Remembering by giving back
Shannon LeClair
Times Reporter
As a way of remembering her great grandfather one pre-teen has decided to collect items to create care packs for the homeless.
Morgan Storch, 11, is hoping to collect enough money and items to make 25 of the care packages, with some for men, some for women and some for children.
“(I’m looking for) both, but more money so that I can buy all the items I need to put together packs for them,” said Morgan.
The carepack is a backpack filled with day-to-day necessities for those in need.
“I was really proud,” said Suzanne Adamson, Morgan’s grandmother who lives east of Strathmore.
“We took her down to the CDLC (Calgary and District Labour Council) BBQ for the past couple of years and I saw the look on her face it affected her. I’m glad that it inspired her to do something good.”
James Adamson, Morgan’s great grandfather, passed last year and it was on the anniversary of his death this year that she decided she wanted to do something to honour him and his memory.
“He just kind of always raised her to stand up for what’s right whether it’s popular demand or not and you always help if you can, and if you have idle time make use of it. That’s kind of what she was going with I think,” said Sally Storch, Morgan’s mom.
Last year Morgan had gone to the CDLC BBQ to help hand out water bottles and chips to the homeless and Sally thinks it kind of helped open her eyes.
“She came home kind of half excited, half disgusted, half upset that there are actually people out there still needing stuff like that. I think it really rung a bell with her,” said Sally.
One thing Morgan noticed when she at the CDLC BBQ was though there was food being handed out, she didn’t see anyone providing hygiene products, which is what she is hoping to do. Some of the general items she would like to collect are things such as socks, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, feminine hygiene products.
Morgan and Sally can be contacted at tophandranchworks@hotmail.com or by phone at 403-901-4494 or 403-633-5502.
Cash donations can be mailed to Box 235 Jenner, Alta, T0J 1W0 c/o Morgan Storch.