MANITOULIN— Every day this past week, we’ve been seeing more yellows and reds among the predominantly green of our forest canopy.
By Thanksgiving, Manitoulin will be in the midst of the annual spectacular fall colour palette.
As usual, Manitoulin Island communities are being encouraged to decorate homes, parks, businesses, churches, community halls and farms, every corner of your community in the Harvest Glory Days theme to add to nature’s spectacle.
Also as usual, during the weekend prior to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, judges from The Expositor Office will tour the length and breadth of Manitoulin Island, cataloging how individual communities have risen to the Harvest Glory Days friendly decorating challenge.
Communities where homeowners, businesspeople, municipal or First Nations staff have risen to the occasion to add to the overall visual enjoyment of the season will, as always, be rewarded with large metal signs attesting to the community spirit that these efforts demonstrate. If they’ve been awarded a sign over the past dozen years that this event has been encouraging street level decorating, they will receive a leaf to add to their sign indicating their commitment to maintaining a positive community spirit again in 2025.
Individuals are asked to contact The Expositor office to register where they’ve decorated, with their First Nation/town/hamlet and street address.
This can be accomplished by emailing these details to services@manitoulin.com, by calling 705-368-2744 (weekdays, 9 am to 5 pm) with the details or by visiting manitoulin.com, searching for the Harvest Glory Days bar/icon and recording the details there.
There is a deadline: The Expositor Office needs this input by 5 pm on Friday, October 3 as judging will take place the weekend of October 4 and 5 with the results of the champion communities published in the Wednesday, October 8 issue of The Manitoulin Expositor, together with a photo array and the list of addresses that have decorations on display will also be published in that paper the week before Thanksgiving. Please get decorating! It’s September 17 already!
For an outline of the Harvest Glory Days expectations, please see the ad on page 8A (back page of the LIFE second section.)
Last year’s (2024) Harvest Glory Days honourees included: Sheguiandah, Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, Mindemoya, Manitowaning, Gore Bay, Providence Bay and Spring Bay. Categories are large town, mid-sized town and small town.
by Expositor Staff
