Our event will run every Spring on A Friday and Saturday. In order to raise funds, we plan to sell ads for the handouts. We hope the bigger organizations will buy bigger ads, however, the size of ad you buy will not affect the size of your site. The first year we invited more than 350 tradespersons and employers, hoping to represent at least 1 of each of the 144 trades. We left some room for more to join us each year. Fourteen school boards and five independent high schools were invited to attend. We had approximately 1500 students on site on Friday and between 800 and 1000 members of the public on Saturday. We had displays from two colleges and numerous and varied independent trade schools. We have invited 4 government agencies to the show. Forty plus local employers supported us and most were there with interactive displays to engage the visitors. The whole site was available for displays of any size, making it easy for people. Niagara College had asked for the room to set up two tractor-trailer loads of displays. Conestoga college brought a mini excavator geared for visitors to try. I personally watched people from the age of 8 all the way up to 80 trying it. We had site where the visitors could try their hand at welding, and sites where they could run tests on electric cars. Something as classic and simple as driving spikes got a lot of attention and social media exposure. The Attendees were able to watch a Blacksmith in action. Yes, blacksmithing is a trade! Saturday was the day we hoped the public would attend. We hoped that students would bring their parents to share what had excited them. We feel that it is important to see the complete path to achieve a trade, as well as talk to tradespersons who have made a career following that path.