Sechelt Rotary Club volunteers have been busy sticking and folding over the past week as they prepare nearly 1,000 handwritten cards for the Sunshine Coast’s health-care workers in time for Valentine’s Day.
The initiative was sparked by a Rotary Christmas card project, which saw the delivery of cards to residents of care facilities on the Coast, said Sheila Pope in a handwritten statement to Coast Reporter.
Describing the club as “very project-oriented,” Pope said volunteers had been looking for a way to serve the community as the pandemic wears on. “What could be better than sending some love for the patience and perseverance of our amazing health-care workers?”
Pope said the club received a “huge response” from people wishing to write and handcraft cards, “all with wonderful expressions of gratitude to the people who strive to keep us safe.”
The cards also come with coffee coupons from cafés from Madeira Park to Gibsons, and each staff room at the Sechelt Hospital will be gifted a bouquet of flowers “created and financially supported” by a Sechelt florist.
“A heart-y thank you to everyone involved in this loving endeavour,” said Pope.
