Young class visits Project Heroes™

Shairl Honey, far left, shares information about Canada's fallen heroes at the Project Heroes™ display at Edmonton City Hall.

Students think our Canadian soldiers are the best. They learned about our fallen military heroes, the three artists: Shairl Honey, Cindy Revell and Susan Abma, and about how Project Heroes™ will have a national exhibition that will honour our Canadian Army heroes.

Over the course of the two weeks that some of the soldier portraits have been on display at the Edmonton civic centre, the artists have had many groups of school classes visit to hear about our country's brave men and women who served Canada in Afghanistan.

There is nothing more heartwarming than the innocence and honesty of children, and some of their questions are not only difficult to answer, but make a person think seriously that they have it right and adults could really learn from them. 

It feels wonderful to be able to share some stories about the service members in the portraits - it makes the students understand that the soldiers were real people - some loved puppies, some worked out, they had families, some earned medals, some had children, they loved their country, they were brave, and they believed that their service in Afghanistan would one day make a difference.

Everyone knows of the death of the soldiers, but through Project Heroes™, they will learn about, and have the opportunity to celebrate the lives of our Canadian military heroes.