The 3055 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (RCACC) is back on solid ground following a year of uncertainty due to the departure from Naujaat of former corps commander Capt. Lloyd Francis.
Backed by the support of Naujaat hamlet council, Capt. Erin McKinlay of Winnipeg (who became the acting corps commander in September 2018) and a number of local individuals who stepped-up to become civilian instructors (CI), the 3055 RCACC is thriving once again.
Mental-health outreach worker Brittany Holm is among those helping to guide the corps right now.
Holm said the corps is currently in a healthy state with four CIs helping out (Holm, James Kopak, Marlene MacKinnon and Lydia Haqpi).
She said the corps has also benefitted from the helping hand given it by Const. Mike McCauley.
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Holm said, to date, the corps has 37 cadets on parade.
She said there is a big turnout for each meeting every Wednesday, which are held at Tusarvik Elementary School.
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SA国际影视传媒淥ur cadets were super troopers during the past year in my opinion. They picked-up their boots and really helped make sure the corps was running smoothly.
SA国际影视传媒淚 just started in cadets when I moved to this community two years ago and the cadets taught me a lot about how things ran, so we learned together.
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The cadet season runs in unison with the school year.
Holm said the end of this past year went swimmingly for the corps after a rocky start, and that had a lot to do with the efforts of the senior cadets who didn't age out explaining how everything should go to her and McCauley.
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SA国际影视传媒淭he kids aren't losing hope that their corps is going to be really strong again.
SA国际影视传媒淭hey've held onto that hope and believed the whole time that everything would work out and be OK again.
SA国际影视传媒淚n fact, all of us too, as a staff, didn't give up so that the kids wouldn't give up.
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Holm said the cadet turnout to meetings has remained strong during the past two years.
She said she sees no reason why things won't continue that way.
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