Catherine Samson: Mother's Day

Russell Inn Dept: RUSSELL -- Rheane Gray's two children were giving her a hug at the Mother's Day brunch in the Russell Inn last year when she looked up and saw Catherine Samson watching them, her lower lip trembling, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The scene upset Gray and she told her kids why when they got home. Her son Van, now 8, volunteered to set up a lemonade stand to raise money to fly the children to Russell but older sister Ayla, 13, said no, this was going to require serious money and emelinda Olarte of the Philippines sits between brother and sister Van and Ayla. Olarte hopes she will be reunited with her children later this year thanks to the kids' fundraising efforts. Samson works in the kitchen at the Russell Inn, one of 30 Filipinos employed at the hotel on work visas, many of them separated from their families overseas. Samson hadn't seen her children in two years, and the hug triggered a wave of emotion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.