In an effort to support ongoing eradication efforts, a South Surrey, B.C. family is proposing a province-wide camping campaign 㽶Ƶֱ but with an important caveat:
That campers don㽶Ƶֱt leave their own properties.
South Surrey resident Kelly Tarry has created The BC Stay-at-Home Campout, which is scheduled for April 25 and will serve as a fundraiser for the BC Centre for Disease Control Emergency Response Fund.
㽶ƵֱWe are asking all families across BC to join us in this campout; from their own yard, driveway, van or even living room/basement,㽶Ƶֱ Tarry told Peace Arch News by email.
To participate, campers are asked to pay a $5 fee that is paid directly to the event㽶Ƶֱs fundraising page ().
Afterward, campers can join the campaign㽶Ƶֱs official Facebook group (), where participants are posting photos of their own camping set-ups, as well as ideas from elsewhere 㽶Ƶֱ everything from how to set up a van for an overnight stay to how to make indoor child-sized hammocks that hang underneath a dining room table.
The Facebook group 㽶Ƶֱ which was created last week 㽶Ƶֱ has more than 60 members, while the fundraising page had raised $415 as of Monday morning.
The group aims to raise $1,000 through the endeavour.
Tarry told PAN that the idea for the campout was inspired by a similar fundraiser done in the U.K. that was 㽶Ƶֱhugely successful.㽶Ƶֱ
㽶ƵֱI know that if enough people hear about this event, we could raise a lot of money for the cause that is impacting everyone and build awareness of the importance of staying at home,㽶Ƶֱ she said.
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