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Support our heroes behind the scenes

Weyburn This Week editorial

There are heroes all around us, but in true heroic fashion, they don’t necessarily want their identities known, but to be able to do their work quietly behind the scenes.

Where are these heroes? Inquiring minds want to know …

They can be found in every classroom, in our hospitals and medical clinics, in our police stations, fire halls and ambulance bays, and even in more obscure places, like in the back storeroom of the Salvation Army’s new location, or at home in front of a computer.

There are many other places where our heroes may be found, but these are a few examples of where our heroes are quietly making a difference.

And why exactly are they our heroes?

In part, it’s because they work tirelessly, or in some cases, to exhaustion … and then they get up the next morning and keep going. Like most volunteers (who are also heroes in many ways), they do this without seeking thanks and recognition, but because the work they are doing needs to be done.

Whether it’s teaching a class, nursing a sick patient, diagnosing illnesses, keeping the peace and upholding the laws of our country, fighting fires, responding to accidents or medical emergencies wherever they occur, or providing a food hamper to a family who is in need because of a lost job due to COVID, all of these workers are heroes for helping to keep us safe, healthy and fed.

There are also those who stock the shelves and run the tills at our retail outlets, both big and small, the caretakers of public and private facilities, and those who take care of young children at daycare facilities, as some further examples.

None of these people should be taken for granted, and all of them ought to be recognized and appreciated for the hard work that they do. Sometimes all it takes is a smile and a “thank you”, or a small gift of appreciation, or an anonymous note of support to the police station or the fire hall.

Many of these behind-the-scene heroes aren’t looking to be rich or famous, or to get an award or other honour, but it might be nice for those who are helped out in any way by any of these heroes to pass on a word of thanks.

As COVID restrictions continue to make life difficult for everyone, these heroes are some of the people who are helping to make those lives better, to assist those who are losing hope to seeing an end to this nightmare of a year.

Don’t forget, the restrictions also make life hard for them too — but the difference is, they are stepping up to make something positive out of a deeply negative situation. If your life has been made a little bit better because one of these heroes, be thankful!