Our Welcome to Winter celebration at Lost Valley on December 19th brought the Lewiston/Auburn community together for outdoor winter fun. Hundreds of kids and families learned new ways to embrace the joys of Maine’s winter season, with snowshoeing, skiing, snowboarding, raffle prizes, a sled giveaway, and cozying up with new friends, hot chocolate, and s’mores around the fire.
Here’s a quick peek at Welcome to Winter by the numbers:
❉ An estimated 350 Attendees
❉ 11 generous event partners
❉ 10 incredible volunteers
❉ Over 100 Sleds & Helmets given away
❉ 10 OUT-door prizes awarded
❉ 75+ free ski & snowboard rentals
❉ Umpteen Cups of hot chocolate poured and S’mores consumed
❉ 2 adorable mascots
❉ 1 fun night of outdoor winter fun for all!
Many thanks to Stephen Davis Phillips for capturing all of these great moments!
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to enjoy outdoor winter fun with us! We hope you were inspired to continue to get outside with your families this winter.
We are so grateful to the following partners who helped make the evening a success:
- Lost Valley Ski & Snowboard Area, our gracious hosts.
- Snowshoes and Bean Boot appearances, thanks to our Major Community sponsor, L.L. Bean
- Ski & Snowboard rentals and lessons provided by our host, Lost Valley
- XC Ski demos, courtesy of New England Nordic Ski Association
- Adaptive winter sports gear information & demos, provided by Central Maine Adaptive Sports.
- Info on fun ways to continue getting outside, thanks to Teens to Trails.
- Sleds & Helmet giveaway, generously donated by Flexible Flyer Sleds
- Fun games & prizes brought tons of smiles at the Healthy Androscoggin table
- Comfy heated seating, thanks to our friends at Hüga.
- Helpful information and resources for families, thanks to friends at Evergreen Credit Union.
- Hot chocolate bar, generously provided by Aroma Joe’s Coffee.
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