18th annual Safe Harbour Community Feast happening this week

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On May 30, there will be free transit from Red Deer Polytechnic to Fort Normandeau, and back.

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Transit will start at RDP at 10 a.m., and leave every half hour until 5 p.m. It will start from Fort Normandeau from 10:15, and leave every half hour until 5:45 p.m.

The Community Feast is also put on in collaboration with UIVS, Red Deer Native Friendship Centre, the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery, Parkland C.L.A.S.S., EHN Red Deer, RDP, Vantage, City of Red Deer, John Howard Society, and United Way Central Alberta.

“The Red Road to Recovery [this year’s theme] recognizes that recovery is more than abstinence — it is about reconnecting with identity, culture, purpose, wellness, and community,” said Kelli Steele-Stanton, Safe Harbour’s executive director. “This gathering creates space for people to come together in a spirit of healing, understanding, and hope.”

Community members will also have the rare opportunity to experience the arrival of The Sacred Hoop of 100 Eagle Feathers.

According to a release, the Sacred Hoop was created in 1995 following a vision centered on healing and unity. During a multicultural Elders gathering in Wisconsin, Elders placed four gifts into the Hoop: Healing, Hope, Unity, and the Power to Forgive the Unforgivable. Since then, the Sacred Hoop has traveled more than 200,000 miles to Indigenous communities across North America as part of healing journeys focused on sobriety, wellness, cultural restoration, and community healing.

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