The fourth annual Estevan Bump, Baby and Toddler Expo proved to be a great opportunity for current and future parents to learn more about the products and services available to them.
Approximately 400 adults attended the event on Saturday at the Icon Centre. Event chair Chelsea Driedger noted they didn’t keep track of the number of children. Fifty-four exhibitors were present.
“I think it went really well,” said Driedger. “There was a good turnout of people through the door.”
The warm weather on Saturday might have deterred some people from attending the indoor event, she said, but the exhibitors were still pleased with the crowd.
“We are waiting to get our feedback,” said Driedger. “We sent out an email with a bunch of questions to ask the vendors, so hopefully we can get some feedback as to what they would like to see changed, and what we can do to improve it. But all in all, it was a great show this year.”
The vendors were selling hand-crafted goods, holistic products, food and more.
Entertainment included a baby crawl, a photo booth and a magician. The photo booth allowed children to have their pictures taken with characters from the Disney movie Frozen. Driedger noted they had 36 children visit the photo booth.
Adam Elliot was the magician.
“He was fantastic,” said Driedger. “I heard nothing but good things about him. There was quite a bit of laughter coming from the audience.”
A raffle offered a number of items that would appeal to parents and young children.
Proceeds from the expo will be directed towards the obstetrics unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan.
