Fort William’s Family Fields Day a hit – Anishinabek News

September 12, 2024

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — Fort William’s Family Fields Day was a hit with a wide range of participants on August 31 at the Youth Centre in Fort William.

“It went awesome — I love my community and we need more of this, more unity, more as a whole community coming together,” says Marnie Greenwald, recreation coordinator at Fort William. “It means a lot for all this to happen with all the kids, all the adults, all the Elders.”

Greenwald says Family Fields Day was organized by staff from the Health Centre and Youth and Social Development for the community to have one last fun event before the students go back to school.

“It’s all ages, all for our community, we have 55-plus bingo, 18-plus cribbage, we have bouncy castles for four different age groups, we have a meltdown so people can go and dodge it,” Greenwald says. “We also have Dotty the Clown and a watermelon eating contest. And we have field races, which has four different age groups. We also have the water-slide.”