Sprained Ankle Cuts “Journey of Healing” Walk Short
BARONS – Palliser teacher, Julie Macklin, will be unable to complete the second day and final 50 kilometres of her “Journey of Healing” Sunday.
Macklin suffered a sprained ankle near the end of the first 50-km leg, yet managed to reach her destination of Barons around 7 p.m. Saturday. She spent about 11 hours walking from Vulcan to Barons.
Macklin was walking to raise awareness and support for the Southern Alberta Children Advocacy Center, which would serve all of southern Alberta from locations in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
The centre was launched at a special event earlier this month with a showing of the documentary “Swift Current”, and a special introduction by Sheldon Kennedy. Kennedy, a former professional hockey player, is now a leading advocate for victims of sexual abuse. The southern Alberta center will be modelled after the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre in Calgary, a one-stop shop for victims of abuse and their families. The centre brings together a range of human services including law enforcement, mental health and other human services.