The Maple Ridge Lions Club welcomed tons of of individuals to the Albion Fairgrounds for Family Day on Monday.
Festivities started at 10 a.m. and continued to three p.m. the place folks had the chance to find out about snakes, and owls, play video games, and revel in an enormous spool of cotton sweet.
Cat Foxe, with a bunch of volunteers from The Westcoast Reptile Education Society, was displaying off their reptiles and kids – in addition to adults had the chance to carry certainly one of about 10 snakes that they had on show.
A 6-year-old ball python nicknamed Lemmie, named after the hockey participant Mario Lemieux as a result of there’s one in 66 per cent likelihood of discovering an albino within the wild, and Lemieux’ quantity was 66, was a favorite to carry.
“Their real name is royal python, but everyone calls them a ball python, because when they are scared they go in a ball,” defined Foxe, noting the snake is discovered largely in Africa
A 16-year-old boa constrictor Foxe had round her neck, she defined was present in Central America.
The group, defined Foxe, volunteer their time to carry their very own animals to group festivals to assist folks overcome their concern of snakes.
“It’s a passion project,” stated the North Delta resident who has 17 of her personal snakes at home, most of which had been re-homed and rescued.
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Snakes weren’t the one attention-grabbing animal on show on the Lions Club Winter Festival, visitor additionally had the chance to rise up and near a barred owl named Chico.
Tina Kirkpatrick, who was serving to out with Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey on Monday, defined to youngsters that Chico had about 12,000 feathers on him and their feathers have little hooks in order that after they fly you’ll be able to’t hear them.
As Big As Your Head Cotton Candy Company had been available promoting cotton sweet that, certainly, exceeded the top dimension of all the kids who lined as much as buy some.
There was popcorn by donation to the native Lions membership, video games for the kids, and an area artisan market with all the things from keychains, to bathing merchandise, to 3D printed artwork – with a 3D printer to show the method.
Concession was additionally run by the Lions Club.
