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Remembering Anisa Sadeghi - and raising funds for a scholarship in her name.

Anisa Sadeghi and her parents perished when Ukrainian flight PS752 was shot down in Iran on January 8th of this year.   Anisa's family including her aunt  Narges Hadjesfandiari are raising funds for a scholarship in Anisa Sadeghi’s name.  The scholarship will provide support for low income families and outstanding students. The scholarship will be dedicated to Anisa’s schools the Henry G. Izatt Middle School in the Pembina Trails School Division and the Persian Language Classes of Iranian Community of Manitoba. Donations can be made at the go fund me page in the link below where you can see more details of this effort.   https://www.gofundme.com/f/anisas-dream    Donations are close to but still short of their goal of $15,000.  Please consider helping them to reach their goal.  Thank you. Below is more about the event held January 12 to remember those who lost their lives in this tragedy.   This afternoon, Dougald Lamont and I joined members of the Iranian

Scenes from the Holiday season

Below are a number of photos from the Holiday season At the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs' Jingle Mingle event Dec 13 At the Manitoba Legislature Open House Dec 14th Our River Heights December 15 Various photos with our children and grandchildren