The annual tradition of a Barriere Lions Club pancake breakfast and Easter hunt was at the fall fairgrounds for the first time.
“It is a lot of fun. It is a chance for our Lions Club members to get together to do something,” organizer Antoon Houben told the Clearwater Times about the April 9 Easter event.
“It brings families together. It brings out grandparents and grandkids. We had a mob of kids, it was wonderful.”
The district also put on an Easter basket decorating competition during the morning, which it supplied the materials for. That competition was headed by Councillor Judy Armstrong, Houben said.
The pancake breakfast was by-donation, and all children were invited to participate in the Easter egg hunt free-of-charge. That was made possible in part by the I.D.A pharmacy, which Houben thanked for providing a significant portion of the chocolate eggs.
Houben also thanked the North Thompson Fall Fair & Rodeo for providing the fair grounds and Fall Fair Ambassadors for helping the Lions club set up the picnic tables. The location worked well because it was more contained than the former location at the Barriere Ballparks. Organizers let the older children roam to find their eggs as the younger children participated in a smaller area reserved for their age group. It was also convenient that the fairgrounds already had a booth for the Lions club as a home base.
More information about the Lions Club is available on its Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Barrierelionsclub/.
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