August 18: Maya Navrot, Quinte Conservation

Each year, QSR moves our meetings to Quinte Conservation at Potter's Creek to meet with Maya Navrot and hear her update from the past 12 months. It's one of our favourite meetings.

Maya once again talked about the week-long summer camps for kids, and how much they have grown year after year. Extremely popular, these camps get kids outside into nature and away from the tv. Kids learn a lot out about our local environment, including how to care for it. This year, 126 kids were registered to participate in four camps at Potter's Creek, with one in Picton. Using games to teach team-building skills, these kids come away with a great appreciation of what's around them.

After the meeting, several club members took Maya up on her offer to take us on a nature walk of our own, and we had no shortage of questions for her. In a short amount of time, we learned about native caterpillars (leave them alone) and various forms of parsnips.

QSR is a proud supporter of Quinte Conservation and we're thrilled that our funding helps support the organization, and send kids to these camps.

Thanks Maya...see you next year!