Many clubs took part in Community Groups Showcase

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As many as 45 local clubs and organizations participated in the Elliot Lake Community Groups Showcase on Saturday, May 13 at the Collins Hall.

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Leigh-Anne Doyle, Elliot Lake tourism coordinator, estimates that a few hundred people attended the event, and she is pleased with the turnout.

“I hope a lot of them gained some new members and volunteers,” Doyle said, adding that she would also like to hold a similar event in the fall.

Doyle says she got feedback from some of the participants who said they got a lot of interest from the public at their tables.

Some of the clubs and organizations that attended included, the Elliot Lake Amateur Theatre Ensemble (ELATE), Stage Door Players, Elliot Lake Roundabout Exceptional Puppeteers, Elliot Lake Arts Club, Elliot Lake Aquatics Club, Youth Slow Pitch, Elliot Lake and Area Rod and Gun Club, Elliot Lake Pride, Elliot Lake ATV Club, Faith Lutheran Church, Elliot Lake Model Railroad Club, Historical Society of Elliot Lake to name a few.

Liz Kanski, of the Elliot Lake Roundabout Exceptional Puppeteers, attended to promote their upcoming production of Into the Unknown on Friday, May 26 at 6 p.m. and on Saturday, May 27 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. The shows will be in the Elliot Lake Secondary School gym. Tickets are $10.

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Society for Animals in Distress also had a table at the event promoting the animal shelter and seeking new members.

Celia Sankar, of the Diversity Canada Foundation in Elliot Lake, was pleased with the event.

She said the pandemic “was tough, but we’re still here. It’s so wonderful for the city to organize this.”

Sankar was promoting The Joy Project, which will soon be available.

“We want to focus on how people can make it through difficult times and come out of it smiling.”

She said having another such event in the fall would be good for the community and organizations.

The Elliot Lake Community Tennis and Pickleball Club was in attendance to promote the coming season. They will be having an open house on June 11 at the club on Lakeview Road. The club will also be hosting a summer tennis camp July 10 to 14, to register call 705-461-5772.

Elliot Lake’s Jo Anne Matheson, representing FireSmart Canada, was helping to spread the word about the dangers of forest fires. With forest fires across the country destroying timber land and homes, Matheson says they can show people how to lessen the risk of having wildfires destroying their homes. For more information, visit www.firesmartcanada.ca.

The Elliot Lake and Area Rod and Gun Club was asking people to sign a petition to have the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reverse its decision to cease its support of the Elliot Lake walleye rearing pond known as the Leo Barbosa Walleye Pond. It was started in 1984 by the North Shore Fisheries. Many walleye over the years stocked in area lakes came from the pond.