Blog / What Exactly is Try-It Day?

One of our favourite signature events is our Try-It Day event.  This past June we held our biggest one to date and it was a resounding success. Thank you to the 37 organizations who offered 39 different activities and the 23 venues who hosted 650 youth participants.

For those of you wondering “What the heck is Try-It Day?” Try-It Day (TID) is a day of FREE sport exploration for youth ages 6-17.  (We added art classes to our last event for the first time and it was a big hit!)

Sport organizations get a chance to showcase their sport while kids gets an opportunity to try something new and fun.  (Did you know we have more than 80 sports on offer in our region?)  It’s a chance for them to shine and dazzle the community with the programs and coaches they have available.

Try-It Day fits into what the Grande Prairie Regional Sport Connection mandate in two ways.  It helps to promote sport throughout the region and it supports sport organizations with potential membership opportunities.  The Sport Connection organizes the event from start to finish. (Selecting dates, finding sponsors, inviting sport organizations, booking venues, promotions and media, creating the schedule and managing the registrations.) All participants need to do is show up and have fun.

TID has now become a twice a year event with a winter and spring edition.  The dates for the 2023 events are tentatively set at January 21 & June 3.  Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when registration is opening.

Of course, we can’t miss thanking our sponsors,  without them we would not be able to offer this event to the community for FREE.  Thank you to our presenting sponsor Pomeroy Hotel & Conference Center and our 6 sport sponsors who sponsored 12 sports in total.  Adventure Physiotherapy, Aquatera Utilities, Beairsto & Associates Engineering, Elite Vac & Steam,  ISL Engineering, and Ortho 101.

Here is what parents had to say about our latest event:

• All three of my girls loved all of the different sports they tried. Thank you very much for this opportunity.
• My kids love Try-It Day. They look forward to it every year/season.
• This is an amazing program to allow kids to explore and discover new activities without having to commit to an entire session of time and fees if they don’t love it. Move on. We have had the opportunity to try activities I didn’t even know were options within our district!
• It is so amazing to gather again as a community. Thank you for organizing another fun and inclusive event. Congratulations! My daughter had made a new friend and they are both looking forward to connecting again over kickboxing or a playdate soon.
• We moved to GP Dec 2021 and we joined the Try-It Day to get to know the community. It was a great way to know some activities places in town and meet some parents on site.

What sports would you like to see at Try-It Day?