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Red Deer Cadets make hampers at Red Deer Food Bank

Red Deer Sea Cadets recently put together food hampers for people in need.
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Red Deer Sea Cadets helped make food hampers at the Red Deer Food Bank last week. (Photo by Sean McIntosh/Advocate staff)

Red Deer Sea Cadets recently put together food hampers for people in need.

A group of the cadets from the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps 126 in Red Deer spent an evening packing food into boxes at the Red Deer Food Bank last week.

“They were volunteering their time,” explained Capt. Eryn Beddoes, commanding officer of the corps.

“They were given tasks, worked for a couple hours and they had a blast. They were super pumped when they got an entire pallet of boxes organized. They had a really good time and of course they learned about what the food bank is, who they help and what it looks like.”

Beddoes added it’s important to seek out community involvement opportunities.

“I helped with the food bank a few years ago because it was good opportunity for the cadet group I was with then. I wanted to do it this year,” she said.

“Leadership, community involvement and citizenship is a big part of the (cadet) program. Getting involved with groups, understanding the different nuances of the community you’re in and being a part of that is important to the program.”

There are three fields within the cadet program: air, sea and army. The free program is for people between 12 and 19 years old.

“We actually have all three right here in Red Deer,” Beddoes noted.

The Red Deer Sea Cadets currently have 15 members. The group trains once per week on Thursday nights.

“The cadets come in and they learn the basics, like how to maintain their uniform, … leadership, citizenship, public speaking – all kinds of good stuff. They’re great life skills, which is what I like to tell people,” she said.

“The Sea Cadet program specifically focuses on sea training. They’ll come in to learn things like naval terminology. They get to go sailing, rig blocks and tackles, and different parts of a ship. Air and army will have their own focuses as well.”

Beddoes said the cadet program is always looking for more people to join.

“Thursday nights are always an open for anybody who wants to come in, check it out and see what we’re about … at the Cormack Armoury from 6:30-9 p.m.,” she said.

For more information on the Red Deer Sea Cadets, people are encouraged to visit www.facebook.com/reddeerseacadets.



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Sean McIntosh

About the Author: Sean McIntosh

Sean joined the Red Deer Advocate team in the summer of 2017. Originally from Ontario, he worked in a small town of 2,000 in Saskatchewan for seven months before coming to Central Alberta.
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