Mary Ruth Snyder enjoying a guided kayak tour of Comox Lake
Mary Ruth Snyder is Executive Director of the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce
CAMPBELL RIVER – As mentioned in last month’s column — business cannot exist in a vacuum. It needs people. It needs community. It needs relationships. And not just relationships in your community but the community’s that are your neighbours, like here on the island, we are each other’s neighbour.
What do you do when there are obstacles in life? You reach out to your neighbour. And that is EXACTLY what we did with the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce. Our conversation led to a new initiative called Explore Next Door!
Travel ground to a halt in the middle of March and while people have been itching to stretch their travel legs and work out the stay-at-home bugs, we have been limited to provincial travel and encouraged by our medical leadership to stay close to home. What better way to do ALL of those things than a day trip next door!
So, I invited Dianne Hawkins, CEO of the Comox Valley Chamber to spend a day exploring Campbell River and she invited me to spend a day exploring the Comox Valley. We each had a blast AND it was all captured on film. There is a 1-minute version in each community and then a longer 16-minute version which is a combination of our experiences. All available on each of our YouTube & social media channels.
Dianne Hawkins visiting the Discovery Passage Aquarium
#ExploreNextDoor #MeetOurNeighbours #MeetYourNeighbours #ExploreBC
We would encourage everyone to visit their neighbours next door, capture your experience and share it widely on social media with the above hashtags. It is a wonderful way to spend a day away from virtual meetings and at the same time support local businesses!
Mary Ruth Snyder is Executive Director of the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce.