Upper playing field and our new birch bark Wigwam
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Camp Kawartha is about to do something remarkable. With your help, we are embarking on a plan to become a provincial leader in environmental, outdoor and sustainability education. We want to inspire the next generation to become tomorrow’s stewards and environmental leaders.
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Camp Kawartha is preparing to undertake a $3M capital campaign.
Join us on our journey as we upgrade our facilities to showcase sustainable living in action. Every renovation and addition will be a teaching tool to show what is possible in sustainable design
The priorities are:
- Sustainable Central Hub Addition and Renovation - $2,337,000
- Greening of Infrastructure and Ecological Restoration to include a wetland area (Septic System Upgrade) - $436,000
- Creation of a large food garden and reconfiguration of site (moving our current parking lot and maintenance to create more green space) - $319,000
At Camp Kawartha we believe that environmental education can inspire children to become active caretakers of their own communities by showing what effective, sustainable living looks like and by teaching them to appreciate, protect and enhance the living systems that nurture us all.
We recognize it takes a village to foster stewardship and we cannot undertake this work alone. We know that with your help, we can help advance stewardship education throughout the Province of Ontario.
Currently, we’re building our Campaign Team. If you are interested in becoming part of an initiative that will help to ensure that Camp Kawartha will have the capacity to nurture environmental stewards for generations to come, please contact
Jacob Rodenburg
to find out more about how you can become involved.
In January 2018, our Campaign Cabinet will be formally introduced to the Camp Kawartha community. Please watch this space for all of our exciting campaign updates!
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Customer Service Excellence Award
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We were delighted to be among the recipients of the Kawartha Chamber Awards of Excellence. Congratulations to all of our staff on the Customer Service Excellence Award, it's wonderful to see your hard work and dedication recognized.
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Pierre Blin, Master Builder, is constructing a new birchbark wigwam next to our canvas teepee. This will be a new site for programming, and a fantastic teaching tool. Students and campers will learn about the construction, the materials, and how First Nations from this area used natural materials in order to create remarkable, functional items such as shelters, tools and canoes.
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Join us for the Official Opening of our new Accessible Pathway on
Friday December 8th from 1:45 - 4:00pm. Now students, campers and visitors with limited mobility can easily make their way down our beautiful waterfront and will be able to fully participate in activities such as canoeing and sailing. The pathway is one part of our Accessibility Plan - helping to create an inclusive environment so that everyone can enjoy the magic of the outdoors.
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Help us celebrate our accomplishments of the past year. Join us for our AGM on
Tuesday, December 19
th at the
Environment Centre, 2505 Pioneer Road in Peterborough.
We are honoured to have guest Maryam Monsef, Member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha and the Minister of Status of Women addressing us. Brianna Salmon, Executive Director of Peterborough Green-Up will be our Key Note Speaker, updating us on many of environmental initiatives taking place in our region. There will be appetizers, refreshments and a silent auction fundraiser.
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Silent auction items include:
A hockey print signed by famed hockey artist D.A. Laird, and NHLers Mike Murphy, Jim Gregory, Colin Campbell, Kris King
Pottery by local artists
A signed copy of the Big Book of Nature Activities and more.
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We'd like to introduce you to our dedicated and talented staff members through monthly Staff Spotlights.
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Our first spotlight is Tina Barnes, our Food Services Manager.
Tina is a wonderfully innovative cook who provides campers, students, teachers, parents and special guests with local, tasty and balanced meals.
We sat down with her recently to get her take on healthy Camp eating.
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Get 5% off when you pay in full upon registration for an overnight camp session.
Expires December 31, 2017
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We're excited to be offering Winter Camp again in the new year. Join us
January 2 - 5, 2018 for wonderful winter adventures before heading back to school.
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Camp Kawartha is an accredited, award-winning, not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to the promotion of the highest standard of programming, with a particular focus on outdoor environmental awareness, outdoor and environmental education and stewardship.
Registered
Charity # 12453 9214 RR0001
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705-652-3860 1-866-532-4597
info@campkawartha.ca
campkawartha.ca
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