Brantford has Bell Homestead and Frosty Fest
The Family Day holiday in Ontario has only been around for a few years, but it's time the focus on the day becomes a time to create as many local family activities as possible -- all-day free public swimming and skating, and maybe open up some school gyms for floor hockey or pickup basketball -- no registration fee and design it as unstructured play time for children and parents.
BRANTFORD
This past Monday, our family went to Frosty Fest in Brantford, which featured outdoor skating, horse-drawn wagon rides, ice carving with chainsaws, snowboarding exhibition, and even kids' midway rides like a carousel, tea cups, and mini roller coaster of trucks.
I believe this was the third year for this downtown winter carnival (Harmony Square literally on the same block as the Sanderson Centre), which is sponsored by the parks and recreation department in Brantford, but is organized by a church group called Freedom House (www.freedomhousebrantford.blogspot.com). The spokesperson / cheerleader for the event runs around in tights and a cape like a superhero and calls himself Captain Kindness.
With media sponsors CKPC radio and the Expositor newspaper, and corporate backing from TD Bank and Sylvan Learning Centre and many many others, the City of Brantford has a great idea happening.
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