Vegreville Town Council Salutes Healthcare and Frontline Workers
Vegreville, AB (April 26, 2021) – On Monday, April 26, 2021, Vegreville Town Council unveiled a tribute to the community’s healthcare and frontline workers.
A mural, created by the Vegreville Visual Artists depicting healthcare practitioners, has been installed across from St. Joseph’s General Hospital. The mural is accompanied by large block ‘THANK YOU’ letters as a visual display of appreciation for all frontline workers who have worked tirelessly over the past year to keep our community operating safely.
“There’s no denying the last year has been difficult on everyone but without our healthcare and frontline workers, our community would be lost,” said Vegreville Mayor Tim MacPhee. “These individuals, in the face uncertainty, went to work everyday to ensure Vegreville residents continued to access everything from regularly scheduled doctor’s appointments to groceries and a list of services in between.”
Councillor Jerrold Lemko, who in late 2020 contracted COVID-19, credits Vegreville’s healthcare workers with saving his life. “I’m confident I wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for my family doctor and the team at St. Joseph’s,” Lemko remarked.
Town Council is now hoping residents will join in expressing their gratitude for the community’s frontline workers.
Residents are encouraged to stop by the mural to write their own personalized ‘Thank You’ messages on the THANK YOU block letters while, for a limited time, ‘We Appreciate Our Frontline Workers’ buttons, designed by ‘Our Crowded Nest Designs’, will be safely distributed by Vegreville CO-OP, Adam’s No Frills, the Vegreville Centennial Library and elsewhere throughout the community.
Tourism, Recreation and Culture Coordinator for the Town of Vegreville Anya Langkow notes its fitting that a project spearheaded by Town Council and created to express thanks to frontline workers has already encountered outstanding community collaboration, “Local artists, grocery stores and businesses have all come together to help make this possible,” she remarked. “It’s teamwork at its finest and the epitome of Vegreville’s culture.”
It is expected that the mural will remain in place until the end of Summer 2021.
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About Vegreville: Home to the World’s Largest Freestanding Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter Egg), the Town of Vegreville is located about 100 kilometers east of Edmonton and conveniently adjacent to Highways 16 and 36, two of Western Canada’s major transportation corridors. A friendly and thriving community, Vegreville has positioned itself to become a future hub of Agriculture and Industrial Business thanks to its proximity to major cross-continental highways, access to TELUS PureFibre internet and the soon-to-be-developed SE 17 Industrial Park, construction of which is schedule to begin Spring 2021.
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