Full name: Shauna Brown
Employer/Business: I have an employer which is The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #22 and a business, which is Tampogo, an online shopping mall which aims to help eradicate world hunger.
Job: general branch manager at the Legion.
How old are you? 41
How long have you been in Drumheller? I came in 1990.
Where are you originally from? Wawanesa in Manitoba.
What do you like about your job? What’s not to like about either one of them? The people at the Legion are amazing. As for my private business, it feels pretty good to be part of something that big!
What is the longest you have kept a New Year resolution? I don’t make them.
Will you be making any New Year resolutions? Just maintaining a good positive healthy lifestyle.
What was the single best thing that happened this past year? I think joining up with the people from the Legion.
Pick three words to describe 2009: 3 words? that’s tough....I am going to say positive, influential and pretty happy.
What was the biggest thing you learned this past year? Just to let it go and good things happen to good people.
Winter in Canada or in the sun? In the sun!
Favourite activity in winter: curling up with a good book.
What is one of your weaknesses? Sometimes I am too trusting.
One of your strengths? I think my biggest strength is being able to see the good in people.
What’s the most important decision you have ever made? I don’t think I have made that decision yet.
What skill do you most want to learn or improve this next year? I want to learn to build my business, by learning to deal more effectively with people.
What was your best achievement this year? Being a part of reaching our Tampogo goal I think was my biggest achievement, which was to feed 100,000 starving children by 31 December which we surpassed a few days ago.
Any unusual habits? Probably but I’ll keep them secret!
Which super power would you like to have? Invisibility...It’d be fun to be able to sneak around!
Words to live by? These are words that an older lady spoke to me, and it is to wake up each morning, be able to look in the mirror and know that you have never hurt anyone and to be able to live with yourself every day.
