Tofield WinterFest heralds Christmas cheer
Tofield held its annual Christmas weekend in the form of Tofield WinterFest 2019 from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, as people from the community and surrounding areas participated in the activities.
On Friday evening, Nov. 29, the Community Hall was packed with bingo lovers (see page 2), as the Tofield 4H Beef & Multi Club hosted their annual event.
Saturday, Nov. 30, started off with ‘Breakfast with Santa’ at the Legion, followed by the Festival of Trees in the afternoon at the Community Hall; and “Elf” capping off the afternoon. In the evening, the ‘downtown parade’ started off the show, which was followed by Lighting of the Tree and caroling; family dance, and fireworks at the ball diamond.
From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, the IGA parking lot had the ‘Stuff the Bus’ event going on, where people could buy hampers from the store, and owner/operator Dave Hare or Dave Sr. as he is known in the community, would match the hampers going to the Tofield and Area Food Bank.
“This year we sold about 400 ‘hampers of hope’, and we have been participating in this program for eight years now I think,” Hare said. “This year also marks the 40th . . . contd.
