{"id":4218,"date":"2015-07-30T09:29:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T15:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/?p=4218"},"modified":"2015-07-30T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T15:29:57","slug":"k-days-2015-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/?p=4218","title":{"rendered":"K-Days 2015 by the numbers."},"content":{"rendered":"

K-Days Attendance
\n<\/strong>2015 attendance: <\/strong>785,290
\n2014 attendance: <\/strong>740,840<\/p>\n

K-Days Parade
\n<\/strong>Global Edmonton viewership: <\/strong>171,000
\nMayor\u2019s Trophy parade entry: <\/strong>AMA \u2013 Alberta Motor Association
\nPeople\u2019s Choice parade entry: <\/strong>Falun Dafa<\/p>\n

K-Days Highlights
\n<\/strong>Number of rides: <\/strong>48
\nNumber of food vendors: <\/strong>90 independent midway food vendors
\nNumber of indoor shopping vendors: <\/strong>213 vendors inside The Grand Shopping Experience<\/p>\n

1st<\/span><\/span>\u00a0place New Fair Food winner: <\/strong>Glazed Donut Grilled Cheese \u2013 Tin Lizzy
\n2nd<\/span><\/span>\u00a0place New Fair Food winner: <\/strong>Foot Long Pizza Dog \u2013 Next Gen Concessions
\n3rd p<\/span><\/span>lace New Fair Food Winner: <\/strong>Root Beer Pop \u2013 Family Squeezed and Freezed<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> place K-Days Talent Search winner: <\/strong>Bernard Quilala
\n1st runner up: <\/strong>Hannah Chyz
\n2nd runner up: <\/strong>Justin Glandon<\/p>\n

K-Days in the Community
\n<\/strong>K-Days 50\/50: <\/strong>In its second year, the K-Days 50\/50 raised $88,640 in support of youth development and agriculture education programs<\/p>\n

Monday Morning Magic: <\/strong>At the 38th<\/sup> annual Monday Morning Magic, more than 550 children with special needs and their families enjoyed an exclusive visit to K-Days with local heroes, athletes and celebrities at their side!<\/p>\n

Food Bank Days: <\/strong>This year, every day was Food Bank Day at K-Days. Through the collection of non-perishable Food Bank donations at the north, east and south gates, Northlands was able to collect over 500 kg of food for Edmonton\u2019s Food Bank.<\/p>\n

Monster Burger: <\/strong>Back for the first time since 2011, 15 Monster Burgers were sold through the 10 days of K-Days. Through these sales, 33 lbs of beef was donated to Edmonton\u2019s Food Bank.<\/p>\n

Kids Up Front: <\/strong>A total of 12,000 K-Days gate admissions were donated to Kids Up Front, an organization that provides tickets to children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to attend K-Days.<\/p>\n

Kiwanis Slide: <\/strong>Northlands is proud to once again support Kiwanis, a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world. Through the operation of the giant slide at K-Days, Kiwanis has generated more than $80,000 to help them achieve their mission.<\/p>\n

KidsSport Edmonton: <\/strong>Kick, Shoot or Throw for Kids in support of KidSport Edmonton raised a total of $6,918, meaning more children in the community can participate in organized sports.<\/p>\n

Make-A-Wish: <\/strong>Ten Make-A-Wish children participated in the daily K-Days on-site parade and more than 40 Ride-All-Day passes were donated to Make-A-Wish children and their families.<\/p>\n

K-Days Volunteers
\n<\/strong>As the backbone of all of our Northlands Events, K-Days would not be a success without the dedicated work of many Northlands Volunteers.<\/p>\n

2015 volunteers: <\/strong>550 volunteers
\n2015 volunteer hours: <\/strong>More than 8,000 volunteer hours<\/p>\n

K-Days Social Media <\/strong><\/p>\n