Family Day Fun in Sylvan Lake!
Sylvan Lake will be a hot bed of excitement on Family Day long weekend! The traditional Winterfest family events will be happening on Sat. Feb. 13 beginning at 1 pm with the Polar Bear Dip. Families will also be able to enjoy sleigh rides, snow painting, the Ultimate Cardboard Box Sled Challenge and much, much more. Be sure to bring your skates and warm clothes and plan to stick around all day. Fireworks begin at 8 pm at the Pier.
An interesting addition to the Family Day long weekend activities is a 50 km speed skating race on 2.5 kilometers of natural ice. The event will draw over 100 skaters and close to 100 volunteers – and that isn’t counting the spectators! The event begins on Family Day (Mon., Feb. 15) at 10 am and continues throughout the day. For more information about these events visit www.sylvanlake.ca or www.slimarathon.webs.com.
Sweet 16 2009 Grand Prize Winner!
Congratulations to Loretta Thiering for winning the 2009 Alberta Sweet 16 Grand Prize!
Grand Prize:
This year's grand prize includes a weekend getaway to the Town of Stettler with a 2 night stay at the Best Western Crusader Inn, tickets for the Alberta Prairie Railway Excursion, voucher for the White Goose Family Restaurant and the Alberta Sweet 16 travel bag filled with prizes from the Central Alberta area.
Sweet Victory
Alberta Sweet 16 Wins Alto Award
(Central Alberta) – On Monday, October 26 in Banff the Central Alberta Tourism Committee, under the marketing campaign “Alberta Sweet 16” won the 2009 provincial Alto Award for Marketing Partnership.
“We are thrilled to win this award. It is great to be recognized for the excellent marketing partnership that we have in Central Alberta. This year we had 10 municipalities who came together and pooled resources in order to further promote all the awesome attractions and events we have right here in our own backyard,” stated Dean Schweder, Chair, Central Alberta Tourism Committee and Tourism & Economic Development Coordinator, Town of Rocky Mountain House.
The 10 committee members include the following municipalities and tourism organizations; Innisfail, Lacombe, Ponoka, Red Deer (Tourism Red Deer), Red Deer County, Rimbey, Rocky Mountain House, Stettler, Sylvan Lake, and Wetaskiwin.
From May long weekend to September long weekend, Alberta Sweet 16 promotes a feature event, along with all the other great activities that are going on each weekend in Central Alberta.
The marketing campaign is centered on their website (www.albertasweet16.com), which promotes local events and attractions through a very user friendly year round calendar. “Tourism is the fourth largest industry in Alberta and generates over $5 billion in revenues each year. Therefore, it is crucial that Central Alberta remains competitive in this industry and that we continue to send the message that our area is a wonderful tourism destination,” concluded Schweder.
