurray

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! Smoothie rule: Smoothies are allowedas long as every ingredient that went intoit started as a solid. (ie. no milk, no juice,only water).A penalty of $50 awaits any violation,

policed vigilantly, according to Allesia, bytheir respective partners.I wanted to do something good for the

world, said Allesia, a grocery analyst forOverwaitee Foods, who lives on MoffatRoad in City Centre.Almost one billion people around the

world still dont have access to clean waterand we really should have sorted this outby now.Were doing pretty good so far, but it

is only six weeks or so in. Its kind of anhonour system, but people are keeping aneye on us anyway.The pairs goal is to raise $50,000 over

the 404 days by hosting events once amonth until Deanes 31st birthday on Nov.11 next year.They had a chili cook-off last week,

bumping their total thus far to $1,500, andtheyre working on their next event.Allesia, whos also a drummer in a band

called RedFinn, said he didnt notice anypositive health effects until about fourweeks into the challenge.All of a sudden, Ive started to feel

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of almost $14,000 through the smallclaims court after her dog was treatedby Dr. Varinder Dabri, of the DearAnimal Hospital at Blundell Centreabout two years ago.Smith, who runs her own dog-

training business, took 14-week-oldMagnum to Dabri after the dog atesome rocks in her driveway and keptthrowing up.Dabri performed surgery on the

pup and, after an overnight stay atthe clinic, Magnum went home withSmith.Less than two days later, however,

Smith said her pet had explosivediarrhea, couldnt keep any fooddown and was walking around in

circles. Beside herself with worryfor Magnum, and having lost faithin Dabri, she took the dog to theVancouver Animal Hospital, whereshe was told her dog was dying,and subsequently to Canada West,a Vancouver-based critical careveterinary specialist.A surgeon at Canada West operated

immediately on Magnum and savedhis life, but, inevitably, it came at acost of thousands of more dollars forthe surgery and after-care.Smith claims Dabri called her, first

to pass Magnums condition off ascomplications, before offering tohelp pay for the sky-rocketing costs ofkeeping the dog healthy. Its an offerthat Dabri told the News was nevermade.After I got the bill for the second

surgery at Canada West, I called(Dabri) but I was continually told byhis receptionist that he was busy orwasnt there, said Smith.I even pretended to be someone

else to test those excuses and, low

and behold, he was there. He ranaway when I turned up to ask for thepayment.Shortly afterward, Smith filed

a complaint with the College ofVeterinarians of British Columbia(CVBC) about the work carried out byDabri.And, about 20 months later, after

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Dr.Varinder Dabri, of the DearAnimal Hospital, operated on 14-week-old German shepherd Magnum.Dabri later agreed he failed to do thesurgery competently.


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must refer non-elective abdominal surgeryuntil remedial continuing education iscompletedtake continuing education thatthe (investigation committee) feels providehim with skills and knowledge, pay a fineand pay 50 per cent of the costs of theinvestigation.According to the CVBC, that continuing

education includes six hours of classroomeducation and a hands-on course of coresurgery procedures.When contacted by the News, Dabri said

one of the courses he might have to undertakeis in Las Vegas.

Dabri, however, referred to the medicalissues suffered by Magnum after heperformed surgery as complications thatcan happen any time.He added that Smith was negligent

herself in letting her dog eat rocks andthat if the News was to do a story on him,then it should do a story on all the otherveterinarians in the city who have madesimilar mistakes.Dabri added that his insurance company is

currently looking into Smiths small claimscourt suit.A search on the CVBCs disciplinary

registrar notes that Dabri has agreed to refernon-elective abdominal surgery until remedialcontinuing education is completed. However,the site doesnt explain why.A person speaking on behalf of CVBC told

the News that such brief information on errantvets is fairly standard for professional bodies.The continuing education agreed to by

many veterinarians who come before theinvestigation committee fills a gap they mayhave in their skills, according to the CVBC.Apparently, there are fewer than two

complaints per week, on average, lodgedwith the CVBC, out of 1,500 practisingveterinarians in the province.Despite the scant information on disciplined

veterinarians on the CVBC site, Smith urgedanyone with concerns about using a particularclinic to check out the website.

