JulyFest has announced that it has chosen a grand marshal for this year’s annual homecoming parade. He is none other than Kimberley super-volunteer Jim Webster.

With JulyFest being an almost entirely volunteer-run operation – you can register for this year by emailing [email protected] – Karen Cetinski of Rocky Mountain Event Planners felt it was important to recognize volunteers as the heart of the community.

Webster certainly spent the majority of his time volunteering. He has been involved in projects big and small, from organizing national and international orienteering events to donating a sunflower painting to raise funds for Ukraine.

He sold vintage ski chairs from the Kimberley Alpine Resort to raise money for a park he worked on creating this park in Marysville. Webster has competed in the 2007 and 2014 BC Orienteering Championships, the 2010 North American Orienteering Championships, dozens of local trail running and local orienteering events, the Round the Mountain, Turkey Run-off, Dusty Downhill, Symphony on the Mountain, trail mapping and map making. He participated in the Kimberley Pipe Band’s 90th anniversary tattoo in 2017.

When he was honored by the Kimberley Rotary a few years ago for his volunteer work, he said, “I actually like organizing events and getting people involved. Actually, I don’t really like to work, but I get excited about ideas. Then I go too far to go back because I haven’t learned to shut up.

Come and watch the Cranbrook Kia JulyFest Homecoming Parade on Saturday July 16, 2022 and give the Grand Marshal a hearty applause.

READ: Cranbrook Kia JulyFest still looking for volunteers

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