BRIGHTON KOA Calendar of Events 2018

April 27 to April 29 – CARE TO KAMP WEEKEND

I was so excited for how much participation we had on our opening weekend in

2017. This is a new tradition - come camping with us on opening weekend where

you pay for Friday night and get Saturday night for a minimum $20 donation to care

camps. Not only will you enjoy the excitement of our first weekend of the season,

with all it has to offer - games, wagon rides, movie night, ice cream social, and a

morning craft of potting your own flowers to take home and celebrate the Spring

season, BUT it’s also the OPENING WEEKEND OF FRYDAY – Sabrina’s Chip

wagon – come try the delicious fares. We will finish our weekend off with a yummy

pancake breakfast.

May 4 to 6 – CHILI COOKOFF WEEKEND

I absolute love Chili and I know I am not alone in this love. We’ve decided to plan a

Chili cook-off weekend. AND in addition to the great camping savings, we are looking

for Chili entries to the Cook-Off contest. Bring a large pot of Chili to share with the

campground and we will ask those who taste the chili to vote on their favourite. A prize

goes to the winning Chili with the most votes. We’ve got some super fun stuff planned

for the kids as well – crafts, movie night, wagon rides, etc. Along with a CHILLY plunge

in to the pool that will be open but NOT heated as of yet. A hot chocolate treat will be

given to every child or adult that partakes in the Chilly Plunge. Enjoy a weekend of good eats and good toots!

May 11 to 13 – CARE CAMPS “MOTHERS DAY” BIG WEEKEND

This is the nationally celebrated Care Camps weekend that most KOA’s participate in. Come

camping with us on Friday night and for a minimum $20 donation to Care Camps you get

Saturday night included. We have a superb weekend planned for families. We have wagon

rides, movie night, craft time (cards for mom of course), picture find/scavenger hunt games,

Ice Cream social as usual. To raise more money for Care Camps we will also be selling

tickets to a dance and silent auction - BYOB. Finish the weekend off with a scrumptious

pancake breakfast to be served on Sunday morning. We will have the pool heated for this

weekend.

May 18 to 21 – HOWDY PARTNER WEEKEND (Victoria Long Weekend) This weekend is all about the cowboys and cowgirls. Put on your cowboy hats and pull up

your boots as we do bull riding, lasso contests, and more. And one evening we will have a

country line dancing party. If you don’t know how to line dance, come out for a few lessons!

We’ll have our regular activities follow the country theme as well, with a country craft and

movie. Y’all don’t wanna miss this.

May 25 to 27 – CARTOON WEEKEND

Don’t be surprised to see random visits all weekend from fun Cartoon Characters. Come with t-shirts

or fully dressed as your favourite cartoon character. We will have lots of games for all our costumed

campers to play. All the regular events will be going on as well; craft time, photo ops, and cartoons at

movie night. All the regular events will be going on as well.

June 1 to 3 – PIRATES AND PRINCESSES WEEKEND

Enjoy all the fun and magic of playing pretend. We will

have a treasure hunt where our “pirates” will have to

follow the map to where X marks the spot and find the

hidden treasure. Organized activities for all the kids to

play. Don’t forget to take a ride on the wagon ride and

sail for new lands. Movie night and playing in our pirate ship playground will round out the

perfect weekend. Pancake breakfast will wrap up this super-fun princessy weekend.

June 8 to 10 – BEACH WEEKEND We will have a sand castle making contest, beach volleyball and yummy summer Pina Coladas or

Daiquiris will be served (suitable for all ages). We’ll have games around the pool like diving for

rings and beach ball races and of course all the regular activities,

wagon rides, crafts, scavenger hunts/games, ice cream social, and

movie night.

June 15 to 17 – FATHERS’/ST. PATRICK’S DAY WEEKEND A whole weekend about barbecue and beer? There will be a barbecue of

hamburgers and hot dogs and green beer!! Dads eat free but there’s a $2

charge for the beer. The kids will enjoy searching for a pot of gold at the end

of the rainbow as well as a St. Patrick’s themed craft. All of our usually

scheduled activities such as movie night and wagon rides will be going on as

well.

