Family-Fun-Apalooza-Winter-Luge-athon

The Family-Fun-Apalooza-Winter-Luge-athon is coming back to North Huron for its 16th year! 

Started back in 2009, the Family Day weekend festivities have often included community breakfasts, face painting, carnival games and activities, ice skating and a Wingham Ironmen Junior Hockey game, with events in Wingham, Belgrave and Blyth throughout the long weekend, which runs February 15 to 17. 

While any luge-ing you may do during this weekend is strictly at your own discretion, the mouthful of a name was designed to be fun and engage with the community, with a local radio station once even having a “Say Family-Fun-Apalooza-Winter-Luge-athon As Fast As You Can” contest.

Many of the weekend’s offerings are free thanks to the generosity of the sponsors, while the community breakfast is a fundraiser for the North Huron Community Food Share, with the goal of “families helping families”, according to the event’s original architect, Denise Lockie, the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Township of North Huron.

Lockie also hopes that families and community members enjoy the outdoors and some of the fun winter activities that North Huron has to offer, like snowshoeing on the local trails or in Wawanosh Park Conservation Area. To make the holiday even more fun and get people connected, this year the Township will be including a Selfie Contest for participants to post their Family Day activities to the Township’s Facebook page to enter a draw.

The event culminates on Monday with the much-beloved new tradition: a Wingham Ironmen Junior Hockey game at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex! Get there early, these highly anticipated games are a highlight of the Family Day weekend for the surrounding communities. 

While many of the event details have yet to be released, stay tuned to the Township of North Huron’s website and social media for all the updates! Visit www.northhuron.ca for the details.