On January 10th, 2021, Daajing Giids Queen Charlotte’s Winnie Olson, Bonnie Olson’s daughter, decided to start a private group on Facebook (unbeknownst to her mom) asking everyone to help her mother, whose house was in need of major repairs. The message started with this:
“Hey all you wonderful folks,
This group was created because, although she does not like to admit it openly to people, my amazing Mother (Bonnie Olson) is struggling. She has been living in a house that is literally falling apart around her and it is greatly affecting her physical and mental health…3 of her windows on the west side of the house are now completely rotted out and her only layer of protection from the elements is a few tarps and some staples which gave way in the last storm. Unfortunately, some major new leaks have sprung up in the roof in the last few days as a result of our endless monsoon and things are only getting worse.”
I happened to be working at Gather when, a week or so later, Winnie and a few close friends of her mother’s had a get together to tell Bonnie… and it was such an amazing moment… to see the emotion in everyone’s faces when it was announced that they had reached $37,000 in donations within 4 days of that post. They had one of those “sweepstakes winner” giant cheques printed for her that said “for karmic balance.” Now for any of you who know Bonnie, she’s been contributing to this community’s karmic balance for some time now.
