Trillium Woods Tribute: Thanking our Veterans

Tuesday 1 December 2015

Thanking our Veterans

Each year on Remembrance Day, the students write postcards to Canadian veterans as part of our recognition and observance of the sacrifices that veterans have made to give us the freedom we enjoy today. Thanks to Mrs. Clubine for coordinating and organizing this important project at TWPS.

Below are a few examples of the over 600 postcards Trillium Woods sent to veterans on November 11th.

Holidays and Observances

BUDDHISM (April 13/14) Saka (New Year’s Day). This is New Year’s Day according to the Saka calendar. This day is both a religious and cultural celebration.

HINDUISM
(April 7 - 15) Navaratri (Spring) is a nine-day celebration of the Divine Goddess for good health, happiness and knowledge.
(April 14) Chaitra New Year The first day of the Solar year is an agricultural festival celebrating the harvest. This day is also celebrated as the Tamil New Year, Varusha Pirappu, Vishu, Ugadi, Rongali Bihu and Naba Barsha.
(April 15) Ramanavami. On this day Lord Rama the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu is said to have been born.

SIKHISM (April 14) Vaisakhi. This day celebrates the founding of the Khalsa order (Sikh religion) in 1699 C.E. by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Many Sikhs choose to be baptized into the Khalsa Panth (Brotherhood of the Pure) on this day. Also on this day, male Khalsa Sikhs are named Singh (lion), female Khalsa Sikhs are named Kaur (princess). It is the most important holy day of the year for Sikhs.

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Tuesday 1 December 2015

Thanking our Veterans