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City promotes active fun with a variety of different initiatives

By Lori Larsen

Don’t let a little cold weather stop you from having a whole lot of fun. The City of Camrose Recreation and Culture Department has put together some fun activities to get residents outside and staying active.

From Feb. 1 to 5, the City will be hosting a Winter Walk Week, part of the February Alberta SHAPE (Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere) initiative which promotes a Winter Walk Day annually on Feb. 3.

“The whole purpose is to encourage people to get outside and get active in the winter,” said City of Camrose Recreation and Culture Department recreation program coordinator Rachel Gulley.

“We are having a Word Scramble Scavenger Hunt around Mirror Lake from Monday, Feb. 1 to Friday, Feb. 5, where we will be posting words around Mirror Lake for participants to locate.”

A “fill in the blank” sheet and map is provided on the City of Camrose website and can be downloaded to use to document the words or letters you find. Once all words and letters are located, documented and combined, they will form a saying.

“The City is having it for the entire week, Monday, Feb. 1 to Friday, Feb. 5, so the paths do not become overcrowded,” explained Gulley.

The City reminds residents while using all outdoor facilities to practice social distancing of at least six feet when around others or to wear masks when that may not be feasible.

The second February initiative which takes place on the Family Day weekend, Feb. 13 to 15, will have City residents “rolling in the snow.”

The City is hosting a Best in Snow Community Snowman Building Contest.

“We are encouraging people, between Feb. 13 and 15, to make a snowman in their front yards then welcoming them to enter the contest.”

Willing participants are asked to send an email to recreation@camrose.ca. Include your name and a photo and the name of your snow creations.

“The event is sponsored by Wild Rose Co-op, and the first prize winner will receive a $100 Co-op gift card and two runners up will each win a $50 Coop gift card, and they will be featured on our social media sites as well.”

The winners will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 16, on the City of Camrose social media pages.

To keep residents from getting bored during the month of February, the City is also providing a February Activity Bingo sheet that is available on City social media and website. The Bingo sheet lists a host of different activities to try, in an effort to keep people busy and having some fun while in their homes.

“On the sheets are different activities such as recipes and crafts,” said Gulley. “Each week in February on the City website, we are promoting four of those activities with packages on how to do all of them.

“You can challenge your friends and family to see who can fill the page up the fastest or fill out the most activities.”

For more information on any of the initiatives, visit the City website at www.camrose.ca/en/ recreation-and-leisure/ programs-and-courses.

Lori Larsen, Camrose Booster

City of Camrose Recreation and Culture Department have hung signs around Mirror Lake containing words or letters for residents to seek out during a Word Scramble Scavenger Hunt.

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