Volunteers south of Ottawa have been hard at work revamping an old boardwalk that's been closed for years, and they've come up with a unique way to raise funds for the project, where all of the donors will be highlighted. ottnews
Inside the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary west of Cornwall, a construction project is underway.
"This boardwalk is to let us access a whole new bunch of trails, almost 18 kilometres of brand new trails," notes Blanchard."It's closed off the whole area where we did have one trail out there years ago, but none of the public has been able to access it for years." "People will be able to walk and see their name and, in some cases, a memoriam for someone they've lost, and it really does make everyone feel good they were a part of it," Blanchard said.
"We have owls, we have a nesting pair of bald eagles in the park, blue herons," said Friends of the Sanctuary President Ross Miller."Quite a variety of birds that they can see, plus there is deer, raccoons, there's porcupines.""This is a place for people to go and just get away from everything that's happening in the world, and Lord knows there's a lot going on in the world right now," Atkins said.
"It takes about five minutes per board. When you're talking hundreds of boards, it's a lot of volunteer time," Blanchard laughed." will have to maybe visit several times or they will be walking looking down like that to find their name!"With National Volunteer Week just wrapping up, the group says they are always looking for more help to finish this project, and for upcoming ones.
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