Friends of Foster Park

Dear Ghosts and Goblins, With restrictions on gatherings we are sad to announce that we will be unable to hold the annual Halloween Pumpkin Walk at Foster Park. Last year we had 476 pumpkins lining the trails carved by students in Parksville! This year if you have a pumpkin you have carved please send us a photo to [email protected] and we would love to display it on our Facebook page. ... Wishing our community a wonderful fall season!! ~ The Friends of Foster Park ~

The Annual General Meeting for the Friends of Foster Park will take place on Thursday, September 3rd at 4:30 p.m. at Foster Park. The meeting is open to everyone. Please bring a chair and a mask and be prepared to social distance.

This is a neat idea! Anyone want to play? Let’s paper our community with hearts to show love, kindness and solidarity. Hey Neighbours! HEART HUNT #putyourheartondisplay... Over the next few weeks, many of us will be increasing our time spent at home. If you have young children it can be hard to find things to do all day and not lose your mind. So I was thinking about a way for our community to still get outside and do something fun, without touching or coughing on each other. I thought it’d be fun to have a city wide Heart Hunt! All you have to do is put a heart in your window! That’s it! Color it, paint it, cut it out, print it from the printer, whatever. Then we can get outside, walk around and see how many we can find! It’s easy. No human contact. Get fresh air. Just put a heart in your window.

With the concerns around COVID-19 we have made the difficult decision to cancel our annual Easter Egg Hunt at Foster Park this year. The health and safety of our community comes first. We wish you all a Happy and Healthy Easter!With the concerns around COVID-19 we have made the difficult decision to cancel our annual Easter Egg Hunt at Foster Park this year. The health and safety of our community comes first. We wish you all a Happy and Healthy Easter!

WE DID IT!!! We have raised over $5,000 to plant 25 trees to celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2020. We want to sincerely thank everyone who has helped us not only reach but surpass our goal! Not only will the City be planting 25 trees in the Pym/Sanderson Road area but we raised enough to plant 1,000 seedlings in the forested area as well! ... Some of our new green neighbours will be arriving this spring. Others will be arriving in the fall. Thank you City of Parksville for working with us on this initiative!

City crews and contractors are working in Foster Park this week to remove a number of dead, drying or compromised trees. This work is part of the City’s ongoing... tree maintenance program and upgrades to Foster Park. Work is expected to continue through the spring and include irrigation upgrades and tree planting and will be re-seeded later this year. The Friends of Foster Park Society are aware of the work to be completed and through a campaign, have raised funds to plant 25 trees for the Society’s 25th anniversary. Questions should be directed to the City’s operations department at 250 248-5412 or [email protected]

Beginning the week of February 3, City crews will remove a number of dead, dying or compromised trees in Foster Park. This work is part of the City’s overall tree maintenance program along with ongoing replanting in our parks.

Wow! We are so incredibly grateful for all the donations that came in today as part of #GivingTuesday to support our initiative. With your generosity we raised over $1,000 today and are over half way to our $5,000 goal. With the money we will be planting 25 trees in Foster Park in celebration of our 25th anniversary in 2020. If you are thinking about donating there are two options and tax receipts are available:... you can donate to the Friends of Foster Park online at www.canadahelps.ca, a secure website that will also email you a tax receipt, or send us an email at [email protected] and a board member will be happy to come pick up a cheque or cash and provide a tax receipt.

Today is #GivingTuesday. TODAY ONLY you can make your gift go even further. All donations of $25 or more made through CanadaHelps.ca will have an additional $5 added to their donation (ends at 6:59pm PST today). In addition, we have an anonymous donor who adores this park and is willing to donate 50 cents for each dollar raised to help us reach our goal of $5,000. This year, please consider donating to help us raise money to purchase and plant 25 trees in Foster Park.... A donation would make a great gift this holiday season and tax receipts are available. If you would like to donate there are two options: you can donate to the Friends of Foster Park online at www.canadahelps.ca, a secure website that will also email you a tax receipt, or send us an email at [email protected] and a board member will be happy to come pick up a cheque or cash and provide a tax receipt. Thank you for caring about this park and helping to keep it a great place for walks, meet ups, workouts, playdates, picnics, celebrations and more. Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving when people come together to support the charities they care about. So far we have received $1,575 towards our $5,000 goal. Thank you very much to everyone who has supported this initiative so far.