Magnum, said Smith, is still on the road torecovery, almost two years on from the initialsurgery.Hes doing OK, but Ive had to put an

insane amount of time into him, she said.Hes still very skittish, underweight and is

actually a different colour from his siblings.Smith has been told that Magnum may still

suffer complications in the future and hasbeen told to expect more expensive vet bills.I cant get insurance now because of what

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On Tuesday, TransLinkannounced it willadopt a host ofrecommendations abouthow to fix a buggy SkyTrainsystem that trapped hundredsof passengers last summer.Twice. In less than a week.Ask about almost any

other level of government oragency in B.C., from yourlocal council to the provincialParliament to theAgriculturalLand Commission, and youllfind some people who hatethem, some who think theyredoing okay.Its hard to find anyone with

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Bits andbobsof electionobservationsThat was an interestingelection, no doubt,although, in theend, there werent manysurprises. Here are someobservations from the pastmonth:! Energetic, independent Henry Yao setthe pace on social media as he was thefirst to use sponsored posts on Facebookand host anAsk MeAnything on Reddit.Unfortunately for Yao, the largest votingdemographic are the least online seniors.! Independent Janos Bergman is a linguisticsninja, speaking five languages in his dayjob as an interpreter. At meetings he oftenemployed his native Hungarian to makea point about the need to communicate inEnglish in public. Bergmans penchant forCanadian pins and badges on his suits winshim top prize for flair.! All six incumbents won and the two newcouncillors who were voted in were the

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in 2011, as they all lost significant groundin the popular vote. Although 9,145 moreballots were cast, councillors Linda McPhailand Ken Johnston got fewer votes thistime around and everyone saw a dip in thepopular vote.! Coun. Bill McNulty did gain 1,457 ofthose new votes and broke a record for totalvotes for a city councillor with 17,417.! Lee Gildemeester got 1,258 votes anddidnt campaign at all.! Rob Howard of the Richmond CommunityCoalition took credit on behalf of the slatefor the citys higher voter turnout. Thegroups formation probably did help createa buzz, but the high number of candidates

in general, be they RCC, independent or onanother slate also contributed.! Its only natural to go after the perceivedstrongest link in a political campaign. Isthat why Richmond First attacked ChakAuon his alleged tax flip (when there were 25other platforms it could have criticized)?If that theory holds, Au proved them right,gaining 2,376 votes and, as an incumbent,nearly maintaining his relative popularityamongst the electorate.! More than 1,100 people downloaded thecitys election app and it was used greatly atelection night parties. Next election, I highlyrecommend using it especially if they add anAngry Candidate Birds game to it.! A tip of the hat to the City of Richmondfor quickly posting candidate profiles anddocuments online; a wag of the finger tocandidates who provided little substance inthose profiles.! Bowtie-clad Jack Trovato was the onlyteacher to run for school board. Despite a

double Masters of Education and PrimeMinisters Award for Excellence inTeaching, Trovato failed to make the top-10.Strange that he fared so poorly, consideringteachers are a relatively politicized bunch.One would have thought they would want avoice on Richmonds Board of Education.! It came down to the last poll andAlice S.Wong defeated Matt Pitcairn in the schooltrustee race by 101 votes. Despite the Sinitial, how many people voted for an MP?! All four women who ran for school trusteewere elected.! Richard Lee was criticized for neverattending a council meeting. But I can tellyou, he at least reads the local newspapersfront to back, which is more than I can sayabout some others. In fact, one candidatetold me, they should make that bigpiece of land into a park, referring to theGarden City Lands. Some candidates wereextremely well versed in local issues; othershad done astonishingly little homework.

