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Valentine’s Day cards sent to Kington-area seniors by Our Lady of Mount Carmel students
No pressure this Valentine’s Day as couples celebrate another pandemic holiday Bell says she was inspired to start the project with her students after hearing about a similar act of kindness.“I got the idea from a man who ordered flowers for every resident in a retirement home in Gananoque,” Bell said.What started as a class project for one seniors’ residence in Amherstview grew to include all 500 students at the school, from kindergarten to Grade 8.That expansion in the valentine card labour force also means many more seniors’ homes — 17 of them to be exact — are getting cards.“There are three in Amherstview and then the rest were all in Kingston, and we even did one in Glenburnie,” Bell said.It’s a gesture that Bob Brey, from Chartwell