{"id":5787,"date":"2021-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/best-of-hoffman-the-garbu-family\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:48:04","slug":"best-of-hoffman-the-garbu-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/es\/best-of-hoffman-the-garbu-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Hoffman &#8211; The Garbu Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July 2021 \u2013 The Garbu Family<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/12\/Best-of-Hoffman-July-2021-Garbu-Family-scaled-e1627577544151-300x162.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/162;\" data-smush-webp-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.heparks.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Best-of-Hoffman-July-2021-Garbu-Family-scaled-e1627577544151-300x162.jpg&quot;}\" \/><figcaption>The Garbu Family \u2013 Recipient of the July 2021 Best of Hoffman Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoffman Estates Park District would like to recognize the Garbu Family as July\u2019s Best of Hoffman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Silvia and Alexandru Garbu, along with their two children, Laurentiu and Calin, have lived in the Hoffman Estates area for ten years. They are nature lovers, and truly enjoy using all of the parks in the area. Silvia stated \u201cwe are blessed, we have a good life, and we want to give back to our community that we care so much about and that offers us so many ways to enjoy nature.\u201d Silvia and Alexandru would like to instill a sense of obligation in their children to participate, volunteer and give back to their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the HEParks series of Spring Cleanup events, the Garbu family participated in the Victoria Park Cleanup. During the South Ridge Park Cleanup, Silvia mentioned the volunteer group was small but able to accomplish a full cleanup in a short time. The Garbu family also participated in the Spring Seed Bombing, as well as the Invasive Plant Removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laurentiu is a 17-year-old high school senior, who also works as a lifeguard at the Seascape facility. Calin is nine and enjoys volunteering. The family is interested in participating in additional events in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you, Garbu Family, for your service and for making such a positive impact on our parks and our community.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 2021 \u2013 The Garbu Family Hoffman Estates Park District would like to recognize the Garbu Family as July\u2019s Best of Hoffman. 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