Jim Good needs a little help from his friends.
The developer of Goodsir Nature Park is in the process of putting Roxy the Rocksnake into its new home.
Over the past few months, PG residents have been painting rocks and placing them along the trail of Cottonwood Island Park to support a community art project started by Sharon Yon a local woman now living in Campbell River who found out her 39-year-old son Jeremy was diagnosed with cancer and has sadly passed away.
Good told MyPGNow.com he’s looking for volunteers to give him a helping hand.
“I’ve got the equipment needed, I just need the manpower. If anyone would like to help out that would be great. Winter is just around the corner and I want to beat that first snowfall.”
Good is offering refreshments for anyone who makes the drive and graciously gives their time on Saturday and Sunday.
He has a half-dozen wheelbarrows along with two tractor-trailers that can carry both the rocks and gravel.
In a July article, Yon first noticed painted rocks along the trail while walking 250 km during the Colour Walk for Hospice and raising $1,000.
“I thought well I should do that, that’s another way I could give back,” she said.
“I’m not a very great painter, I’m a photographer, so anyways I started painting these little rocks, I’ve placed over 300 rocks throughout the parks since May. All of a sudden I started getting these messages and tags about this rock snake and that I should start one. I looked into it, this rock snake, he’s really cool, his name is Rosco, and he’s in Texas, so I thought, he’s in Texas, I can start one here and I don’t think I’ll be stepping on anyone’s toes.”
Her son then painted the head of the snake and made the sign on June 15th.
A month after the head was placed in Cottonwood Island Park, Roxy grew to 180 feet long with 788 painted rocks.
– with files from Darin Bain, MyPGNow.com staff
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