Heidi and Bill Madden Named Grand Marshall's
Heidi and Bill Madden named Grand Marshall’s
The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee has chosen Heidi and Bill Madden as its 2025 Grand Marshall’s for the Gala Parade on February 8th ,2025.
Bill Madden has been volunteering for Winter Carnival for so many years and in so many ways he cannot even remember when he started. His passion has been the Ice Palace build and nary a day goes by without his presence on the Ice. Bill can be found doing anything and everything-no job is too big or too small for him.
In 2021 Heidi and Bill established the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Fund; a donor advised endowment fund through the Adirondack Foundation. Every year, small grants totaling up to $2,500 are available to help local residents, organizations and others participate in Winter Carnival Activities.
"We applaud the Maddens for starting this endowment to help those that need it during Carnival" states Chairman Jeff Branch.
We look forward to a great winter carnival with Heidi and Bill as our Grand Marshall’s.
The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee, formally known as the Society for the Preservation of Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization of volunteers dedicated to planning and presenting an annual mid-winter festival. This 10-day, communitywide event traces its roots to a one-day Winter Carnival held in 1897 by the Pontiac Club. The Carnival honors its heritage every year by building an Ice Palace from blocks of ice harvested from Lake Flower’s Pontiac Bay, where carnival events have been traditionally held for generations. For more information, visit the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival website at www.saranaclakewintercarnival.com.