“A beautiful walk through the history of Abbotsford.”

Not only is this book a beautiful walk through the history of Abbotsford community spirit but it is also a timely inspiration. The story and history of Abbotsford Community Services can serve as a guide for the next generation on how to mobilize and organize for a better and more just society. It is a passing of the torch from one generation of local activists to the next.

This book is also a reminder that the services and support we might take for granted as having always been there, have not. The support and services that many of us depend on in some way or another are the legacy of people like Walter and his colleagues who believe in community and spent their careers making sure people of Abbotsford had a place to belong and feel safe.

This a great book for anyone who has lived their whole life in the area or anyone new to calling Abbotsford home, interested in the city’s history. It would also be great reading for social studies teachers or students interested in social work.

-Brenna Fynes, history writer and author, ‘Empress of Fortune’.