Lenora, or Lenny, is an International Development student at Ottawa U. She had never held a snake prior to working with us, so she's had an interesting time learning lots of new things! Lenny is funny, adventurous, and can light up a room with her smiles and antics. It's been wonderful having her along on our tour so far!
Hiring Lenny was an interesting experience. Our funding approvals were quite delayed, and one of our project staff left to take another position since ours were uncertain. I was scrambling to find staff, and posted job annoucements in various places- one of which was the Mountain Equipment Co-op Gear Swap/ Ride Share message board. I also scanned the boards, and saw a posting looking for a ride out west to work for the summer. I sent Lenny an email suggesting she consider working while travelling out west; it caught her attention, and she ended up spending four weeks on the road with us out to Calgary! She has now headed back to Orillia, to start in a different position with the project- doing similar programs but just in Ontario, with Mary Ellen who toured the maritimes with us last summer!