Drive-by birthdays: Calgarians celebrate kids’ special days with parades amid COVID-19 pandemic Son Brian Jackson, who helped organize the birthday surprise, said he was ‘beaming’ with how well it turned out.“We have been thinking about this for a while, and there have been times we did not think he would make it.”“Someone up there is looking down on us saying you deserve a sunny day, and we got one,” Brian said.He said the day would not have been possible without the help of staff at Parkwood.Charlie was born and raised in London, Ont.