NAN Day of Prayer at Keewaytinook Okimakanak

The Keewaytinook Okimakanak staff participated in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Day of Prayer today in the Balmertown office.  Time was set aside this afternoon to pray for all the families who have lost youth to suicide.  With the Keewaytinook Okimakanak staff assembled in the boardroom, brief introductions and welcoming remarks were made by Orpah McKenzie and Peter Campbell.  An opening prayer was then offered by Cello and Sapina Meekis of Deer Lake.  Henry Hostetler and his wife, Mary Jane, from Red Lake continued with prayers of hope and guidance for all the families affected by this throughout the Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Canada.