June 22 to 24 – SCHOOL’S OUT WEEKEND We’ve decided to do a flashback to the 70’s themed weekend. Hippies,

tie dye, and a high school dance party. We will make tie dyed t-shirts.

All the usual fun stuff to do, like craft time and scavenger hunts will

round out this weekend as the best Schools Out party ever. And

pancake breakfast on the Sunday – simply because School’s OUT for

Summer!!!!

June 29 to July 2 – CASINO WEEKEND (CANADA DAY/FOURTH OF JULY)

This week is a big party. We’re going to have a Digital

Scavenger Hunt to help you all commemorate a great week.

BRING YOUR CAMERAS AND SMART PHONES – This is a

family competition. First family to complete it wins a prize.

Fireworks will help us celebrate with a Bang. We will have

Casino time for the adults (blackjack and poker). And we will

play chocolate bar bingo as well. To add to the fun we will create our own rockets and

launch them off to see whose can go the highest. Other games, crafts, wagon rides,

movie night and ice cream socials all make this an amazing week.

July 6 to 8 - SUMMER OLYMPICS WEEKEND

This is the fourth annual Olympics on Saturday the 7th – potato sack races, water

balloon tosses, and returning from last year the super popular inflatable obstacle

course. We’ll also be having a pancake breakfast on Sunday for $5 per person to

feed all the hungry athletes and to raise money for Care Camps. Our regular

events will be happening as well all week long to keep the family entertained.

July 13 to 15 – SWEET TREAT WEEKEND

We will have a weekend dedicated to chocolates and sweets. Our super popular chocolate

fountain will be back with other delectable treats and cakes to cure any sweet tooth

cravings. We will set up a sweets table and chocolate fountain during the day on Saturday

and have other cakes and cookies and yummies available throughout the weekend as prizes

and rewards for completing a special scavenger hunt. Chocolate chip pancakes will be the

sweet treat at the Sunday morning Pancake Breakfast.

July 20 to 22 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY WEEKEND

Decorate your site – cabin, trailer or tent site. We will

have a later wagon ride this weekend to view all the

lights so please decorate - we wanna see the lights

people!!!! We will have Find the Elf on the Shelf

throughout the week as a unique kind of scavenger

hunt. A Secret Santa present exchange will have all the kids happy. PLEASE BRING A PRESENT

SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR CHILD WRAPPED WITH THEIR NAME ON IT TO EXCHANGE ON

SATURDAY – Make it a secret so each child gets something their parents know they want.

Christmas themed crafts will make everyone happy. To round out the week we will continue

our fun activities and events with themed crafts and movie nights and wagon rides etc.

July 27 to 29 – WET AND WILD WEEKEND

This weekend is such a blast. We will be bringing out the slip

‘n’ slide. The wagon will be loaded with water fun – a huge

water gun fight with water guns on the wagon and water guns

on the ground. Bring your own guns or water bottles (OR

HOSES). Biggest splash contest will be loads of fun – soaking

more than just those jumping into the water. Movies and

crafts and all of our usual activities will be part of the fun.

August 3 to 5 – SPLASH OF COLOUR LONG WEEKEND

I am a sucker for colour. Whenever I see a shirt or a painting or anything at all that’s rainbow or a

bunch of different colours it makes me happy. So, we decided to theme this weekend all around

colour. The fireworks will be a burst of rainbow colours in the sky. For craft we will be painting

with colours (I am trying to get a professional painter to come and do a painting class for anyone

interested so if that happens there will be a charge added for the canvas/paint). We will do Tie

Dying as well one morning to make this weekend even more colour focused. Bring your own white

shirt or pillow case or one can be purchased from us.

August 10 to 12 – SUPERHERO/VILLAIN WEEKEND

We will all be joining in the fun – dress up as your

favourite super hero or super villain. Play our defeat

your villain game - everyone gets to pick a super hero

card and then they have to adventure around the

campground until they find the villain card that matches their super hero. When you find

it, come tell us where you found it for a prize! And a digital Bingo game – everyone gets

a bingo card with pictures of super heroes on it. The goal is to get a line of photos – bonus’ for those who get a full card.

August 17 to 20 – KID AT HEART WEEKEND

So, this weekend is all dedicated to just being a kid. We’ll have a

balloon artist who will make balloon art – animals or swords etc. We

are planning face painting again. And the inflatable obstacle course.

