Insider November 2017 Axes In Action 2017 O n September 16th, on what was a beautiful early Fall day in The Valley, roughly 150 Acadia students awoke and assembled at the Student Union Building in order to kick off Axes in Action! The annual Axes in Action fundraiser is a day in which Acadia students spread out around Wolfville and the neighbouring communities of Windsor, New Minas, Kentville, Coldbrook, Greenwood and Berwick in order to collect donations for The Acadia S.M.I.L.E. Program and L’Arche Homefires. Volunteers also travelled as far as the Halifax Seaport Farmer’s Market this year in order to raise money for the two organizations. Throughout the day, they could be heard cheering, playing music and thanking the many generous members of the public who made donations. The event was a huge success, as it raised over $8000. Thank you to the Axes in Action volunteers, the members of the public who kindly donated and the Acadia Students’ Union for organizing it all! SMILE For S.M.I.L.E: Sarah & Jenna Robertson M J y S.M.I.L.E buddy Jennifer has been such a blessing to me in so many ways. I am lucky enough to be paired with her for the third year and I could not even try to list everything she has taught me or attempt to explain how much joy I feel when I am with her. It doesn’t matter how stressful or busy my week was, every Friday I get to spend with Jen brings me back to earth and we have so much fun laughing and spending time together. - Sarah Robertson ennifer brings such happiness to my Friday nights each and every week. She reminds me that life really doesn’t need to be so complicated, and that laughter and appreciation of the little things are what really matters. Spending time with Jen has been such an amazing learning experience over the past 3 years. I still remember the night at Noggins Farm when Jen absolutely astounded us by fearlessly walking up the biggest, steepest set of stairs there were, with barely any help. If I hadn’t been lucky enough to meet Jen, I would be a completely different person. My sister and I are so happy to call her one of our best friends.- Jenna Robertson Page 2
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