VY Volume |, Issue 8 Vive Actor hiewtlily vw Covering the h ofActon June 2023 Annual Canada Day Fireworks ready to dazzle at Prospect Park Find your copy of The Acton Monthly at these locations: - Hillsview Active Living Centre, Acton -Dollar Stretcher Daze - Holland Shop -Acton Optical Downtown Acton BIA Office (Acton Town Hall Centre) -Bank of Montreal -Vinyland -Zapa Projects Coffee Shop And many more across town! For $5 per month, An annual Canada Day tradition is ail a ep ready to go for another year at Prospe saint to poe Scott, of the Acton pussaghtars" volunteers put a ang tb the chow happen, with the wale of fying improve the display each and every In addition to sponsorships cil fesiialiees 8 Scott saya tha pl wublic can make donat ‘ing the ‘ight of the show as volunteers will tee by, at the park entrances, to collect money. yn stand- The Canada Day Fireworks shoiy! is expected to start dazzling audiences between 9:00—-9:30 P.M. i | siete for this year, freworks dis} ca that will contain over 700 shells in the sky. Park ant pose a threat to the display, it will crew of volunteers more ered two hours to set up “Our shell count is in around 750 shells and we also have a large number of what they call ‘cakes’. And, basically, a cake is a box with numerous shells. There'll be a oduct down on the point at Prospect Park... It takes between two- and-a-half to four hours to set it up. It's quite labour intensive at times, that’s for sure.” with this year’s display tating at cqeoaataly $22,000. Now while the cost of buying the fire- works is high, the Fireighterd Association in sble to save more on cost through self setup. “It’s an expensive show, but the nice thing becatise if all woluntssea that eet up and vo the show, we are able to do an excellent show signifi- cantly cheaper than if we were to have a company come in and shoot the same show for Eid money used to put on a anal display possible through sponsorships anc fundraisces bald hrpaghous the yext Day Fireworks display at Prospect paket asi can follow the Acton Firefighters’ Association social media, ~ py N\ LAL es HOLLAND SHOP European Deli Since 1955 Acton, Ontario 519-853-0950 Cold Cuts, Cheese, Gifts & Gift Baskets