Students in Ayr share what they love about their community

Kindness, love and respect.

Those are key things a good community needs, some Grade 2 and 3 students at Cedar Creek Public School in Ayr, Ont., say. 

This week, CBC Kitchener-Waterloo has been marking its 10th anniversary with a number of interviews with local politicians and adults in the community. So we thought to pass the mic to the kids of Waterloo region to get their thoughts about their community and what they love about it.

Alexandra Campbell says mean people don't make a community feel very welcoming.

"What I love about my community [is] that I feel like I belong and that I meet new people everyday," Campbell said. 

She said she thinks community is about people working together to help each other out.

"I think communities should have a bunch of kind people," she said.

Isaac Schmitt agreed.

"I think what makes a good community is if the people try and help the community grow," Schmitt said.

"There should be lots of love and respect in a community and I think they should be able to understand each other."

Communities should also have things to do to help meet new people, Eden Dibben said. It's what makes her community special.

"There's lots of schools. I go to a bunch of places like figure skating and Brownies and soccer, so I meet a lot of new people," she said.

For sisters Alice and Vivian Geddes, community is where people live, so they need to have good infrastructure, houses and work for people.

"It should have good homes and buildings and it should have nice people," Alice said.