There's a new family festival in town, and proceeds help send under-privileged kids to summer camp.
Burnaby Community Services is launching the first Family Festival on Saturday, June 21, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to benefit the Camping Bureau.
"We wanted to have a really fun event that would bring people out and celebrate our communities and what we do for each other," said Stephen D'Souza, executive director of Burnaby Community Services, which sends kids from low-income families to summer camps.
The first Family Festival is at Burnaby's Central Park, between Kingsway and Patterson SkyTrain station. Admission is free, and there will be tons of fun things to do: robot races, face painting, a magic show, sack races, music shows, balloon animals and more. The idea is to have fun the old-fashioned, low-cost way. There are also carnival rides and carnival games, which costs $2 each.
Burnaby Community Services arranged sponsors to come on board, to help raise money for the Camping Bureau. There will also be donations boxes, a raffle, and water on sale by donation to help bolster funds.
"We're not expecting to raise a ton of money from this. It's just to get the community out and have a fun time together," D'Souza said. "It's going to be lots of fun. We tried to make it as affordable as possible."
