Bring the Tools to the Trees
A Home Base for Healing Everett Crowley Park
Community members like you are at the heart of Everett Crowley Park’s recovery. For over 40 years, this community has helped heal the park’s ecology, transforming a former landfill into a thriving urban wilderness.
Our volunteer park stewards are active and eager, but too much of their time is spent hauling tools back and forth from the community centre instead of planting and protecting the park.
That could change with the Community Stewardship Basecamp: a permanent park headquarters created from a used shipping container. We have connected with a trade school to explore a collaboration on a custom-built, solar-powered, off-grid hub.
The Champlain Heights Community Association is spearheading this project, with support from the Vancouver Park Board. Community donations, in-kind contributions, CHCA funding, and grants we have applied for will help move this project forward in phases.
Our immediate goal is to raise $5,000 between Earth Day (April 22) and World Environment Day (June 5) to support next steps like planning, site preparation, and implementation..
Here are a few of the project costs:
- $200 installs an exterior rain-capture system for cleaning tools.
- $300 secures the site with industrial locks to protect specialized gear.
- $2,000 prepares the site for safe placement of the Basecamp.
- $2,500 covers delivery and placement into the park.
- $25,000 helps outfit the unit with solar power, batteries, and weatherproof storage.
Your support is a one-time investment with long-term impact.
Every contribution helps build the foundation for a permanent stewardship hub that can support restoration, education, and community care for years to come.
Please note that we cannot provide tax receipts because we are not a federally registered charity. All donations will support the Community Stewardship Basecamp project. If the project cannot proceed as planned, funds will be redirected to closely related stewardship and restoration work in Everett Crowley Park.
You have the power to make a lasting impact on the sustainability of one of Vancouver's most important ecosystems!!
Phase 2: Creating the Social Heart of the Park
The Basecamp is about more than storage and logistics. It can also become a welcoming community hub, a place for neighbours to connect, share stories, and gather around park events.
Future additions may include:
-A mural by a local First Nation artist
-A community bulletin board
-A pop-up learning space
The Everett Crowley Park Committee is a proud committee of the Champlain Heights Community Association.
The Everett Crowley Park Committee humbly acknowledges that we work and live on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.
