Palliative Manitoba looking for new partner to help with transportation, assembly of ‘Memory Tree’ – Winnipeg

Palliative Manitoba is in search of somebody to move and assemble its “Reminiscence Tree,” which offers an area for Winnipeggers to honour deceased family members in the course of the vacation season.

“Anybody who’s been to St. Important Centre in the course of the vacation season will know that there’s an enormous tree in entrance of The Bay annually. That’s the Reminiscence Tree,” defined Lindsay Felstead, fundraising coordinator at Palliative Manitoba, a charity that helps these dying and their family members.

“The vacation season can convey up emotions of grief and loss and make them far more profound. It’s a protected place the place they’ll come, sit, share their story with considered one of our passionate volunteers, fill out a card and cling it on the tree in reminiscence of their cherished one.”

The tree stood at St. Important Centre every vacation season for 32 years, till final 12 months when COVID-19 pressured this system to maneuver on-line.

This 12 months, there’s a brand new impediment stopping the tree from going up.

Felstead says their long-standing logistics companion needed to pull out of this system, so they should discover somebody new to move and assemble the huge tree and retailer it within the low season.

She says the mall can present a scissor raise, however they want a skilled operator and about eight or 10 folks to assist put it collectively.

The tree is ready to go up on Nov. 21 and the group wants a crew in place earlier than then.

Anybody who thinks they may also help is requested to contact Palliative Manitoba.