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Grateful for supportThe Editor,A big thank you to the

many schools, businesses,organizations, andindividuals who held foodand cash donation drivesthrough Thanksgiving andHalloween.Thanksgiving came

early this year with the BCThanksgiving Food Drive onSept. 20.Volunteers and our

community came together tocollect and donate more than14,000 lbs. of food.Special thanks to the

Church of the Latter DaySaints for their hard workorganizing the drive andallowing their centre to be adepot for donations.The giving season

continued into Novemberas schools held HalloweenTrick or Eat food drives.Many individuals andorganizations also helped bycollecting food at Halloweenparties or displays. The3,500 lbs. of food that wasdonated gave immediatehelp to our neighbours inneed.Thank you to everyone

who generously gave to oneof these initiatives and to allwho give at other times ofthe year. As you may or maynot know, 100 per cent ofthe Richmond Food Banksfunding is through food andcash donations from ourpublic and corporate donors.Your support goes to

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The Editor,I heard of the Rick Mercer

Rant about the change inthe Department of VeteransAffairs programs for our vetsand the online and phoneapp availability, and applaudhim for drawing this to theattention of the masses.I spoke with a DVA

representative over a yearago, asking if they wereprepared to train our veterans(average age 88) on how touse this technology and alsoif they would be fundingthe computers and Internetaccess required in order forthe veterans to access thisnew improved technology.Needless to say, the

response was that they neverreally thought of that. Gofigure?Can we also shed some

light pressure on municipalgovernment to give theveterans organizations somerelief from property taxes.Veterans organizations dontenjoy the same tax breaksother charities get frommunicipal governments.And because the buildings

are often old and on primereal estate, the property taxbills can be quite substantial.Legions andANAFs areclosing their doors in recordnumbers, unable to meet theproperty tax burden. Tax

bills get paid out of loungeoperations and membershipfees. These veteranorganizations are not pubs,they are not commercialoperations, they are not likeany other organization inCanada.Their mandates are

to serve veterans andtheir dependents in theirtime of need. What otherorganization do you knowhas this as their primarymission statement?The veterans clubs

are not-for-profit and docharitable workThousands of dollars are

donated annually from theproceeds of their fundraisingefforts.In the wake of the Nov. 11

poppy campaign, it shouldbe noted that proceeds arenot used for payment ofclub expenses and are solelydirected for the purposesthey were raised; namelyto provide assistance toour veterans and theirdependents.The question remains,

who will be there toassist the veterans if localmunicipalities tax theveterans organizations intobankruptcy?

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Taxing timesVETERANS

Birder Peter Nielsen is a shooter, not a lister.The IT professional, who works for DueckAuto Group, looks forward to the fall birdingseason on the Fraser River estuary as the shift inweather brings with it hundreds of unique birdspecies from as far away as Russia.

I dont keep a list, I try to get the bestphotographs I can, says Nielsen while walkingalong one of the many paths of the George C.Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary on WesthamIsland in Ladner, just a home run across the riverfrom Richmonds south dyke.Birders such as Nielsen rely on the sanctuaryas a central hub for bird watching in the LowerMainland. But even for the most casual wildlifeobserver, a first-time walk through the sanctuaryprovides an enlightening experience.On the path, Nielsen bumps into always-busysanctuary manager, Kathleen Fry.

What have you found Peter? she asks.Nielsen notes theres a northern saw-whet owljust ahead and despite her decades working as abiologist in the estuary, it brings a jump to Fry.Ooo, Ill have to go get my binoculars!After fetching them, Fry leads the Richmond Newsto a pine tree and her naked eyes point out thesmall, brown owl nestled on a branch, sleeping.Its one of 79 species that has been counted atReifel over the past week (every week, a new listappears as birds come and go).All the little birdies, they dont want him in theneighbourhood, chuckles Fry.They like to bug them and make them move on,she says.Here, well leave a little reward for thechickadees, says Fry, sprinkling some of her seedsfrom the $1 bag available at reception.Meanwhile, a brown creeper, the size of a babyshand, scurries up a tree at lightning speed.

Hes got a curved beak to poke into the bark,

says Fry. As the songbird disappears a big, fatsquirrel aka owl food scurries acrossthe path and Fry is off to look for the next bigattraction, a great horned owl.With ease she spots it sleeping in a tree with oneeye open.Hello big owl! she says.

