BRIDGTON — WinterKids will kick off the 2011-12 winter season with Cooper Campbell Day, a fun, fast-paced, on-mountain event for kids and their families at Shawnee Peak from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18.
The festival, now in its third year, celebrates the life of Cooper Campbell of Scarborough, who was killed by a drunk driver on the Maine Turnpike in April 2008. According to Steve Campbell, Cooper’s father, 15-year-old Cooper was an avid skier and snowboarder who “enjoyed winter with his whole heart and lived by the words ‘live, love, listen, laugh, learn and leave a mark.'”
WinterKids and Shawnee Peak will help “leave a mark” for Cooper by bringing kids and families out on the slopes to learn and have fun together. Shawnee Peak has generously offered 75 preregistered children and adults the chance to try skiing and snowboarding for the very first time, with free lessons, rentals and lift tickets.
WinterKids invites all families to join the fun at Cooper Campbell Day. In addition to enjoying healthy outdoor activity, kids and their families will enjoy music, fun games, prizes provided by L.L.Bean and Hannaford Supermarkets and more throughout the day.
WinterKids is the nonprofit organization that helps children develop healthy lifelong habits through fun, outdoor winter activity. For more information, visit www.winterkids.org.
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