Yesterday, the Kootenay Milk Producers hosted a tractor parade to show support for the isolated seniors in the community’s care homes and for the front-line workers. It was a pretty cool thing to see!
They came up Cavell Street from the Mall to CrestView Village, then looped through the main parking lot at CrestView, ducked in behind to greet the residents in the Care Village…
then came back again for a second trip through the main parking area before heading off to Swan Valley Lodge.
After winding through some residential streets, the tractors turned off of 10th Avenue onto Vancouver Street, then did a little detour through the driveway of Swan valley Lodge. From there, it was through town to 16th Avenue, up to Hillside, and back down 15th past the Creston Valley Hospital.
This was just an amazing way to show support for the hardworking doctors, nurses, care aides, and other staffers , as well as for the isolated residents of the care homes who have so very little contact with the outside world these days. It was wonderful to see people alongside the street, at safe distances or in their cars, cheering and clapping as the tractors went by. Traffic in the opposite direction honked in support and appreciation – and even those people in cars behind the tractors seemed to be pretty pleased to be involved! At least, quite a few people in those cars, who passed me when the parade headed back to the Mall, were smiling and waving and looking like they were having a great time.
Thank you, Kootenay Milk Producers and everyone else who has organised pot banging, service-vehicle parades, birthday parades, community-wide treasure hunts, and all the other really cool things that are happening.
About a week ago, we asked you what you thought the Museum should be collecting in order to document this time in the Creston Valley’s history. Well, these photos and videos will definitely be among those things, as will this sign. It blew off one of the tractors just before the parade turned onto Pine Street, and we’ll be adding it to the Museum’s collection because it’s such a wonderful illustration of how the community is coming together at this time – tire marks and all.
