Fest-for-All coming Sept. 12 and accessibility committee gets update

The Essex County Accessibility Advisory Committee.

The Essex County Accessibility Advisory Committee is presenting its second annual Outdoor Accessibility Fest-for-All later this month and their colleagues in Amherstburg received an update last week.

The Amherstburg Accessibility Advisory Committee was given more information on the festival last Thursday evening as part of their meeting. The event, which is scheduled from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Libro Centre, will feature the Miracle League of Amherstburg, Suesanity Pound Fitness, From the Ground Up Adaptive Yoga, the Windsor Ice Bullets sledge hockey team, the Rose City Riot parasports club and more.

“We’re looking forward to the Fest-for-All Sept. 12,” said clerk Kevin Fox. “It’s the County of Essex that’s running the festival for us this year. It is their event. We have been given the nod to be the host community for this and we’re very proud to have this come into our community.”Fox said there are over 50 vendors that will tell people about services and supports for those with a disability and products that could be useful for persons with a disability.

“We encourage everyone to come out,” said Fox.

Though the county’s committee is hosting the festival, the Amherstburg Accessibility Advisory Committee is welcome to come out, he added. The town’s committee will have a tent set up with a number of features as part of the activities that will be happening that day.

“The amount of parties that have come out to support the county’s initiative is really amazing,” said Fox. “We’re really looking forward to it.”

The Miracle League, the wheelchair swing, and inclusive playground are among the amenities that town should showcase, he added, and hopes the local committee can learn more about what else is out there.

“We all have a lot of work ahead of us but I think it’s going to be a really good experience,” said Fox.

The other six Essex County municipalities are also expected to have representation, Fox indicated.

Committee member Chris Drew said he has talked to a lot of people with interest in the festival. He said there was a lot of people who participated in last year’s Fest-for-All in Colchester and wanted to stay in the loop about this year’s event.

Fest-for-All coming Sept. 12 and accessibility committee gets update

By Ron Giofu