A weekend trip to the farmers market is never a bad idea, and this Sunday is the day to go.
The La Broquerie Farmers Market is this Sunday, July 30, from 11 AM to 3 PM by the cow on Principale St. Market Coordinator Cheryl Beyak says there will be over 15 vendors on site with various fresh produce, local vendors selling their unique items and music to accompany the scene.
“There's all kinds of different crafts from local vendors, and it's a great way for those businesses to become known in the municipality,” Beyak explains. “There's really something for everybody there. There's snacks from bakers. There's fruit and veggies.”
She adds that La Bikequerie will also be at the market for bike repairs and will have bikes for sale "at a great price."
Beyak says the La Broquerie Farmers Market is more than just a market, it's a community event with opportunities to connect with others and support local vendors and their businesses.
“It just promotes cultural heritage because some of the vendors are bilingual. We have bilingual musicians. It's a community event for people to gather together,”
We will be there with Wendy’s Show Us Your Summer from 11 AM to 1 PM.
The Vassar Pool has seen a lot of action this season. Cassidy Davis of the Vassar Pool says their pool has been around for more than 50 years and that having the pool in their community is “fantastic.”
“Every summer we seem to get more people from even outside the local area,” Davis says. “We're getting people from further and further away, and it's so fantastic to see all these kids taking swimming lessons and learning how to swim. We've started training our own lifeguards, so it's great to have kind of a long-standing legacy of kids that have taken swimming lessons here all the way into lifeguarding.”
They offer public swimming, swimming lessons, lifeguard training and aquacise, which Davis says is “a ton of fun to listen to music and exercise in the water.”
Coming up on Saturday, July 29, from 11 AM to 3 PM is Swim for a Cause, a fundraiser in support of Steinbach and Area Animal Rescue (SAAR). Davis says this is new for their community.
“A lot of people don't know about it that they cover this area, so we're really trying to promote them, and hopefully maybe we'll have some adoptable kitties for people to meet, and we'll have some dogs that have been adopted, that people can see how great a rescue animal can turn out,”
In addition to the animals, they will also have swimming and a barbecue, and proceeds will be shared between the pool and SAAR.
We are counting down the days to the giveaway for the brand-new trailer from Steinbach Trailers and RV, but there is still time to grab one of 250 golden tickets to be entered!
Wendy’s Show Us Your Summer continues, and we are back to the trailer.
Find us at the La Broquerie Farmers Market to enter for your chance to win a golden ticket. You can also check out the trailer and take a selfie with it at the Mennonite Heritage Village.
Keep checking the Wendy’s Show Us Your Summer page on SteinbachOnline and listening to our radio stations to not miss out on any chances to win big!
Here is another event happening this weekend:
Summer Family Movie Night – Friday, July 28
The Jake Epp Library is hosting its Summer Family Movie Nights, and this Friday, they will be showing Ainbo. It is a free-admission event with free popcorn. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.