Meet a Machine event - a first-time experience for kids
By Joan Janzen
Kindersley's first-ever “Meet a Machine” event was held at the Kindersley and District Plains Museum on Saturday, September 7th. The free event was sponsored by the Kindersley Community Connections group. Due to the event's timing, which coincided with harvest, there had been a few cancellations of farm machinery. Nevertheless, the event was a huge success, and there were plenty of machines for the kids to check out, including a semi, police car, stock cars, tractors, and all the antique machinery at the museum.
The kids had an awesome time at Kindersley's first-ever "Meet the Machine" Event at the Kindersley Museum. There were plenty of machines outside and lots of fun activities inside.
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At 10:00 a.m., children accompanied by their parents began arriving at the museum. The event aimed to educate children about the safety and operation of many different types of machines in our community and area.
Besides all the machines, there were plenty of indoor activities for the children. The literacy group conducted crafts, and there were free games, interactive activity stations, and door prizes. The fun continued until 2:00 p.m. , with the last half hour designated as a sensory-friendly time without horns or lights.
Take home bags and bottled water were available, as well as bags of popcorn supplied by Better Together Kindersley. Laurie's Rolling Kitchen was on site for attendees' lunch purchases.
Thanks to the Kindersley Community Connections group for introducing this new event to the community. It will indeed become bigger and better in the future.