The Nanaimo Dragon Boat Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary of paddling and raising money for cancer research.
The dragon boat festival, which runs on July 8 and 9, brings hundreds of athletes and thousands of spectators, plus vendors, food trucks and an entire dance festival to Maffeo Sutton Park.“We’re looking forward to a weekend of great racing, great entertainment and cultural events, and lots of fun and fellowship,” Kyle Chow, senior manager of operations and events at the Fairway Gorge Paddling Club, said in release.
The paddling club hosts the event to help raise money for both the Nanaimo Hospital Foundation and BC Cancer Foundation. The race begins at 11:30 a.m. and will end with a carnation ceremony where flowers are placed into the ocean in memory of someone who has been lost to cancer.
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