With gatherings limited to 15 people and physical distancing measures in place, Calgarians are finding other ways to make birthday girls and boys feel special during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kamie Densmore reached out to different Facebook groups for help to make her son Robbie Maley’s seventh birthday special. About 25 honking vehicles decked out with colourful signs paraded by their Midnapore home on Sunday.
Even a police officer sang “Happy Birthday” from the passenger seat of a cruiser. Densmore explained that it is an emotional time.
While she is sad her son isn’t having the party she planned, she is grateful for people she doesn’t know coming together to make it memorable. “I’ve been crying since the first car came by — the fact that so