Giving our children chances for a better future
KAMLOOPS — There is a great animated movie for children (and adults) called Robots that my boys loved and watched many times. So did I, alongside them. There are many memorable lines and teachable moments, but the tag line that stuck with me was ‘See a need, fill a need.’
If only we’d each do that, at a personal, family and community level, life would sure turn up a bit brighter for everyone. The thing is, some people really do and that creates a momentum, or so I want to believe.
Case in point: the much needed and ingenious initiative on dealing with needles by two Kamloops residents, Dennis Giesbrecht and candidate Caroline King. I perused through many articles where they explained their idea (a nickel for each returned sharp). Many people commended them for it and sme even donated money for their buy-back program, others did the opposite, unfortunately. Like it or not, thousands of sharps are no longer a risk for people in the community and that is big. A brilliant illustration of ‘see a need, fill a need.’
That British Columbia has seen a lot of drug addiction trouble in the last couple of years is no big news anymore; it is heartbreaking though, more so when we get reminded that it is not just adults that are in trouble but young people too, teenagers and younger.