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Six-year-old Shuswap student’s letter about friendship will melt your heart

SHUSWAP – Here is your dose of adorable for the day.

Hillcrest Elementary School student Brody S. wants to create Friendship Day, and he’s looking for support from Salmon Arm City Hall, specifically the mayor herself. In what must have been the best letter the mayor received that day, six-year-old Brody S. outlines his vision for the event. You can read it below:

It appears his idea caught the hearts of many, and the Shuswap’s inaugural Friendship Day is set for Saturday, June 20 at the wharf in Salmon Arm from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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To contact the reporter for this story, email Charlotte Helston at chelston@infonews.ca or call 250-309-5230. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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3 responses

  1. Shawn Stote

    Well done Brody!

  2. Helen Mary Bromley Belford

    How awesome!Thanks for the great story Charlotte Helston!

  3. Terry Jules

    LOVE THIS… OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES…. THEY KNOW WHAT 2 DO AND ARE DOING IT…. OF COURSE WITH OUR GROWN UP SUPPORT.BRAVO

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Charlotte Helston grew up in Armstrong and after four years studying writing at the University of Victoria, she came back to do what she loves most: Connect with the community and bringing its stories to life.

Covering Vernon for iNFOnews.ca has reinforced her belief in community. The people and the stories she encounters every day—at the courthouse, City Hall or on the street—show the big tales in a small town.

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