Thursday, September 23, 2010

Children's Fair Coming


A fair, showcasing children's services in the Rainy River district, is making a return next month.

The October 5 event at J.W. Walker School in Fort Frances is being put on by the Coming Together for Kids Coalition.

Chair Miranda Sigurdson of the Northwestern Health Unit says they're hoping for a variety of agencies to participate.

"Any agencies, groups, service clubs that provide services to children we're inviting them to come out to the children services fair," says Sigurdson, "to showcase what they have to offer to people with children in the area."

Anne Ainsworth, an early literacy specialist from Kenora, will also be on hand to provide workshops for parents that encourage literacy skills for children through music and reading.

The last fair of its kind was held in 2006.