It won’t be long before people will be flipping flapjacks, cooking chili and decorating businesses as part of the off-site activities for Westerner Days. Events are scheduled for throughout the city from this Saturday to Sunday, July 19.
Events kick off with the Bower Place Shopping Centre pancake breakfast on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the southwest parking lot at 4900 Molly Bannister Drive, with proceeds going to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Health Foundation Cattle Round Up.
Other off-site events:
• Mooney Insurance pancake breakfast at 4910 45 Street will take place on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., with money going to the Children’s Wish Foundation.
• Red Deer Express best decorated business competition starts at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
• Regional Mortgage Corp. pancake breakfast is set for 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, in the parking lot at 5229 50th Ave., with proceeds going to the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta and other local children’s charities.
• London Drugs pancake breakfast will take place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15 ,in the London Drugs parking lot at 2004 50th Ave., with money going to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
• Westerner Days Parade will start at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, in Downtown Red Deer.
• World Financial Group barbecue will take place on Wednesday, July 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the 67th Street Save-on-Foods parking lot, with money going to Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society.
• The North Hill Inn merchant’s challenge will include a relay, barrel race and even bed making. It will take place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, in the North Hill parking lot at 7150 50th Ave., with proceeds going to the David Thompson Health Region Foundation.
• London Drugs pancake breakfast is set for 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, in the London Drugs parking lot at 2004 50th Ave., with money going to the Red Deer Food Bank.
• BIG 105 and London Drugs Chili Cook-Off goes from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, in the London Drugs parking lot at 2004 50th Ave., with money going to the Tim Hortons Snow Camp for Kids with Special Needs.
• London Drugs pancake breakfast will go from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, July 17, in the London Drugs parking lot at 2004 50th Ave., with money going to the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.
• Red Deer Lodge’s Wild, Wild Race, a takeoff on the Amazing Race, will take place at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 17, at Sharks’ Garage Pub at 4311 49th Ave., with proceeds going to the Canadian Red Cross.
• London Drugs pancake breakfast will take place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, in the London Drugs parking lot at 2004 50th Ave., with money going to the Red Deer Search and Rescue.
• Parkland Mall Show and Shine will start at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, in the Parkland Mall southwest parking lot at 4747 67th St., with money going to STARS.
• London Drugs pancake breakfast will happen in the London Drugs parking lot at 2004 50th Ave. on Sunday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to noon, with money going to the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter.