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Kinettes perform acts of kindness

Members of the Estevan Kinettes Club spent several hours on Saturday helping others in the community during the Kinsmen and Kinettes’ National Day of Kindness.
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From left, Estevan Kinettes Jackie Mvula and Chelsey Istace, gift recipient Josee Amyot (with Hudson), and Kinettes Tara Kyle, Susan Colbow and Kristol Nagy participated in a gift basket donation during the Kinettes’ Day of Kindness on Saturday. David Willberg photo.

Members of the Estevan Kinettes Club spent several hours on Saturday helping others in the community during the Kinsmen and Kinettes’ National Day of Kindness. 

Kristol Nagy, Jackie Mvula, Tara Kyle, Susan Colbow and Chelsey Istace visited several sites across the community to distribute gifts, coupons and other items.

Nagy, who was in charge of the local activities, said the Kinettes had a lot of fun, and the people who received gifts were very appreciative. 

The day started at the Tim Hortons on King Street, where Kinettes handed out gift cards to people in the drive-through lane. 

“People at Tim Hortons seemed a little bit confused that we just wanted to pass something on and have them pay it forward,” said Nagy. “They were trying to pay us for the gift cards, even though we were trying to hand them out for free to everybody.” 

Then they went to the obstetrics unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, where they donated a newborn baby basket to Josee Amyot and her son Hudson. The basket included a baby blanket, lotions, body wash and more. 

Their next stop was the hospital’s long-term care ward, where they handed out flowers to many of the residents. They did the same at the Estevan Regional Nursing Home. 

“We had people hug us, and some people were just in tears, especially some of the people at the nursing home. They were just happy to have someone come visit them and talk with them, even if it was just for a couple of minutes,” Nagy told the Mercury. 

Kinettes went to the mall and filled candy machines with coins, so that people could receive free candy. They handed out baked goods at the police station, gave away free tickets for that night’s hockey game between the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins and the Weyburn Red Wings, and delivered hygiene items to the Salvation Army. Those products will be for guests at the Warm Welcome shelter.  

“At our last Kinette meeting, each person brought forward ideas that we thought would be fun to do in Estevan, and would be successful for the day with the number of people that we had volunteering to do the random acts,” said Nagy.

She estimates at least 100 people will benefit from the acts of kindness.

“It’s hard to keep a number, because we have a lot of stock,” said Nagy. 

Nagy noted that some Kinettes who couldn’t attend Saturday activities still found ways to perform random
acts of kindness.