John Kendle
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Wednesday, May. 25, 2022
Last month’s Random Acts of Kindness column related the tale of Kyla Simms, a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran who has been knitting hats and toques for the Main Street Project and pet blankets for D.A.R.C.Y.’s Arc and the Winnipeg Humane Society.
Reading that story prompted Westwood resident Linda Archer to pick up the phone to tell me about her friend, Diane Geith, who has been sewing face masks and crocheting hats and toques for children at Rossbrook House, a drop-in centre for youth and children at 658 Ross Ave., which aims to a safe space in which kids and young people can have fun, feel safe and are treated with dignity.
“She makes all kinds of different designs, (cartoon) characters and everything,” Archer said. “The kids love them. She started making them for her grandchildren and their friends and now she’s doing them for Rossbrook.”
Archer explained that she and Geith have known each for over 50 years. They met after Geith, who is originally from Sudbury, Ont., met and married Art Geith, who attended school in Russell, Man., with Bill and Linda Archer.
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