“We were overwhelmed,” said Christine Stapper, one of the June 5 event organizers. Stapper and Tina Collins created the Love Russell Ontario page on Facebook to provide a forum for homebound Russell residents to share things of interest while they wait out the COVID-19 pandemic. The two then realized their FB page could do even more, like show support for all the protest marches and other events taking place in the United States, in the wake of the May 25 murder of George Floyd of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Residents support Black Lives Matter movement
