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Coronavirus: Shuswap vintage car club holds parade for front-line service workers

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Salmon Arm caregiver appreciation parade
The Shuswap Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada held a caregiver appreciation parade on Sunday. – May 12, 2020

Another example of a B.C. community showing their appreciation for front-line service workers.

The Shuswap Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada held a caregiver appreciation parade on Sunday.

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The club says the parade was in honour and support of their local health-care workers.

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The parade visited the Shuswap Lake General Hospital and seven senior care centres in Salmon Arm.

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“The procession was well received and very much appreciated by both staff and residents alike,” Ken Smith, the Shuswap Vintage Car Club’s president, said in a release.

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A highlight of the parade was a 1915 Model T Ford, which has now “lived” during two pandemics.

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