We’re going on a bear hunt at the Lions Family Picnic!

Children's Day celebration in Whitianga

So, mummies and daddies, nanas and poppas (even a favourite aunty or uncle) bring your own yummy treats, cool drinks and picnic blankets, throw in the sunhats and sun screen and come join the activities at the Whitianga Lions Family Picnic Day.

It’s being held on the Day of the Child with good reason. As our ‘late summer’ starts to warm our hearts, it’s time to make some special memories with the ‘little people’ in our lives.  To help get things underway Matilda the Time Travelling Fairy is going to bring her fairy friends to ensure there’s lots of magic.  Your little one can be transformed into a beautiful butterfly or perhaps a super hero with a lick of face paint. They’ll be transfixed by giant bubbles drifting by and balloons squeaking into shape as cute creations.

Bear hunt, fun, food and music!

“You can’t beat a chilled-out family picnic and the Whitianga Bike Park is the perfect location with its own activities and shady trees to hide teddy bears behind for the Bear Hunt; there’s heaps of room for everyone to gather and watch the egg and spoon races (wrapped chocolate eggs of course)."

Mike Brown - Whitianga Lions Club Project Mammogram coordinator. 

The Lion’s will be sizzling sausages, and you can grab an ice cream and a coffee. There’ll be some great music from the Whitianga Dixieland Band, Soul Sax, and The Rocking Realtor and from the CFM caravan.

Tina Clark from The Bike Man will show the parents and kids how to correctly fit their cycle helmets and Whitianga’s community police will be on hand to help and explain the importance of wearing helmets on bikes and scooters.

Proceeds to Project mammogram

The Lions would like to thank the generous support of the community and everyone involved, including major sponsors CFM and Robert and Julie Denning-Kemp for helping make this event happen. The event couldn’t have be organised this day without such generous support

All proceeds from the day will go towards the Project Mammogram fundraising efforts. 

So, mark the date, March 5 but don’t tell the littlies, remember it’s a surprise! Gates open at 9.30am and the Lion’s picnic will roar into life at 10am finishing at 2pm. Bring some cash too; there will be limited eftpos available at the gate for entry sales only, and two lines for cash sales. See full event details on the All About Whitianga Events pages.