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It's April 5 - the Thursday before Easter weekend. Arrivals to North Spirit Lake today include members of Tikinagan's Deer Lake-North Spirit Unit. With the help of SkyCare, they're planning to make it a special day for children in the community.

SkyCare, a medevac and charter airline based in Sioux Lookout, purchased Easter treats and toys for the kids. Tikinagan staff are here to distribute the goodies.

Asked to guess how many employees she worked with in the finance department at Tikinagan Child and Family Services, Bev McFee traces time periods and old office floor plans with her left hand and in her mind. It helps her picture, name and count them.

She reaches 10 names, then 20, then counts some more.

Tikinagan Child and Family Services staff are learning more about the agency's Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin (Everyone Working Together to Raise Our Children) service model through a special training workshop.

For a training assignment in February 2012, Garnet Crow, a family services worker in Sandy Lake, wrote about his understanding of the Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin service model.

When the emcee for the 22^nd annual Yes I Can Awards, hosted in Winnipeg by the Manitoba Council for Exceptional Children, calls Kneshin's name and describes his success at school, he rushes excitedly to the spotlight as if to a playground.

The adults sharing this moment with him know how far he has come to be here.