Dancing at the Grovedale Date Night raises funds for Story Walk

As a warmup to Valentine’s Day, couples donned their boogie shoes on Friday, February 9 at the Grovedale Arts and Culture Centre to support an initiative brought forward by Kingsville’s Communities in Bloom committee.

The committee is in the process of bringing a storybook trail made up of five-to-six stops to Kingsville’s Lakeside Park. 

Janet Willoughby, a volunteer with the town’s Communities in Bloom organization, indicated that the proposed walk would be based on a book by Carol Pasternak that is titled 5 Butterflies.

“We searched around to find something that would appeal to both kids and adults. The book is about monarch butterflies and it’s important that we help them to survive,” said Willoughby.

A theme that was front and centre throughout the evening was termed  ‘Let Your Garden Sleep In’. 

“We are trying to get people to not clean up their gardens so early in the spring,” Willoughby shared. “ Bees and insects are resting in that ‘mess’. By cleaning things up too early, you are harming them.”