MP Glover connects with neighbourhood roots

by jmifsud
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    WINNIPEG , MB – “Chemistry” is the theme of the summer. Staff frocked in lab coats
    explain the day’s experiment to their willing pupils – nearly 20 elementary
    school-aged children. They make up half of the day’s attendees at The Salvation
    Army Barbara Mitchell Family Resource Centre’s Summer Kids Club. Today, basic
    principles of molecular science are being explained with ping pong balls.

    Showing particular interest in the proceedings is a bespectacled woman, smartly
    dressed in business attire. After the experiment comes to an end, she is
    introduced to the children as Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and
    Official Languages, and Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface.

    Heritage Minister Glover has been a vocal supporter of the Barbara Mitchell Family
    Resource Centre and has been instrumental in partnering the Centre’s social
    programs with the Government of Canada. Benefiting from this partnership are
    programs such as LEEP (Life Employability Enhancement Program), STARS (Seniors
    Tuesday AM Recreation Spot) and the various Kids Clubs such as this one.

    As the Minister takes her turn at the plate in a game of soccer-baseball with
    the children, she looks at home in this place. She should – as a 19 year old
    single mother, she lived in an apartment building across the street from the
    Barbara Mitchell Centre and made use of some of the programs that it provides.
    With her help, the scope of those programs has grown.

    While the theme of this Summer Kids Club may be “Chemistry,” the word also
    describes the relationship between Mrs. Glover, The Barbara Mitchell Family
    Resource Centre, and the community they both serve.

    To pledge your own support to help programs such as these, please visit
    www.salvationarmy.ca/donate-now or call (204) 975-1033.