Perth Children’s Water Festival Family Event on May 29th
Families are invited to the first in-person Perth Children’s Water Festival on Sunday, May 29, from 1-4 pm, at the Falstaff Family Centre! This free event features hands-on, family friendly activities that highlight and celebrate the importance of water.
“Community partners from across Perth County have worked together to create fun and informative resources about the importance of water. We are thrilled to showcase these activities at the first in-person Perth Children’s Water Festival, where we can come together as a community and celebrate water!” said Linda Smith, Water Festival Coordinator for the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA).
Water Festival activity stations include Stream of Dreams community art, a fire truck, a hydro-vac truck, a hydration station, and other activities based on water conservation, protection, science, and technology.
Bookings are recommended for families who want to take part in the Stream of Dreams community art activity station, where they will paint a fish made of recycled plastic for an on-site art mural: Eventbrite.
Perth Children’s Water Festival Family Event details:
- Sunday, May 29, 1-4 pm
- Falstaff Family Centre, 35 Waterloo Street N, Stratford
- Masks are required for entering the building which includes the Stream of Dreams activity and washrooms.
- Please walk, bus, or bike as on-site parking is limited. Bike racks are on site.
- Bring your reusable water bottle to fill at the Hydration Station.
Media representatives are invited to join us at the event. Please see our poster for more information: Perth Children’s Water Festival.
Perth Children’s Water Festival Committee partners supporting and taking part in the event include:
- Avon Maitland District School Board
- City of Stratford
- Falstaff Family Centre
- Huron Perth Catholic District School Board
- Huron Perth Health Unit
- Ontario Clean Water Agency
- Ontario Federation of Agriculture
- Perth County Libraries
- RBC Wealth Management
- St Marys Cement
- Stratford Fire Department
- Stratford Perth Museum
- Thames River Cleanup
- Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
- YMCA of Three Rivers – Stratford Perth
Contact: Linda Smith, Community Partnership Specialist