Kristo McCallum and his sister received donations at the Lake Country Coop. (submitted photo/Michelle McCallum)

By Derek Cornet

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Boy collects funds and other donations for Lac La Ronge Food Bank

May 27, 2019 | 5:35 PM

In honour of Pediatric Stroke Month, 10-year-old Kristo McCallum raised and donated $245, as well as two shopping carts full of groceries to the Lac La Ronge Food Bank.

“He has such a big heart and he’s such a caring young man,” Michelle McCallum said about her son. “He has struggles, but he works through them and he always wants to help other people, even before himself sometimes.”

For the last few years, Kristo found a way to give back to the community and this year’s idea was helping the food bank. McCallum stated he likely got the idea from the work students at local schools do for the food bank like packing hampers, adding he wanted to do something on a bigger scale. Kristo, who was assisted by his five-year-old sister Hudsynn decided to set up at table Saturday at Lake Country Co-op in La Ronge to accept donations from the public.

Kristo is a pediatric stroke survivor as he suffered an in-utero stroke before he was born.

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“There was a time they couldn’t promise us he would walk or talk or run,” McCallum said. “Now, he’s doing everything and being awesome.”

In the past, Kristo also handed out flower seeds to local residents and encouraged them to plant them in their yards to help save honey bees. McCallum noted his donation to the food bank was his second big endeavour.

Lac La Ronge Food Bank Chairperson Trudy Connor, along with other board members, met the McCallums on Sunday to accept the donation. She said Kristo is a genuine young boy who left a positive impression to many over the weekend.

“We all just thought it was so impressive that a young man like that just cared that much about his community,” Connor said.

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derek.cornet@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @saskjourno