Frys enthusiasm to protect birds is matched byher small, committed army of staff and volunteerswho, last year, ushered a record 77,000 visitors tothe increasingly popular sanctuary. Fry is expectingto best that number in 2014.As soon as fall weather sets in we get thousandsof ducks who have been nesting anywhere fromAlberta to the high Arctic and the snow geese arecoming in from Russia and everyones piling in. Butwe also get the birds of prey, you get the hawksand eagles, and you kind of get a thrill watching aperegrine falcon (dive into) a group of ducks andwatch it come away with one, says Fry.She and Nielsen note there are elements ofserenity, safety, socialness and natural wonderfrom bird watching.People are always inspired by birds becausethere are very few birds that are actually going to

hurt us. Its easy to watch them without thinkinganythings going to happen to you, she says.Im an IT manager so its nice to get outdoors.Its always a challenge to find something newso theres competition with photographers andothers, says Nielsen, a former professionalphotographer.

To the casual observer, peak birding season at thesanctuary as well as across the estuary, includingRichmond, is highlighted by one big ticket itemthe aforementioned, migrating lesser snow geese,which come from the eastern reaches of Siberia toseek warmer weather and fatten up for the springby eating the rich bounty of the marshes.The 50,000 or so white geese set up shop on IonaIsland, Terra Nova, Garry Point and at Reifel, all ofwhich are small but equally critical components ofthe Pacific Flyway, a highway of migrating birdsfrom Patagonia to Alaska.But theres more to bird season than geese;hundreds of rare species make the estuary theirhome.And its those species such as the two owlsspotted by Nielsen that attracts anotherunique species: bird watching hobbyists, known

as birders. Fry points out that birders have evolvedover the past few decades and some of the biggestchanges are the photography equipment and thegrowth of the online birding community.

Some birders have big bucks to spend on large,zoom lenses and impressive state-of-the-art digitalSLR cameras, all of which is used to capture thatperfect shot of, say, a raptor swooping down to theground and capturing a mouse with its talons.It used to be a serious birder would have just asmall camera, but the binoculars would be the bigtool. Nowadays, if you see something, you wantto record it as well, so you quite often have thehybrids; those who have both. So theyre birdersbut they have big cameras, explains Fry.She said some birders are just in it for the photos(shooters) while others (perhaps the purists or themost hardcore) still stick to a pen and paper or,nowadays, a mobile tracking app (listers).Social media has afforded birders the opportunityto connect with one another on a daily basis. Awebsite titled ebird.org tracks and documents birdsightings on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis foreach particular area in the estuary.

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A great horned owl was one of the many fascinating species spotted by serious birders, such as IT specialist Peter Nielsen, above. Photosby Graeme Wood/Richmond News ! Photo gallery at Richmond-News.com

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Bird sanctuary manager Kathleen Fry holds seeds for a pair of little chickadees. Below,a pair of bald eagles and, bottom, a pair of birders keep an eye out from an observationplatform. Photos by Graeme Wood/Richmond News ! Photo gallery at Richmond-News.com

Online forums and Twitter are used to give hourlyupdates if a particularly rare bird known as alifer because its on someones lifetime list isspotted.If a lifer is spotted at Reifel, Fry expects a smallconvoy to show up at reception within hours.The toque and vest clad birders pile out ofcars with thousands of dollars of photographyequipment. Some have lenses so large that theyrequire special heavy-duty tripods, themselvescosting upwards of a thousand dollars each.Some of them show up with baby strollers. Oh,I see you brought your baby, oh no, its just yourcamera I say to them, Fry chuckles.My wife would kill me if I had a $9,000 lens,says Nielsen, whos packing a modest set ofequipment worth about $2,500.

He and Fry chuckle about all the photos they have;Nielsen just bought an eight terabyte hard drive.I do what my wife says and keep the best of everybird and get rid of the rest, chuckles Nielsen.Sometimes it can get pretty intense. On rareoccasions, Fry has had to play peacekeeperamongst birders who fight for the best shot.We almost had a fight between twophotographers because they disagreed with howclose you could get to a bird, says Fry.Some birders will build devices, such as fake miceon fishing line, to lure birds for the perfect shot.Traditionalists prefer to observe bird behaviourwithout intervening and wait for the perfectmoment, say, two birds kissing one another as theyshare a seed.Theres a lot of mentoring in bird watching, saysFry.

