The 2011 Nature Trust of BC Wild Festival for Youth will be held at Okanagan College and Hall Road Pond in Kelowna, BC on Wednesday, June 15.
The annual Wild Festival for Youth is one of BC's most popular and well attended nature festivals for young people. For thirteen years, the Wild Festival has encouraged students in grades 3-6, from schools across the Okanagan Valley, to get outdoors and engage with nature. The goal of the Festival is to provide students with a truly enriched nature experience and inspire them to value biodiversity.
The Festival includes fun, interactive, and educational activities that broaden imaginations, expand learning, and change the outlook of young participants in relation to nature. Activities at the 2011 Wild Festival will include: birdhouse building and painting, a “Walking Nature’s Way” hike, a BC Wildlife Park "birds of prey" show, and a Learn to Fish activity where youth learn how to safely catch and release fish.
Overall, the Wild Festival provides teachers with a way to dramatically enrich classroom learning about the environment, while giving students the opportunity to interact with the plants and animals around them. The 2011 Wild Festival will serve as a celebration of International Year of the Forest and the key role that tress and forests (big or small) play in Canada’s overall biodiversity.
On the importance of the Wild Festival, Kelowna Mayor Sharon Shepherd – honourary chairperson and committee member since 1999 – has said: "The Wild Festival for Youth delivers a very timely and critical message to the youth of our community about the importance of sustainability and caring for nature."
Registration for the 2011 Wild Festival will open on April 1st.
For more information, please contact Jaime Nowell at (250) 980-3969.