Pandemic sparks parades across Prince George

She and a few others discussed getting a few more parades together to celebrate other’s birthdays, “we thought it’d only be a couple here and there…it became so popular we had to start our own page.“

Hanson says that they wanted to make sure they included UHNBC as part of their car parade, “we wanted to include the hospital…because of all the fantastic work they are doing.” The volunteer group has reserved 7 p.m. every night specifically to make rounds at UHNBC.

“We just started to see there was such a need in our community for this.”

Although the group has mostly done birthday parades, they are open to dropping by for any celebration ie. weddings, anniversaries.

As of right now the volunteer group has around 5-6 volunteers who Hanson says show up every time with their cars decorated in cut-out letters spelling out someone’s name, superheroes in the back seat, and even blow up unicorns.

“We thought we could bring a little joy to people in a safe way.”

“We count a lot to on friends and family of the person requesting the parade,” Hanson told CKPG News, however, mentions that a lot of the time random community members show up and take part

Since starting the group Hanson says they’ve done “well over fifty” parades across the city, all the while maintaining social distancing amoung each other.

“We’ve had the firetrucks out, police cars— the community has really come together.”

“My fear is that we are going to get volunteer burnout,” said Hanson to us in an over the phone interview, “we don’t know how long this pandemic is going to last.”

She says that getting people out in the community to join them is really important in order to continue to bring a bit of joy during a time that may be stressful to many.

by Veronica Beltran

Pandemic sparks parades across Prince George

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