Nielsen notes how some photographers havebroken tree branches with nests on them to get atcertain shots.While he considers himself a photographer firstand foremost he and Fry say a small minority ofbirders need to show more respect.One of the problems may be the fact Reifel isslowly becoming a true last sanctuary for birds inthe region, given all the man-made development.I remember back in the 1970s when I was doingbird surveys a lot of Richmond wasnt nearlyas developed than it was now, says Fry, whopreviously worked with Ducks Unlimited Canada.That organization has partnered with the City ofRichmond to preserve parts of the Grauer Lands,

near Terra Nova Rural Park, which used to be amuch bigger marsh habitat for birds until condosand mansions were built on it.With less land to graze on throughout the estuary,more birds flock to Reifel, thus bringing morebirders.The Alaksen National Wildlife Area envelops thesanctuary. Because of the increased popularity anddemand for such areas, the federal governmentannounced funding on Nov. 12 to improve publicaccess to the site.

Putting competition between shooters and listersaside, Reifel provides a wheelchair-accessible andfamily-friendly environment for young children.While there are birding opportunities in Richmondat the sites mentioned previously and the driveout to Ladner may provide some difficulties trafficwise, a beautiful backdrop of farms is provided onthe journey, which includes crossing a 100-year-old one-lane wooden trestle bridge to WesthamIsland.At the sanctuary, one will be welcomed byseveral flocks of ducks and as you walk out to theforeshore its common to spot a wood duck, whichFry says is possibly the most ornamental duck inthe region.The sanctuarys paths all lead to a three-storeytower that looks out over the Salish Sea. On aclear day, you can see from the San Juan Islandsto Howe Sound.

Impressive are the sandhill cranes, some ofwhich nest in golf courses in Richmond but livemostly on Westham. Right now, a gang of fiveor so teenage sandhills are perusing around thereception area like their stuff doesnt stink. Ifyoure brave enough to engage their pointed beaks,the dollar seed bags can provide for some goodfeeding entertainment.According to Fry theyve been receiving sometough love of late.There was the beginnings of a nest this yearbetween two of them until our resident pair camealong the male is 23 years-old and he came andsaid Ooo what are you doing trying to nest in myterritory? And he chased all five of them out andthey werent seen in the sanctuary for 10 days.Anyone interested in learning more about thebirds of the northern Pacific Flyway, leave the dogat home and visit the sanctuary weekdays from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $3-5. School groups arewelcome.

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They huddled togetherto warm up on a frostymorning in November, butthe 50 Grade 6 and 7 kidsfrom Richmond JewishDay School andAz-ZahraaIslamicAcademy didntlet the cold dampen theirspirits. Their goal was tohand out warm clothing,blankets and 1,000 brownbag lunches to the homelessin the Downtown Eastside ofVancouver, and with a longline of eager recipients, theirjob was done in less than anhour.The food, provided by

Save-On Foods Ironwoodlocation, includedsandwiches made a dayearlier by volunteers, juiceboxes and yogurt. GeorgeClarke, store manager, saidhe was glad to supply the$4,000 worth of lunches.I learned there are a

number of homeless peoplehere, saidAskari Mehdi,a Grade 7 student at Az-Zahraa. Were just a smallband of kids, but its niceto know we can make adifference.The principal at Az-

Zahraa, Anthony Skopa,was also thrilled to havethe children participate.The kids know now thattheres a need in our greatercommunity. Its their missionin life to help others, and thisteaches them to be gratefulfor the blessings in their ownlife, said Skopa.Az-Zahraa and RJDS are

both faith-based schools,he added, but we want

people to understand thatwere also part of the biggercommunity.This is the second year that

the students, whose schoolsare both on No. 5 Road,also known as RichmondsHighway to Heaven,collaborated to bring foodand warmth to residents ofthe Downtown Eastside.With the principals of bothschools and members of theRCMP closely watching theinteractions, the studentsactively approached thehomeless and distributedfood and clothing. If ourstudents were nervous itmelted away with the firstkind word, saidAbbaBrodt, principal at RJDS.They were so excitedto do a mitzvah (Jewishcommandment). Were

excited that they had theopportunity to work withtheir friends at Az-Zahraaagain and bring more warmthand kindness into the world.You cant teach this type ofeducational experience. Youhave to live it.

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