It was supposed to be crunch time — preparing for final exams and getting ready to graduate. But university, along with almost everything else in the world, was turned upside down with the COVID-19 pandemic.
With classes shifted online and free time on his hands, University of Calgary health sciences student Siavash Zarezadeh wanted to find a way to give back.
He decided to post an ad online, offering to pick up and deliver groceries for any seniors or vulnerable Calgarians who could not make it to the store. “I was feeling restless and extremely and hopeless staying at home,” Zarezadeh said. “I was aiming to do one grocery pickup a week but it didn’t turn out that way,” Zarezadeh chuckled.