Published in The BANAR September 2016
by Brent Lawrie, Blackburn FUNFAIR Chair
We sure kicked off the start of a great summer with another excellent FUNFAIR. Check out the photos of people of all ages joining in on the parade and weekend fun.
The phenomenal work of the FUNFAIR team helped make this another stellar year. Together with the help of our sponsors and everyone within and outside of our community, and even with the arena being closed for renovations, the failed generator on the Friday night and the heavy rain on the Sunday, we still raised $13 000 to be distributed back into our local organizations and school programs. We also had the first mixed softball tournament in many years, which was a great success. As well, we had Glowsports on Friday and Saturday night which we hope to build on in future FUNFAIRS, and the biggest stage to date for excellent entertainment. Plus all the other events that help keep the FUNFAIR entertaining.
I would like to express my gratitude to the FUNFAIR team, all the volunteers, and the community for their continued support of our annual FUNFAIR and a special thanks to all of the FUNFAIR sponsors who continually support a great tradition. Next year’s FUNFAIR should be better than ever as it will be Canada’s 150th birthday and there are some city initiatives that I hope we can benefit from and deliver our biggest FUNFAIR ever. I’ll keep you posted as things unfold. Next year’s FUNFAIR will be Friday the 2nd to Sunday the 4th of June, 2017.