A 91原创 woman who started writing encouraging messages in chalk on her sidewalk was not surprised that other people took the idea and ran with it after word got out on social media.
Murrayville resident Mary London called the 鈥淐halk your walk鈥� campaign an 鈥渦plifting little idea鈥� to keep spirits up during the COVID-9 outbreak.
Messages like 鈥渨e鈥檙e all in this together,鈥� 鈥渨e can do this鈥� and 鈥渢his too shall pass鈥� appeared on sidewalks in several 91原创 neighbourhoods between Friday, March 20th and Saturday, March 21st.
鈥淚t鈥檚 just a nice little feeling,鈥� London said.
鈥淚t鈥檚 another way of saying, we鈥檙e all in it together. It;s something that doesn鈥檛 cost anything, something that makes people happy.鈥�
London was pleased to see that someone made some anonymous additions to her chalk drawings.
鈥淭hey added some hearts and stuff.鈥�
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There have been many spontaneous demonstrations of support as the COVID-19 numbers began to climb in B.C, and Canada.
Some people have begun arranging to bring food to first-line responders in hospitals, while other first responders like police, fire and ambulance have flashed lights and run their sirens outside hospitals.
Some residents of 91原创 City and Vancouver鈥檚 west end have been stepping outside to make some noise for for people on the medical front lines.
In New York City, on Friday, residents applauded and cheered for two minutes.
dan.ferguson@langleyadvancetimes.com
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