Cochrane Labour Day Rocks

Cochrane really shines over the Labour Day weekend, even when the weather doesn’t cooperate. We kick it all off with the well organized, well attended rodeo, followed by the famous and funny outhouse races and round it all out with a parade that is truly fun for the whole family.
Rain or shine volunteers, participants and spectators take in the festivities. An incredible amount of time and energy goes into pulling Cochrane’s Labour Day weekend together and amazingly it all orchestrated by volunteers. As a proud member of the Cochrane community I’d like to thank everyone who contributed this weekend. Extra Kudos goes to the volunteers who worked outside on the rainy and cold Sunday and managed to keep a positive attitude and a smile on their face.
I am always proud to call Cochrane my home. Cochrane is a safe, clean community in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. It isn’t the location and the amenities that make Cochrane shine; it is the people. Despite the pressures of growth Cochrane maintains that ‘small town feel’. It is often easier to dwell on the problems that growth brings to a community but if we stand back and look at the incredible abundance around us we must take a moment to focus on all the good that happens in Cochrane.
I have had numerous opportunites to witness firsthand the generosity, of wealth and spirit that always seems to rise when someone is in need. How many other communities could raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help those displaced by a closed trailer court? Wherever there is a need the great people of Cochrane find the capacity to fill that need!
The commitment of volunteers in the community is the strongest asset Cochrane has to offer. It is the people after all that make the community. Whether people choose to live here because they already espouse these generous views, or whether watching others in the community acting with genuine compassion is the catalyst for further generosity is hard to tell but the result is a real ‘home town’.
I am proud to call Cochrane home and I am grateful to all the volunteers who continue to make this the best place in the world to live.
I want to know what makes you proud to call Cochrane home! Email me at info@realgem.ca with your story before September 30th and your name will be entered to win a pair of tickets to the Lenny Kravitz concert on November 1, 2008.
On October 1st, one of my impartial children will pull a winning name out of the hat! This is your opportunity to brag about Cochrane…Don’t be shy…