Healing Hearts and Minds in Aylmer

Left photo: Aiden Friesen, 6, threw for a strike at an outdoor children’s bowling game while his sister Emberlyn, 1 (and a half), looked on during the first Healing Hearts and Minds Festival held in Aylmer’s Kinsmen Park on Saturday, July 8. Right photo: Aleah Peters, 2, scratched the chin of a goat at a petting zoo set up at the festival by Educational Animal Displays and Pony Rides, an exotic animal operation located just north of Summers Corners. The day-long event was held to raise money for programs that will help people who are suffering from mental illness.