Generosity Transcending Borders: Meet Gurpreet Singh Reen
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Gurpreet Singh Reen, a Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Supply Chain Management student at Cape Breton University moved to Sydney from India in 2021. He quickly learned to love the area and its people and noticed many similarities to his home country, including the generosity and kindness found within the 福利免费在线看.
During a snowstorm in late January, Gurpreet shared a post on Facebook stating, 鈥淎ny elderly, specially-abled or other people in Sydney who are not able to shovel their entrance or driveway, hit me up! I鈥檒l do it for free!鈥�
The response to that post is something Gurpreet could never have imagined. Within hours the post garnered more than 630 likes and 105 comments praising his generosity, kindness and selflessness in offering to help others who may not be able to move the heavy snow.
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Gurpreet said he is still getting notifications from the post and that his offer to help still stands! 鈥淭he support for me from the 福利免费在线看 and my coworkers has been truly amazing,鈥� says Gurpreet. 鈥淢y favourite comment was from someone who asked if I was sure I was not someone from Cape Breton in the 1960鈥檚. It was morally and culturally right on track. I see a lot of similarities between Cape Breton and my home country.鈥�
This summer, Gurpreet will graduate from CBU. He wants to stay in Cape Breton and build his life and career on the Island. 鈥淐ape Breton Island is my home away from home,鈥� he says. 鈥淎s long as I am here, I will do all I can to help. I received so many blessings from those comments and they are what got me back on track. I want to be part of this 福利免费在线看, one that welcomed me, for a very long time.鈥