The Lighthouse Wellness Festival is coming to Minto and Wellington North this weekend for the first time ever.<\/p>\n
The event was planned before the COVID-19 pandemic but cancelled.<\/p>\n
Throughout the three days of activities, local businesses, sports organizations and others will \"shed a light on wellness.\" Community Wellness Worker Joe Wettlaufer, who is a member of the sponsor Healthy Opportunities Promoting Empowerment (HOPE) committee, says the festival is a long-awaited one.<\/p>\n
\"This is actually celebrating the tenth anniversary of the HOPE committee. That's what this festival was originally about, but it got postponed due to COVID,\" Wettlaufer explained.<\/p>\n
\"So, it's nice to get back out, get involved with the community and have the community involved with the HOPE committee again,\" Wettlaufer added.<\/p>\n
Making this return to the community, Wettlaufer says the festival will be promoting positive mental health strategies.<\/p>\n
\"When you're feeling well, you feel like you're having a really great day, so that's what we want to promote throughout the whole community of Wellington North and Minto,\" Wettlaufer said.<\/p>\n
\"Anything that makes you feel a little bit better than you did yesterday,\" he concluded.<\/p>\n
The event will get going Friday, Sept. 8 in Mount Forest, with a kickoff barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. that will involve celebrity chefs. An afternoon of speakers will end the event on Sunday.<\/p>\n
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