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By Jill Sperling

Teddy Bear Picnic

Hundreds enjoy the sunshine at 15th annual Teddy Bear Mother Goose Picnic

Jun 13, 2019 | 4:50 PM

KAMLOOPS — More than 1,000 parents and children enjoyed a couple of hours in Riverside Park this morning during the 15th annual Teddy Bear Mother Goose Picnic.

The event is a wrap-up celebration to the Kamloops Early Years Parent-Child Mother Goose programs.

This year’s theme is Once Upon a Time, with a goal of expanding young imaginations. Community partners set up booths for entertaining and engaging the kids.

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“It’s just a really great way to showcase what our community has for early years, and to really just come down and play,” said Maureen Doll, family services director with the Kamloops YMCA-YWCA.

“Just play, play, play. It’s a fundamental basis, it’s a foundation of childhood, so we encourage families to come down, bring their friends, bring their parents, come enjoy a picnic and just really have a good time.”

The sun was shining on the morning’s free event, which resulted in more than double the attendance of last year’s rainy event.

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“This year, we definitely were able to spread out a little bit more, the water park is open and the City of Kamloops has come by and been just absolutely amazing helping with anything they can,” Doll said. “So, it’s, I think, bringing more people, but in the end kids don’t care as long as you have them dressed appropriately they’re going to come down and have a good time anyways.”