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday. This year, please consider donating to help us raise money to purchase and plant 25 trees in Foster Park. We have an anonymous donor who adores Foster Park and is willing to donate 50 cents for each dollar raised to help us reach our $5,000 goal.... A donation would make a great gift this holiday season and tax receipts are available. If you would like to donate there are two options: you can donate to the Friends of Foster Park online at www.canadahelps.ca, a secure website that will also email you a tax receipt, or send us an email at [email protected] and a board member will be happy to come pick up a cheque or cash and provide a tax receipt. Thank you for caring about this park and helping to keep it a great place for walks, meet ups, workouts, playdates, picnics, celebrations and more. Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving when people come together to support the charities they care about.

December 3 is Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is a global movement in response to Black Friday and Cyber Monday where millions of people come together to support their favourite charities. This Giving Tuesday (or any day really), consider donating towards the planting of 25 trees in Foster Park. This initiative will benefit many people and has positive environmental and health benefits. To date we have raised $1,325 towards our $5,000 goal. Thank you to those who have donated...!!! If you would like to give, there are two options: you can donate to the Friends of Foster Park online at www.canadahelps.ca, a secure website that will also email you a tax receipt, or send us an email at [email protected] and a board member will be happy to come pick up a cheque or cash and provide a tax receipt.

Have any hard to buy for people this holiday season? Consider giving a gift that keeps on giving... TREES! By donating toward our initiative to plant 25 trees in Foster Park in 2020, you will be giving the gift of new growth, that will add beauty and health benefits for many to enjoy for years to come. If you would like to make a gift you have two options:... you can donate through www.canadahelps.org, a secure website that will email you a tax receipt, or send us an email at [email protected] and a board member will be happy to come pick up a cheque or cash and provide a tax receipt.

We are coming up on our 25th anniversary in 2020 and want to celebrate by planting 25 trees in Foster Park. The City of Parksville is supporting this effort by providing the trees at cost. These will be good sized trees that have a 5-6 cm trunk diameter and therefore cost approximately $200 a tree. The City will plant and maintain the trees so that they have the best chance of success. However, we need YOUR help to get us to our goal. Please consider donating today. ... If you would like to donate there are two options: you can donate to the Friends of Foster Park online at www.canadahelps.ca, a secure website that will also email you a tax receipt, or send us an email at [email protected] and a board member will be happy to come pick up a cheque or cash and provide a tax receipt. Adding new trees to Foster Park will enhance the beauty of the park and provide health benefits for all of us to enjoy now and for many years to come.

We have an amazing community here in Parksville! THANK YOU... Quality Foods for the yummy hot dogs Tim Hortons for the delicious hot chocolate Save-On-Foods for the giant pumpkin ... Tevan Enterprises for the monetary donation You helped us put on another amazing Pumpkin Walk!

A big shout out to Tom Kinred: Financial Advisor - Edward Jones. He donated to our 2019 Pumpkin Walk to help us cover the costs of the pumpkins, lent us a tent and was there to lend a helping hand. THANK YOU!

A big shout out to Peter Zimmermann who has been a huge supporter of the park and our events for years. He donated the goodie bags, lent us tents and he and his family helped us set up and run the 2019 Pumpkin Walk. THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who came out last night. We hope you had a great time! 1011 people walked the pumpkin lit trails 476 pumpkins lined the trails (carved by Ballenas and Springwood students) 40+ people volunteered to make this event possible... 400 hot dogs were sold (all proceeds support our events and park improvements) 300 cups of hot coco were enjoyed See more

We found a set of keys at the Pumpkin Walk. Contact us if you lost yours.We found a set of keys at the Pumpkin Walk. Contact us if you lost yours.

Another reason to come to the Foster Park Pumpkin Walk!