Lots of games, crafts and other fun things to do all weekend long.

Please note, the face painter will have their own charge. To top it off,

a pancake breakfast on Sunday morning.

August 24 to 26 - CORN ROAST WEEKEND

Come enjoy some amazing corn on the cob on us. Lather it with

butter and salt and eat it right on the spot, dripping all down your

face, or take a plate of it back to your campsite to enjoy with your

steaks and baked potatoes. We will have a corn themed scavenger

hunt and enjoy some yummy popcorn during movie night. All the

regular games and activities as usual as well.

August 31 to Sept 3 - LABOUR DAY HI LO WEEKEND

We have rockets for the kids. They get to decorate

and build their own rocket and we will have a rocket

launching time to see whose rocket can get the

highest. We will have a limbo contest to see who can

go the lowest. A fireworks display will go up high in

the sky. And we’ll have other fun games to keep the

kids busy this weekend as well!

September 7 to 9 - WINE TASTING WEEKEND

With so many wineries in the area, many people come and stay here and

then go take a tour of all the wineries. Well, we wanted to add to the fun

by having our very own wine tasting right at the campground We are

attempting to arrange a wine tour bus to take people around during the

day and then we will do our wine tasting party back at the campground

again. We had a guest who had just retired from the LCBO and told me

that it was the best and most fun wine tasting he’d ever been to….. if you

like wine, and laughter – come check it out. $15 per person charge for the

wine tasting at the KOA. Details on the tour around the County to follow.

September 14 to 18 - VALUE KARD WEEKEND

This is one of my favourite weekends. It’s where we get to reward all of the

Value Kard holders with a free night of camping. If you are a valid Value Kard

holder and a regular of the Brighton KOA, you come camping on Friday night,

then Saturday night is on us. We want to thank all of you campers who camp

here on such frequency that we feel like you are family. As such, this weekend

is not available for booking online. You must call us to reserve. We will have

lots of games and activities going on as well and a pancake breakfast on Sunday

morning.

September 21 to 23 – APPLEFEST WEEKEND

This is a very popular weekend in this region as Applefest is very well

known and a big deal in Brighton. To add to the fun, we will have apple

bobbing set up for anyone who wants to test their skills. Craft time will be

making caramel apples. Expect all the usual activities and games as well.

We will also have a pancake breakfast – topped with apples if you choose

on Sunday morning.

September28 to Sept 30 – 1st HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

Our Halloween weekend in 2017 was so popular and booked up so quickly that we ended up adding a Halloween day on

our thanksgiving weekend too. And that filled up as well. And so, for 2018, we are adding a third Halloween themed

weekend. All the exciting fun. Carving pumpkins, trick or treating, dressing up in our favourite costumes. And of course,

topping it off with the best wagon ride of the entire season. Ride the wagon past all the carved pumpkins in our jack-o-

lantern patch. And if you’re brave enough and old enough (age restrictions apply) you can then also ride the late night

haunted wagon ride. Not for the faint of heart.

October 5 to 8 – THANKSGIVING/ 2ND HALLOWEEN LONG WEEKEND

This is an amazing weekend to remember all the

things we have to be thankful for. Honestly, what

better thing to be thankful for than spending time

with family and eating Turkey!!! We have lots of fun

events planned for this Thanksgiving Long Weekend:

pumpkin bowling, pumpkin ring tossing, crafts,

scavenger hunts/games, wagon rides, movie night,

and the ultimate catered turkey dinner with all the

fixings. And even more fun added is that it’s also 2nd Halloween. Saturday is

dedicated to Halloween and Sunday to Thanksgiving including the delicious turkey

dinner.

October 12 to 14 – 3rd HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

This is our final weekend for the season. We are excited to celebrate an early Halloween as our 3rd Halloween weekend

in a row. We will have pumpkin carving, decorating your site, and trick or treating in full costume. Bring your

decorations, but please keep them age appropriate. We have a lot of younger kids at our campground so nothing too

scary please. Bring your costumes and please remember to also bring candy to hand out to all the trick or treaters. We’ll

be doing another late night scary wagon ride which I know will be a HUGE hit again because we scared so many of you in

2016 and 2017 – it was so fun!!!