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Journeys of Hope – 5 Refugees Stories

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3 years ago

October 10, 2016

Duane Rolheiser

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The Central Alberta Refugee Effort has discovered a powerful new tool to help engage the community in the settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees. During Alberta Culture Days CARE debuted a theatre production featuring the life stories of locals who came to Canada as refugees.

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Together with dozens of volunteers including many of the refugees from the stories, Jan Underwood of CARE produced Journeys of Hope. It may be hard for those of us born here to believe but there really are many people living among us who’ve had to endure the type of life and death struggles you’d expect to see in a Hollywood movie.

In this short video you can experience “Journeys of Hope” and you’ll hear from one of the volunteer actors who helped bring these stories to life, as well as a fellow Red Deerian with an incredible life story.

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One grade 7 class raises over $2,500 for Child Advocacy Centre

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April 19, 2019

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Miss. G’s 7-5 class from St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School completed their Almsgiving Bake Sale Thursday with a total amount of $2736 raised for the Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre!

They were so excited to share their news of how much they raised since starting back in March! Every Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday through out lent, the 7-5’s would bring in treats that they made at home. They sold the goodies to the rest of the student body at lunch to help raise funds to donate to the Centre.

Thank you to Miss Goranson for putting this all on for the CACAC, and to the 7-5 class for being apart of this and wanting to help other kiddos – you are amazing!

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Celebrity Dancer Alex Wood mistaken for 2nd pro on the floor!

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April 19, 2019

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As co-owner of Ryde RD Spin Cycling, Alex Wood may have had a slight athletic advantage over even the most physically fit celebrities in the 2019 Celebrity Dance Off. Wood also trained as a dancer when she was growing up. Did all that pay off? Well some of the judges and many of the spectators were under the impression their might be two pros on the floor when Wood and pro partner Peter Samoila performed. Check out this fast and flawless salsa / cha cha mix. Amazing doesn’t do it justice!

My Story…

I grew up here in Red Deer, this is home. It took me a while to return after high school but I am so happy to be back. I co-own Ryde RD Spin Studio. Red Deer was the perfect place for my husband Dave and I to start our business.

I studied at Montana Tech and graduated as a petroleum engineer. I met my husband there and we made our way to Calgary for work. After two and half years, I decided that a desk job wasn’t for me so we packed our bags, moved to Asia and travelled overseas. After too much fun in the sun, we decided to move to Red Deer to start Ryde.

Supporting our clients and the community is very important to us. We’ve hosted many charity Ryde’s including one for the Sheraton Celebrity Dance Off.

Over the next few months, I’ll be putting my travel bug on hold, trading my spin shoes in for dancing shoes, and trying to regain my dancing skills from my teenage years. I’m honored to be a part of this event and passionate about the cause.