Lakeshore Advance, 2012-11-07, Page 1524 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Exeter s u en s� ive io surviv rs-
families of Godeirch and Benmiller
that attend the school.
Kuran notes that while some of St.
Anne's school families were not
directly impacted by the storm,
there are others "living in a different
house now,"
Grade 12 student Lara Gobtatc who
lives near Sifto's evaporator plant that
was destroyed by the tornado, says
while her home was spared, there
were others throughout her neigh-
bourhood that were not.
"Knowing everyone we know is
OK and nobody was hurt was the
key for us in moving on," she says,
noting she has been consistently
heartened by the ongoing level of
Cheryl lime
They arrived, they gave and they
sang.
More than 40 students from Pre-
cious Blood School in Exeter made the
trip to St. Anne's Catholic Secondary
School in Clinton on Thursday, to
present students representing the
communities of Goderich and Ben -
miller with gifts representing the Exe-
ter student body's efforts and fund-
raisers since the beginning of the
school year.
Precious Blood principal Paula
Nowak-Droog says the students'
efforts first began when school
resumed in September+ and the Social
Justice group and student council
began brainstorming on ways to send
a message of "light and hope" to their
counterparts in the hard hit Town of
Goderich.
Nowak-Droog reports students in
every grade level took on projects
nuiging from creating "scripture survi-
vor kits" to writing heartfelt letters,
creating posters, and collecting books
and toys to send along to those
impacted the twister.
Our was to bring back light to
Gods " she says. "This is not about
charity, it's about giving back"
St. Anne's prindpal Jodi Kuran, who
also lives in the 'Ibwn of Goderlch,
welcomed the group along with rep-
resentatives of some of the 160
support shown by those living out-
side of the storm's path.
"It's a blessing to know that every-
body is behind the people of
Goderlch," she says.
Grade 12 student *Jared Little, who
lives near the beach in Goderlch, says
his home was also spared, but there
were many others in the area that
were not.
"It's fortunate that we're rebuilding,"
he says. It's nice to see so many giving
towards that."
As part of Precious Blood's pres-
entation, Grade 8 student Aveleigh
Keller performed an amazingly
uplifting song she penned herself,
We Are Stronger. Aveleigh plans to
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Following a number of presenta-
tions, Precious Blood students met
with St. Anne's students to hear
their stories of the day the tornado
touched down.
St. Anne's principal notes it is t'
first time the students have di.
cussed the day of the tornado in a
group setting.
"Every daywhen I go for a walk
(in Goderlch, things are still chang-
ing. We still have a lot of cleanup to
do, don't we guys?" said Kuran to
which there were a number of
answers in the affirmative.
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To Goderlch, With Love
More than 40 students from Precious Blood
School in Exeter came out to St. Anne's Catholic
Secondary School Thursday, to give a number
of presentations and donations in honour of the
community of Goderlch kr the wake of the Aug.
21 tornado, Among those seen here are Grade 8
student Aveleigh Keller who presented a song, We
Are Stronger, kt honour of Goderlch. Once recd ded,
the song's proceeds will benefit the Goderlch 8
Area Disaster Relief Fund; Predous Blood's Grade 7
and 8 students sing, You've Got a Friend; Precious
Blood student Owen Kuranyi,13, presents a cheque
representing a member of donations to St Anne's
students Lara Gobrair and Jared little.
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