Duane Hicks
After taking a year off, the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club is bringing back its very popular Good Friday breakfast, with tickets set to go on sale next week.
The breakfast will take place Friday, April 6 at 8 a.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous.
Tickets, which cost $10 each, will be available from all Kiwanis members, as well as at several locations around town, including Lidkea Optometry.
New Kiwanians Diane Maxey and June Caul are organizing the breakfast.
“We’re hoping to have a good turnout,” said Maxey.
Rev. Jacob Quast, of the Church of the Lutheran Hour here, will be the guest speaker while the “Fort Harmonies,” the choir led by Maxey, will provide the music.
The club opted not to have a Good Friday breakfast last year, but the local Salvation Army did step up and held its own prayer breakfast.
“I personally think it is a great thing they brought it back,” said Maxey. “Sometimes when you take something away for a year, it makes people aware that it was a very special activity.
“I think this is a lovely way to start the Easter season,” she added. “It’s very meaningful and I think people really appreciate it.
“Breakfast is a good time. You come out, and afterwards you have your whole day,” she reasoned.
Maxey said that with its new members, the Kiwanis Club has more hands to do work, which makes it easier for everyone to put on an event like the Good Friday breakfast.
“We’re very much looking forward to it,” she enthused. “We’re hoping we have a good group out—there usually is—and the food is wonderful.
“As new Kiwanis members, June and I are excited,” added Maxey. “We’ve always gone [to the breakfast] but we’ve never been part of the actual group.
“With all of the new members, it’s brought enthusiasm to the [Kiwanis], to renew some things and to start new projects. . . .
“It’s going to be big this year for us, it’s going to be fun.”
The event began here back in 1994 by Kiwanis past governor Ken Koprowski.
The purpose of the event is to celebrate Good Friday in a spirit of unity with a non-denominational event.
It’s also a way for the Kiwanis to say “thank you” to the public for its support.
