03/31/2020
To our beautiful float community,
As you know, Float House South Surrey closed its doors on March 18, 2020, in efforts to help ‘flatten the curve’ against COVID-19. This decision was made out of concern for our staff and every one of you. It was the right decision and we made it with the expectation that we would reopen once it was safe to do so.
It is with deep sadness that we now announce the immediate and permanent closure of Float House South Surrey. This difficult decision stems from the current pandemic, and financial hardship experienced by the centre. Our little business thrived when we had a membership base filled with people who loved floating. We lost a considerable number of members after the March 18 closure and it is likely we will never reach that stable base again. We have been told there are loan options, but loans are only more debt which we cannot afford to pay back.
We hope that Float House South Surrey offered you an environment to calm the mind, relax and heal the body, and nurture the soul. To that end, we thought we would focus on the positive and share some stats of the successes we had over the past 4.5 years.
Opened: November 6, 2015 (after more than one year of finding financing)
Total number of floats hosted: 20,749
Total number of individuals: 5,833
Number of members (all years): 1,061
Highest number of members at one time: 283
Top 10 floaters
John A. (221 floats, 331.5 hours)
Rish K. (186 floats, 279 hours)
Boyd W. (160 floats, 240 hours)
Jo-Anne W. (143 floats, 214.5 hours)
Patrick M. (122 floats, 183 hours)
Sean F. (118 floats, 177 hours)
Haroon R. (95 floats, 142.5 hours)
Kevin H. (92 floats, 138 hours)
Brianna B. (91 floats, 136.5 hours)
Tamelia P. (90 floats, 135 hours)
Our top 10 supporters had cumulatively spent 82.27 days in the tanks.
We want to thank our exceptional team. We hope they made your experience more meaningful. And a gigantic thank you to our manager, Tamelia, who many of you know as T. You were the captain, compass and keel of our ship and kept us moving the right direction.
Lastly, we want to thank all of you. Thank you for supporting us with your patronage, for bringing us goodies to make us smile, offering us your friendship, sharing stories, and for allowing us the opportunity to share floating with you. You are our float family and we will miss you.
We wish all of you the very best with your future wellness practices. Please stay safe and healthy.
Jeff + Val
