Strathmore Children’s Festival returns

Times Contributor    

 

After a successful debut year, the Strathmore Children’s Festival will be returning on March 9 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Civic Centre, with another fun-filled day of activities.

Melissa David, organizer of the event, says the idea sparked when Strathmore’s youth started getting a bad reputation last year, following graffiti and drug overdose cases.

Last year’s response to the festival was so positive that David says she is “ecstatic” to be able to continue this year. 

“Everyone was very positive and basically just hoped we could do it again.”

This year’s event will be expanded from last year’s to include a photo booth, an airbrush tattoo artist, more games, and for the first 100 children,  goodie bags filled with items from various sponsors.

Some of last year’s favourites, including the balloon twister, will be returning to the Civic Centre for the event as well.

All local businesses have made this event possible, including dental offices, financial institutions and Global Training Centre. 

ATB will be sponsoring the event this year, David says they are “very excited about this” since ATB have been a “pleasure to work with.” 

“We have had such great support from the community and local businesses this year to ensure we could keep this a free event for everyone to attend,” said David.

“It is great to see such wonderful community involvement.” 

For more information, please visit the Strathmore Children’s Festival Facebook page, Strathmore Children’s Festival March 9, 2013.