LAC LA BICHE - Lac La Biche’s Bold Centre was a busy place on Feb. 17 as people of all ages turned out for the Family Day festival.
The event featured a variety of activities, including games, a free chili and hot dog lunch, a scavenger hunt, and inflatable obstacle courses.
Families could spend part of the day skating with members of the Portage College Voyageurs men’s hockey team and the Voyageurs were also on hand to participate in a shootout that was followed by a new Family Day activity called a ‘Hockey Sock Toss Shoot out’.
A large group of people participated in the event, which involved throwing socks onto the ice when the whistle signalled that the hockey shootout had begun. The socks were purchased at the Lac La Biche County FCSS welcome table for 50 cents a pair. Money raised from the event went to the food bank, while the socks were donated to local homeless shelters.
Attendees at the Family Day event also go to enjoy tasty, sweet cinnamon buns cooked up by members of New Life Victory Fellowship, served with hot chocolate.
Due to extremely cold temperatures outside, some planned outdoor activities such as the customary sleigh ride and campfire were cancelled, while others were moved indoors.
Among those in attendance at the Family Day festivities were Asia Flumian and Makenna Colosimo.
Flumian was part of the group of parishioners from New Life Victory Fellowship. She had fun serving up cinnamon buns to people who stopped by the booth. Family Day, she said, brings families together for an afternoon of excitement.
“I think it’s good for the community because everyone gets to come together and experience the Bold Centre and come have fun,” Flumian told Lakeland This Week.
For Colosimo, the most enjoyable aspects of the community event are spending time with family and participating in activities.
“The whole community comes, and they play games,” she said.
After coming to last year’s Family Day celebration, Amanda Harris and her family returned for the 2025 edition.
Harris, who lives in the Craigend area, said Family Day gives people an opportunity to see what the Bold Centre and Lac La Biche have to offer.
“It brings the farming community into town,” she said.
