BRIDGTON — WinterKids will kick off the 2010-2011 winter season with Cooper Campbell Day, an on-mountain event for kids and their families, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, at Shawnee Peak.

The festival celebrates the life of Cooper Campbell, of Scarborough, who was killed by a drunk driver on the Maine Turnpike in April 2008. According to Steve Campbell, Cooper’s father, 15-year-old Cooper was an avid skier and snowboarder, who “enjoyed winter with his whole heart and lived by the words ‘live, love, listen, laugh, learn and leave a mark’.”

WinterKids and Shawnee Peak will help “leave a mark” for Cooper by bringing kids and families out on the slopes to learn and have fun together. Shawnee Peak has offered 75 preregistered children and adults the chance to try skiing and snowboarding for the first time.

WinterKids invites all families to join the fun. There will be music, games, prizes and a silent auction.

Gov. John Baldacci will join Campbell and representatives from WinterKids for remarks at 12:15 p.m.

WinterKids is the nonprofit organization that helps children develop healthy lifelong habits through outdoor winter activity For more information, visit www.winterkids.org.

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