Cyndra Townley is physically incapable of passing by a lonely mitten.
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A lot of keys.
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She once picked up a tiny bootie in Beacon Hill Park and through the power of social media got it back to the owner 含羞草研究社� well the owner含羞草研究社檚 parents. What seemed an inconsequential piece of clothing returned was actually from Denmark, a gift from grandparents and of course part of a pair.
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Finding the neighbourhood groups on social media cluttered with home rental listings and quasi-jokes about leaf blowers, Townley created a dedicated page on Facebook called .
There she and the community match up people with a ton of missing keys and mitts, plus the odd plushie.
She marks her latest stuffed animal the most rewarding 含羞草研究社� and popular 含羞草研究社� find to date.
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It also elicited the most heartfelt and copious responses. A back-and-forth of conversation and ideas also plays into the underlying reason Townley started the page.
A Canadian who grew up in war-torn Libya, she含羞草研究社檚 a fan of creating positive community.
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Shortly after moving to Oak Bay three years ago, she joined Block Watch as another way to build community and meet people. Now she含羞草研究社檚 a leader for 60 homes in her neighbourhood. It also morphed into work with the Oak Bay Emergency Preparedness Program.
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She figures about one-third of the items listed on the Facebook page wind up returned. She recently successfully retrieved her own lost light-up dog collar.
And Townley has a potential plan for the leftovers.
Already she含羞草研究社檚 envisioning the community connection that might be created with a clothesline of lonely gloves, boots and wayward caps, and an invitation online to let folks know to 含羞草研究社渃ome by for the things you lost.含羞草研究社�
