A Metis woman and her brother are trudging down Highway 11 between Regina and Saskatoon.
They are on a mission to help at-risk Aboriginal youth.
Christine Ginter is a singer, a songwriter, and she is writing a book.
In her teens, she was involved in drugs and alcohol. At one point, she feared she would die — and wound up in a deep depression.
Now, she is raising money and collecting running shoes for an organization called, “Inspiring Youth For Success”:
“I guess because we want to help youth at risk, there’s different ways you can do that. We wanted to do something that was sort of extreme — because of the extreme conditions some of the youth live in — and inspirational. That’s what we’re all about.”
Ginter says her life was pretty messed up as a teen, but she straightened out after finding God:
“I saw the light — and the biggest thing, I find, is support. We can be that support because we know how much it meant to us.”
This is a low-budget walk. Ginter and her brother, Curtis, are walking alone — no sign, no advance car, no entourage.
Ginter’s leg has been bothering her, but she is determined to make the 220-km walk.
The siblings are scheduled to arrive in Saskatoon on Friday, which is also her sixth wedding anniversary.
She says it will be a double celebration.