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The Story of My CBC Mug

February 19, 2015 - 2:40am - by Alyson Shane

Woke up at 3:30 yesterday with my throat on fire. John was kind enough to give me a lift to a walk-in (it's not strep, yay!) but otherwise I spent the day sucking on lozenges and soothing my throat with honey and lemon infused hot toddies out of my new favourite mug.

I picked up this mug at the #CBCTweetupMB event last week. As I was leaving I saw a huge box with tshirts and mugs and other CBC merch (which I totally love - I'm a sucker for anything with the CBC logo or HBC stripes on it).

There was a nice dude standing next to the box who nicely told me when I asked about it that because I was too busy tweeting and talking and eating little cupcakes instead of filling out the BINGO sheet that they provided attendees, I wasn't able to get a mug.

Damn. Should've filled out that BINGO sheet.

Brokenhearted, I walked away and started to put on my jacket. Then this little boy who was standing next to the table called over

"Excuse me! You can have my mug, if you want it!"

Which is how I met Atticus and his mom, Sharon.

Atticus is not only the super-cute kid who stole my heart with his act of chivalry, but he also is a local 10-year old hero who has done a ton of charity work including raising over $1,000 worth of formula for Winnipeg Harvest back in 2013.

Anyway, Atticus was at the tweetup as well and like a responsible attendee (unlike some of us...) filled out his card, which meant that he got a mug that he gave to me.

Atticus, I told you that I'd write about meeting you and I hope you see this - you're such an inspirational little dude and I loved reading about all of your work for Winnipeg Harvest!

Keep on being a charmer and being a positive force in our community!

xox

yr girl Shaner