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Avens agriculture co-operative gets $10,000 boost from 100 Men

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Avens Community for Seniors celebrated National Day of the Canada Flag on Feb. 15 with a flag raising ceremony. The event brought out about 20 people to watch as the Maple Leaf flag was raised on poles alongside the GNWT flag and City of Yellowknife flag. From left are Ralph Snyder, Steven Nicholas, and Mazin Ahmed. Simon Whitehouse/NNSL photo

Avens: A Community for Seniors got a $10,000 grant from the 100 Men Who Give A Damn Yellowknife organization late Thursday.

The seniors facility was among community organizations seeking financial support for projects during its latest round of collaborative funding commitments.

Daryl Dolynny, CEO of Avens Manor, provided a Youtube video of under two-minutes pitching the idea of funding senior involvement in a food co-operative taking place this growing season.

"This is the first time in a seniors home and across Canada that we have never seen this done before where seniors are able to come and help grow their own food," he explained. "We're going to help with social isolation, we're going to help with our schools, and we're also working with places like Ecology North."

Dolynny provides a brief tour during the video, showing off uniquely made garden beds that allow for wheelchairs and walkers to enter.  He showed, with the assistance of Max Carpentier, director of operations at Avens, how even an able-bodied person using a wheelchair can have difficulty going over gravel ground to reach the garden plots.