On Friday night, as our team pf volunteers converged at the hall, the big question was, “Is it going to rain tomorrow?” In our 43 years of hosting this event, we had only been rained out once, many years ago. The decision was made, instead of setting up all our tables outside we would move the event indoors and made the best of it.
It was a wise decision as the rain poured down on July 1, but that did not deter people from coming. We are fortunate to have so many people support our Annual Pancake Breakfast year after year, and this year was no exception despite our weather.
Although our usual outdoor sport activities were not available, we still had face painting with Kay Pike and her team creating amazing faces. We were also happy to have our new community partner there, Birchwood Early Learning. Sandy Wain opened the doors to our playschool area and had many fun activities for the children. Birchwood Early Learning will be running summer camps and a daycare at our hall in the near future.
Our local Foothills Fire Department from Heritage Pointe Station brought their fire trucks over for the kids to look at, which is always a big hit. The crew that was there included Captain Craig Stewart and firefighters Dave Simms, Matt McMullen, and Matt Priolo.
Of course, none of this would be possible without the support of our wonderful team of volunteers. Year after year a fabulous group of people appear to set up the hall, cook hundreds of sausages, pounds of ham, and mix buckets and buckets of pancake batter. Thank you for all your hard work. A big thank you to Dave Metcalf who sets up his master grill trailer to cook all the pancakes. They are always delicious! We also need to extend a big thank you to our two leaders in this major event for us, Trudy Vangilst and John Thorpe. Your hardworking efforts are very appreciated. We truly couldn’t do this without you!
And of course, we couldn’t do this without the support of our outstanding community who show up rain or shine to enjoy the food and spend time with friends. Thank you so much.
The team of volunteers.
Edith and her granddaughter Hailey, our reception team.
In the center, Trudy Vangilst, on the left, our President Mike Kosinec, and on the right, board member and part time face painter Mia Staysko.
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