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A Light Show to Celebrate the Holidays at Gray’s Creek

By Christine Ouellet

t’s just what parents and
Ichildren need to get over the
COVID mood and get excited
about Christmas celebrations
– all while safely inside your

Legion Riders Support a Most Excellent Cause vehicle. The experienCity
Project is hosting a wonderful
Christmas light show, intended
to be so impressive that it will
take you back to your childhood
Christmases.

The Gray’s Creek Holiday
Sparkle event is a drive-thru
light and sound experience
through beautiful Gray’s Creek.
The experience will be created
by the community, lead by a
team of volunteers. Companies,
organizations, and families can
sponsor and decorate a tree or
section along the drive in Gray’s
Creek by visiting our sponsorship
page. The event is being created
to connect the community safely
during the pandemic and to bring
Poster designed by Kelly Bergeron
joy and wonder to Cornwall and
area residents during the holiday Project online to stay up to date.
season.
The planning committee
For those who are unable to is looking for volunteers,
attend the event in person, a equipment, sponsorships
virtual reality experience which (financial or in-kind), and
will be accessible through the any other help to make this a
website, beginning in December.
successful event. You can find
The Social Development details about how you can help at
Council’s experienCity Project www.holidaysparkle.ca.
is leading the planning and The experienCity Project
organization of the event. promotes vibrant communities
The event is being put on in and is a program supported by
partnership with the Raisin the Social Development Council
Region Conservation Area and
of Cornwall and Area. The
Cornwall Tourism.
experienCity Project inspires
The event will run several people to collectively reimagine
nights in December, starting and reinvent public space
December 3rd, between 6:30PM. and it works to strengthen the
and 10:30PM. There is no cost to connection between people and
attend the event, however non- places, using a collaborative
perishable food donations in process to promote better urban
support of the Agape Centre and design.
monetary donations to support
the event and the United Way For more information:
of SD&G will be appreciated. Kelly Bergeron Photo by Robert Lefebvre, icelevel photography
Tickets will be available in the Event Lead
next couple of weeks via the (613) 362-6476 To view or purchase photos go to www.icelevel.com
website: follow the experienCity kelly.bergeron@gmail.com