| “I’ve been volunteering at the park with the Campbell Valley Equestrian Society.” | | “I’ve been volunteering at the park with the Campbell Valley Equestrian Society.” | <div class="ExternalClass2E2127E7D94A462695F4519C4EFA612F"><p>“I’ve been with horses for most of my life and I really couldn’t imagine life without them. It’s cool that grandma and I could go in the dressage schooling show competition together.” </p>
<p>“I’ve been volunteering at the park with the Campbell Valley Equestrian Society. I’m the President. We’ve got this beautiful opportunity to do this in such a relaxed outdoor park setting instead of a high pressure indoor setting.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-campbell-valley-1.jpg, “I’ve been volunteering at the park with the Campbell Valley Equestrian Society.”
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| “It’s fun to be able to educate children about the park and nature.” | | “It’s fun to be able to educate children about the park and nature.” | <div class="ExternalClass023D00BC2EEA48F4A06E4AB4108CCAF0"><p>“When this nature house came on board, I started right away as a volunteer. Now I’m the coordinator for about 40 volunteers. I love working with the regional park staff. And the volunteers are incredible. </p>
<p>It’s fun to be able to educate children about the park and nature. I never had a chance to do it with my grandchildren. They lived in Japan when they were young so I didn’t get a chance to do that. So I’m doing it with the children that come in here." </p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-campbell-valley-7.jpg, “It’s fun to be able to educate children about the park and nature.”
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| “There’s a lovely sense of community here.” | | “There’s a lovely sense of community here.” | <div class="ExternalClassE057916B193240A2BFFA985E57949B98"><p>About 25 years ago, we started walking here with a group of friends on Sundays and now we walk almost every day. There’s a lovely sense of community here. I get the feeling that people look out for each other. We make sure we thank the staff and volunteers because it’s one way to let them know that they’re doing a good job. We bring our grandkids here when they come to town. Our grandson is coming to live with us so he knows he’ll be coming down here. He just knows that this is something that’s precious to us.<br></p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-campbell-valley-2.jpg, “There’s a lovely sense of community here.”
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| “We look at cool nature stuff here.” | | “We look at cool nature stuff here.” | <div class="ExternalClass257047DE884A48BF9A5D1E3B336746AA"><p>“We look at cool nature stuff here. Mushrooms and stuff. Giant trees.”</p><br></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-campbell-valley-4.jpg, “We look at cool nature stuff here.”
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| “It’s quiet … peaceful. We love it here.” | | “It’s quiet … peaceful. We love it here.” | <div class="ExternalClassCE15CEC45B354A66AAA7553D638CD85E"><p>“I’ve been riding here for over 30 years. It’s beautiful in the trees. I just enjoy it. I try and come out three or four times a week.”</p><p>“It’s just a lovely place to be in the city. We ride in the back country and go camping with our horses, but this is in the city and you can get nature, grass and trees. And it’s quiet … peaceful. We love it here.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-campbell-valley-5.jpg, “It’s quiet … peaceful. We love it here.”
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| “A nice ritual to do together.” | | “A nice ritual to do together.” | <div class="ExternalClass6365CBB281C64509B16F8A8D6B937610"><p>“We come here usually every weekend. It’s relaxing. A nice ritual to do together.”</p>
<p>“It’s a good place for our son to see a little bit of what nature’s all about instead of just being around really populated areas. I don’t think we’re planning on moving away, so this will kind of be his park.”</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-campbell-valley-6.jpg, “A nice ritual to do together.”
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| “I’m trying to make sure that’s still a part of their lives.” | | “I’m trying to make sure that’s still a part of their lives.” | <div class="ExternalClass93A2AC4E02FD404395E8E43E6C4EFE69"><p>It’s nice to have an off-leash area where the dog can run because we have a pretty small yard. If we didn’t have places like this, we wouldn’t be able to have a dog or not an active dog anyways. The kids like being outdoors. The whole world is about technology. I grew up on a small farm and we didn’t have computers or videogames. We had animals. I’m trying to make sure that’s still a part of their lives.</p></div> | | https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/PublishingImages/humans-of-regional-parks-campbell-valley-3.jpg, “I’m trying to make sure that’s still a part of their lives.”
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