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Embracing all that's good Tusarvik students walk to embrace life on the bay
Darrell Greer
Northern News Services
Published Wednesday, October 2, 2013
REPULSE BAY
Close to 400 people took to the streets in support of Tusarvik School's Embrace Life campaign this past month.
Students from Tusarvik School display their banners as the Embrace Life march begins in Repulse Bay this past month. - photo courtesy of Ryan Lahti
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The event was organized by Tusarvik's Julia MacPherson and Sarah Williams in support of the non-profit Embrace Life Council in Iqaluit.
Grade 4 teacher Elsa Pinkohs said each class in the school designed its own special poster for the march.
She said the idea behind the event was to increase awareness and send out the message that life is precious.
"The message we wanted the community to hear was to love and embrace life," said Pinkohs.
"Everyone thought about the things they really enjoyed doing, and everything they love about life.
"We wanted this to focus totally on the positive -- things good in our lives -- as opposed to anything that may be negative in our lives."
Pinkohs said the young students in her class actually became fairly immersed in the project.
She said the kids did two unique posters.
"Each group did a tree and their hand print, and they found positive messages and pictures in a magazine.
"The messages and pictures were posted onto the hands and then onto the tree.
"So the tree, itself, is kind of like the tree of life."
The entire student body, kindergarten to Grade 12, took part in the march and were joined by a number of people from the community.
Pinkohs said many who didn't walk watched from the sidelines, as the marchers made their way across the community.
She said the march was presented in parade style to attract as much attention as possible.
"The route was kind of like a big eight, as the marchers went from the school past the Co-op, down to the arena, back around past the RCMP station, and down to the Northern before heading back to the school.
"They covered, pretty much, the entire town with the route they took.
"Once back at the school, everyone went to a tent to have hot chocolate and hang around for awhile before going home for the day.
"It was a nice day that was effective in raising awareness on the important aspects of our lives."
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