Deseronto’s Community Rec Centre will be the site of fun Family Day activities throughout the day on Feb. 19.
The day starts off with a pancake breakfast hosted by the Deseronto Fire department, running from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children age 5-12 and free for anyone under five.
Free public skating will be available from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (sponsored by Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Ric Bresee) and again from 2-4 p.m.
From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. there will be free pick-up hockey with the Deseronto Bulldogs Sr. A team for ages 5-12 and then again from 11 a.m. to noon, this time for ages 13-18.
Adult fitness classes will run upstairs at the arena from 10:30 to 11 a.m. and again from 11:30 a.m. to noon.
Magician Rob Driscoll will make an appearance from noon to 1 p.m. to entertain the kids. Later in the afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. the Deseronto Royal Flying Club will demonstrate some remote piloted air-crafts flying over the arena’s ice surface.
Outside the arena horse drawn wagons will run from 1 to 3 p.m. while from 2 to 3 p.m. there will be crafts, balloons and family photos hosted by the Deseronto Public Library.
Deseronto Community Rec Centre is located at 51 Mechanic St.