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COVID-19: Qualicum Beach youngster gets car parade for his sixth birthday

Friends get creative after party cancelled due to ongoing pandemic

The stern health warning to strictly adhere to physical distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 derailed big plans for Jaxon HodgsonBԪַs birthday bash on Thursday.

This is the second consecutive year the Qualicum Beach youngster was denied the opportunity to celebrate his birthday with friends and family BԪַ last year he was sick with the flu.

HodgsonBԪַs family was hoping to make it up this year for his sixth birthday. While the COVID-19 situation altered those plans, friends came up with a novel idea to celebrate his birthday, staying social without compromising the physical distancing protocol.

They held a car parade for Hodgson.

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Approximately 10 vehicles, adorned with colourful birthday greeting signs and balloons, cruised by HodgsonBԪַs house in Qualicum Beach, honking their horns and shouting birthday cheers.

It certainly brought a smile to the shy six-year-old, who along with his mom Ashley and siblings Alexa and Makayla watched and waved from their driveway as friends motored on by.

BԪַThis is the second time we had to cancel JaxonBԪַs birthday party,BԪַ said Ashley. BԪַWith all thatBԪַs going on in the world today, just to bring some joy to him is truly special.BԪַ

Ashley sincerely thanked her friends for going out of their way to make JaxonBԪַs birthday a memorable one.

Michael.Briones@pqbnews.com

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Michael Briones

About the Author: Michael Briones

I rejoined the PQB BԪַ team in April 2017 from the Comox Valley Echo, having previously covered sports for The NEWS in 1997.
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