Kawartha Lakes Pride gets ready for week of fun starting July 5

By Lindsay Advocate

Kawartha Lakes Pride gets ready for week of fun starting July 5

Kawartha Lakes Pride is getting ready to celebrate with an entire week of fun, safe, socially distanced activities starting Monday July 5 and continuing until Sunday July 11.

However, there will be no Pride picnic this year, just like last year, due to the pandemic.

Below is a brief description of what the week will look like.

Monday July 5: Flag raising at Kawartha Lakes City Hall and Kawartha Lakes Police Station. Available on Facebook and Instagram.

Tuesday July 6: Virtual Online Story Time with Nate (he/him) and Audrey (time to be determined)

Wednesday July 7: Virtual Online Hatha Vinyasa Pride Yoga Class taught by Leslie Armstrong (she/her) from 9:30am-10:30am, hosted by Yoga Loft

Thursday July 8: Pooch Pride hosted by Adelaide Animal Clinic – starts at 7pm

Pride Partners: Grow With Pride Craft Time, hosted by Kawartha Lakes Public Library available on KLPL Youtube.

Friday July 9: Fenelon Falls Brewing Company (event TBD)

Pride Messages and Music from The Heaps, Ale Suarez and Cassie Noble – Instagram

Saturday July 10: You Just Got Served — KLP in partnership with Slices N’ Scoops, Fresh Fuell and Country Cupboard are giving away a free ice cream cone (or vegan alternative) to anyone dressed in their favourite Pride regalia.

Make sure you take a photo of yourself in your rainbows with your cone and tag Kawartha Lakes Pride on Facebook or Instagram and the location where you received your free cone and you will be entered to win over $1,000 in gift certificates from local business in the Kawarthas. Country Cupboard will be serving a dairy free, vegan alternative and Slices N Scoops and Fresh Fuell will be serving Kawartha Lakes Dairy ice cream in any flavour you’d like. You can claim your free cone during normal business hours for each of our host locations.

Sunday July 11: Virtual Pride Celebration Service by Cambridge Street United Church – 10:30am CSUC Website.

Winner of the gift card basket will be drawn Sunday Evening, (Facebook/Instagram)

As we receive more details about times and links to these events, I will update you.

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