Famjam Thunder Bay

Unfortunately there will be no FamJam in 2021. We were lucky to be one of the last major events in 2020. We will be back in February 2022 on Family Day with lots of fun!

Thanks to everyone who came to the FamJam, to have fun, and to help feed the homeless!

The following is a breakdown of the expenses and revenue for the event:

Expenses: $4566.83
FTC employee wages for setting up, operation of event: $1605
Thunder Bay Clown Club, face painting, balloon animals: $780
Pamanian Dancers, Zumba: $200
Niemer's Creations, caricatures: $150
CLE Coliseum and Cardinal rooms, rental: $1259.95
Comics Plus comics: $100
Facebook advertising: $104.29
Print Pros Plus printing: $182.35
Uride: $22
Godaddy Domain: $25.24
Other marketing costs: $13
Java Hut, meals for workers: $125

Revenues: $4566.83
Admissions: $3010
Java Hut, donation: $200
Fun-Tastic Castles, donation: $1356.83

FamJam 2020

The FamJam 2020 Crew!

Hope to see you all today at the Coliseum! Bring food items! Bring socks! Come have fun!

Want to give a huge thanks to the French Fryer Variety on Balsam Street. They have great food! Very tasty...yum yum. Tracey at the French Fryer has donated a prize of a $50 gift card, perfect for a family meal!! Also French Fryer has donated ten $5 gift cards also to be used as door prizes at the FamJam as well. Thanks French Fryer Variety! https://www.facebook.com/thefrenchfryer/

Another really fab door prize was from P.J. at Pita Pit. Pita Pit has donated three $15 gift cards to be given as door prizes at the FamJam. I love Pita Pit food, including the smoothies! Yum yum! Thank you Pita Pit! https://www.facebook.com/pitapitthunderbay/

I want to give a big thanks to the Indiginous Friendship Centre for their wonderful donation of a board games, a gingerbread Easter house kit, and a sugar cookie kit, and this gorgeous basket, to be used as door prizes at the FamJam! https://www.facebook.com/ThunderBayIndigenousFriendshipCentre/

Fun-Tastic Castles is also donating comic books to the event, to be used as door prizes, purchased from Comix Plus. These comics are really great titles, including Frozen, Sonic, Cars, and Disney Princesses. Some kids will be really happy to get these comics!

A gigantic thanks to Gary Gummeson at Comix Plus on South Algoma Street. Gary has been participating in the FamJam for years now. Comix Plus has donated lots of comics so that every child at the FamJam can have a free comic book! https://www.facebook.com/ComixPlusMusicExchange/

Wacky Wings has donated a Wacky Bucket with a toy chicken, a mug, and coupons, and the Wacky Bucket is cool too! Thank you Wacky Wings! The Wacky Bucket will be used as a door prize at the FamJam. https://www.facebook.com/WackysThunderBay/

This Monday at the CLE Coliseum: These activities, and more...! Full details about the FamJam here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/famjamtbay/about