'We want our children to remain in Ukrainian community,' one mother said.
Although they lived in a western city of Lviv, relatively far from the Russian border, her parents considered the situation to be too dangerous to let it threaten their children's lives and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia."This year Spring Festival was about power, and under power I understand not only physical strength, but also mental strength -- the ability to stand your ground firmly and survive," Maria said.
That is why, this year the Spring Festival in Squamish, a town north of Vancouver, gathered dozens of participants not only from British Columbia but also from the US. "It was like I lived two lives at a time: from Monday till Friday, I was American but at home and at the weekends, I was Ukrainian," she said.
Due of the growing number of Plast members in Canada, Seattle branch refused to organize the Spring Festivals by themselves and join the neighbors so close to celebrate the start of the camping year all together. "We want our children to remain in Ukrainian community, study Ukrainian culture and support it at the proper level, communicate with other Ukrainian children," said Anastasia.
"When we moved to Canada from Ukraine many years ago, there was no any hesitation regarding the continuation of the scouting traditions on the new ground,” said Lida Slobodian, this year’s camp commandant, recollecting the great experience from her youth when she was just a common member of Plast. Normally, Plast serves as an opportunity to preserve Ukrainian identity, Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian spirit, but Lida also considers it to be a great school of life, developing leadership and other soft skills.
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