We had the perfect weather for our 5th Annual Canada Day celebrations. Sunny but cool!
The day started early for some of us who had to ensure that everything was in place before the hundreds of volunteers arrived to set up their individual game booths.
The crowds started to turn up as early as 11 am (the event is from 1 - 5 pm), mingling among the volunteers to find out what new stuff have been added since the last event.
15 minutes before the singing of "O Canada", a long line-up had formed infront of the information booth.
The "early birds" that wanted to collect their game cards, and have first dips on the exciting new games that many of the groups had created just for this year's event.
The turn out this year broke last year's record, and we went through 1,000 hot dogs before 3 pm. The climbing wall (new addition for 2009) and pony rides were a hit; line-ups lasting till closing time.
The greatest joy for me was to see the delight in the faces of the little children as they played the games, collected their prizes and soaking in the sun and the water from the firemen's hosing.
I'm so proud to be the Pastor of this great bunch of volunteers who sacrificed time, money and energy to demonstrate to our community that God loves them and He is the Greatest Giver!
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