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‘We’re extremely proud of them’: Grade 8 Port Elgin students get national recognition for disability walk

Two young women standing outside in a school yard, one wearing a face mask.
Maizie Carter and Lexie Lewis took home one of five national awards recognizing contributions to disability awareness. Photo: Erica Butler, June 2022.
Erica Butler - CHMA - Sackville • NB | 17-06-2022
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Two Grade 8 students from Port Elgin Regional School have been honoured with a Rick Hansen Difference Maker Award for their project hosting a disability walk in Port Elgin.

The award is one of five given out each year across the country, and comes with a $500 honorarium. Maizie Carter and Lexie Lewis organized and hosted a walk to give people a glimpse of life with a disability. The exercise was so popular the pair have already repeated it this year.

On Thurdsay, CHMA stopped by the bustling Port Elgin school to meet Maizie Carter and Lexie Lewis, and hear a bit more about their project.

CHMA started off talking with teacher Beth Weatherbee about how Maizie and Lexie came to take on their award winning project:

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