Fraser Valley’s only parent-participation preschool celebrates 50 years in Chilliwack

Fraser Valley’s only parent-participation preschool celebrates 50 years in Chilliwack

A unique preschool in Chilliwack celebrated its 50th anniversary, bringing current and former students, parents, teachers and the original founders together on the weekend. It was Kathy Brown and Vicki Mulligan who came up with the idea to open Hobby Hill Parent Participation Preschool back in 1976. They put notices in residents’ mailboxes throughout Sardis and Chilliwack, had bake sales, organized raffles, and bought toys from garage sales in p…