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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10,2015 - warmtmo CHRONICLE . 15 O fr'rfi'W'vrfi’r'A‘gâ€"‘A‘Wf ' f 7, f .,...,.,,_a‘ . l i Te g em ow you re y ee ; mom) . i ‘ n a I a. o 0 I L‘Am A“, __..___.. _ l__ ,__A _ w A, .___.4 __J Local girl semOJi fimdraisergoes tosupportSynan refugee faintly , “mm Remembrance Day “If \ â€"â€"’â€"â€"‘_‘*’â€"‘_â€" . f; 0 here are all sorts of emojis out there , .- semce set for Nov. 1-1 I to help people express how they feel. ‘ is}? The City of Waterloo Remembrance Day Ceremony while sendinga text message. , HQ begins ai the Waterloo Cenotaph at l0:30 a.m. on Nov. There are happy, sad, mad and even 11. poop emoticons. But they might have to There will be a parade and band to bring in the vet- come up with a new one thanks to 10-year- erans, followed by an opening invocation. The anthems ‘ 0“ NW“ Urban“ "m use“ an em” fim‘ will be played and then a dedication of the Lav [11 will be “a" to raise In?” than ”00 for a local said at the Afghanistan memorial. The presentation of Syn“ refugee family. . . a if “a wreaths will follow with a artillery gun salute at 11 a.m. - Th“ new one would h?” (0 express a h" "‘ Then there will be the playing of the Last Post. two tie thankfuiness. 'It was lug great to help" ‘ ’ ‘ z 3 minutes of silence and a prayer for the fallen. “I'd Alrya. _ y it" , Rev. Dr. Bruce Sweet will say the Benediction. Then The Grade 6 student at S" Edgar Bauer ‘ . ‘ there will be singing of God Save the Queen, a prayer School heard about the plight of a Syrian t ‘. and arevlew, family that her parish, St. Michael's Roman a . Catholic Church. It started sponsoring the a ' . . . family when they arrived in Canada last “ Mennomte hlstonall February. Aliya wanted to help. a, ~l said, “Oh mom we should start some- ' aks ho t WWII thing," said Aliya. “It wasn't until we got Aliya Urbanajc started a fundraiser to create stuffed emojis to sell in support of a local spe a u home thatlcameupwithmybigidea.’ Syrian refugeefamily.Sheandherfamilyaodfriend raisedmorethanm. mmmoro Laureen Harder-Gissing, archivist, Mennonite The family includes two grandparents. , . . a mother and three children. one of whom the play dough herself in the kitchen of her She soon sold out ofall of them. 22x22? Sgfiglhiigszffifoizhifgzgolefzgi is Aliya's age. The father made it across the Waterloo home, with help from her family "One woman said this will be great for rad Grebe] University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N.. Mediterranean and then to Germany He is and her friend Emyiie Zamfir. her granddaughter or this would be great Waterloo, on the history of conscientious objectors. still tryingto come to Canada. When they ran out lay Allan. who Aliya's for a Christmas stocking,’ said Milena. During the Second World War, 1,158 young men in The grandmother's brother tried to make calls her uncle, would race out to get some "One was a teacher who wanted some for this region registered as conscientious objectors and the same ioumey across the Mediterranean, more play dough while dad Roben Pelosa her kids who we're having a hard time as a volunteered their services for n on» military work. but drowned. and mom Milena Urbanaic would keep the grounding tool to help deal with their emo» Who were these men. and why would they make this Their struggles moved Aliya, who heard production line moving. lions.” decision at a time of grave national crisis? How would about their plight when the church’s social There were times when it was tough to “People donated what they could," said government and society respond? How did Mennonite a justice committee spoke about it and the keep the girls motivated, but after gentle Aliya. women and children experience the war? ’ support they needed Aliya decided she prodding and some ointment for the blisters She got to meet the family after the we With records from the Mennonite Archives of Omar ‘ had to do something. “I thought ifl had to they got from working with the balloons, cessful fundraiser and said it was an amazâ€" io, Laureen Ilarder~Gissing reconstructs the voices and do (what the family did) I would be pretty they managed tofill all of them, ing experience. experiences of local Mennonites and their neighbours stressed out.’ she said. “At first my mom said we should have "it was really awesome. They're a great during the Second World Wu But instead of just donating her allow dom- a bake sale but we wanted to do some» family," said Aliya. "The kids are somte." Waterloo Historical Society president Lesley Webb ante, she wanted to do something with thing different." said Aliya. ‘We wanted to Diane lones, the coordinator of St, will conduct the business portion ofthe society's annual more of an impact. That's when she came something that was creative and different.” Michael's social justice committee and the general meeting following the lecture. The society fosâ€" iip with the idea of an emoji ball. ‘lhat also meant drawing individual faces refugee program said she was blown away ters the recognition of the region’s heritage and encourr . “Their story made me so sad,’ said Aliya, and expressions for each of the more than by Aliya'sefiorts on behalfof the family. ages preservation. For more information. “S“ whs.ca. ' ~I have an emoji ball that i used to take to 200 emojis. Some of them are patterned “She's an amazing little girl, and I think ! school to relieve my stress it's a great after favourite ones. while they came tip her mom is special too,“ said Jones, "Most . ‘, (T) in tool with othersthemselves. Aliya has a favourite kids that age might just carry on with their aft a] p"Iliiually emojis are yellow, they are ont'herselfthat is blowinga kiss, lives and not pay attention to what's going Fesuve er s e } bright and fun. and eat h one tan be till [he fundraiser had a hit of a false start on in the world around them. Beechwood Manor's residents aml friends have i ferent I also thought the emoii ball would trying to sell out of a gallery in the uptown "The fact that she wanted to make a dif» been busy putting together the Festive (Iraft Salt“, Nov. l represent the stress that refugee families core But when she started selling the ft‘rr‘nre, and not just collect money from 12. 9am. to2p.m.. at 305l-1rbSt. W,Waterloo Avariety l exponent c " brightly toloured emojis in thr- church neighonrs and relatives. but that she phyxir of vendors and artisans, and a bake sale, on two levels ‘ Ni she wont to the local dollar store to lobby after mass Aliya had a hard time ("ally wanted to do something, says a lot for your Christmas shopping enjoyment. Admission is i find the yellow balloons, and made most of keeping up with the demand about who she is and how she feels.’ free. 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