Chelsea Hanson Homalco Council

10/25/2024

Good morning everyone! Looking forward to day 2 of the workshop 🌞

10/24/2024

Good Morning everyone! Up bright and early to make day 1 of the workshop in Campbell River today. Coffee is brewing and my audio books and podcast episodes are downloading for the drive 🎶 If anyone would like to talk or get together after 2pm today please reach out! I’d be happy to sit down with you and hear your concerns and ideas 🤎

10/18/2024

10/17/2024

I am absolutely blown away and I cannot say thank you enough for all your love and support. Thank you for believing in me. I am humbled and honoured to be voted in as a council member and I’m excited to dig in and get to work. I really look forward to connecting further with each of you in the time to come. I know that this position isn’t always going to be easy, but I am ready for the hard parts too. I am eager to settle into the position and to get started on helping our community. I have no plans on dissapearing now that the election is done and I vow to be an active council member that works FOR our people. I will be an advocate for every single member near and far and I will always do everything in my power to help uplift our people and our nation. Thank you so much for trusting me to help bring positive change. Thank you so much for this opportunity.

I will be in the community tomorrow to deal with some paperwork and for culture night. Please come and say hello 🧡

10/17/2024

Just a heads up I’m planning on doing a livestream on my personal page (I can’t do live on this page) once the electoral officer starts counting the ballots for any members outside of the community or for anyone who was not able to attend tonight.

10/16/2024

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone here. No matter which way the election goes tonight, I am so incredibly grateful for the experience of running for council. I am honored to have connected with so many of you and to have been met with such kindness and respect. I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to get to know me and to everyone who has felt safe sharing their stories with me. Having the opportunity to connect with our people has filled my heart with so much joy and that in itself feels like a win. Hearing from you has only strengthened my desire to help uplift our people.
No matter what happens tonight, I feel calm and sure that we will find our way to where we need to be. I will find my place in helping our people one way or another. Thank you again for your support and for your kindness. I appreciate you all more than I can put into words 🧡

10/16/2024

A few words before the election this evening 🧡

10/16/2024

Good evening everyone,

Tomorrow is the big day! A quick reminder that Online voting is only open until 8pm tonight! I will share the link for online voting below. If you are having any difficulties please reach out to Graeme the electoral officer or I have also just shared my previous video about how to navigate online voting. The Homalco Hall will be open from 9am to 8pm tomorrow for voting in person. Please remember to bring your status card and mail in ballot to the hall if voting in person! 🙂

10/16/2024

10/14/2024

Thanksgiving can bring a up lot of mixed emotions for many of us. I have spent some years celebrating and some years foregoing the holiday all together.

Over the years I have recognized the importance of remembering and understanding our history but I have grown to also be thankful for every opportunity for us to come together, to count our blessings, and to reflect on everything that we have to be grateful for. Today I am grateful for my family, for our community, for our health, and for all the opportunities that the future holds for each of us.

I am grateful for the opportunity to bring my family together with our community. My dad, my husband, my three children and I are on our way to Homalco for the community pot luck dinner and look forward to spending this evening with you all. Thank you to Mary for organizing 🧡