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ABBOTSFORD’S ACTIVE ADULTS A local monthly guide to events, resources and services for active adults
February 2015
Capturing the moment
Ab h t are ffrom D i G h ’ personall collection. ll ti Above photos Davina Graham’s board operator and then handling clerical assignments. When the company began shutting down some of its larger departments in Abbotsford in 2002, Graham took the buy-out option and decided to find another position that would see her through to her pension. “On the last day, when I shut the door behind me in late NoTravel Deal of the Week vember of 2003, I VERANDAH CABIN 1 EEarn up to t stopped, took a look on Celebrity Solstice for May around, and wonAeroplan 7 days dered what my world Miles! from gratuities for 2, would look like in the Cdn PP Incl Tax. Receive freecomplimentary $350 on board credit and 2 categories. future,” says Graham. drink packages on select “I liked photography but did not have the B.C. reg 3056-4 604.855.3773 • 103-1975 McCallum Rd time to get into it www.cruiseshipcenters.com/faydavis while working full-
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Davina Graham volunteers for a long list of community organizations and fundraisers. with beautiful images, including emotion when appropriate, and with events, the photos tell a story.” Growing up on a dairy farm on Sumas Prairie, Graham says she spent long hours doing chores and rarely had any time to slow down and enjoy the world around her. “Life flies by so fast, so spare time to smell the roses,” she says. “Your health and life’s enjoyment will pass you by if you have your nose to the grindstone all the time; taking time for yourself is very necessary.” That is exactly what photography
has allowed her to do – capture every moment and enjoy it. Graham also does volunteer photography for a long list of community organizations and fundraisers including MSA Museum, Trethewey House, United Way, the Envision Concert in the Park and Coffee House series for 2013 & 2014, Women’s Resource Society, Big Brothers and Shoppers Drug Mart make-up event fundraisers for breast cancer. She also works for Marathon Photos and shoots the Sun Run and Run for Water.
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