HERITAGE RIVER CLEANUP – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Saturday, April 17th is the annual cleanup day for
Ruthven Park. Join the Cultural Landscape
Committee as they prepare the grounds for the summer
season. Trail grooming, raking, and garden maintenance
are a few of the tasks. Bring your gloves and
rake!
Saturday, May 29 has been chosen as Heritage River
Cleanup Day. This event, coordinated by the Grand
River Conservation Authority, is part of the celebrations
of the 10th anniversary of the designation of the
Grand River and its major tributaries as Canadian
Heritage Rivers. Our contribution will be to gather
the garbage along Ruthven property on Hwy. #54.
Call the Gate House at Ruthven to volunteer - together we
can make a difference!
REFLECTION 2004
Recognizing 10 Years of Progress at Ruthven Park
The Lower Grand River Land Trust will be celebrating
their 10 year ownership of Ruthven Park on
Sunday August 15, 2004 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. The
event theme will be “Reflection 2004 - Recognizing 10
Years of Progress at Ruthven”.
The purpose of the event will be to recognize and
show our appreciation to all those that contributed to
the success of Ruthven Park over the past 10 years.
Tours of the house, the cemeteries and natural areas,
and displays, pictures and presentations will be featured
over the course of the afternoon.
Everyone is welcome to the event so bring your family
and friends and join us for this celebration.
Garry Stroud,
Treasurer,
Lower Grand River Land Trust Inc
and
Chair of the 10 year Celebration Committee.
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER
WEEK: APRIL 18 - 24, 2004
It takes a lot of time, talent, skill and effort to operate
Ruthven Park. Whether it be housekeeping, grass
cutting, providing tours, grooming trails, promoting
the site, sitting on committees, researching, or birdbanding,
all of these tasks are necessary to maintain
the site and present it to the public. We are very fortunate
to have so many volunteers who willingly give
of their time to keep our gate open. The Land Trust
and staff would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to
our many volunteers – you know who you are!
MAY IS MUSEUM
MONTH IN ONTARIO
International Museum Day is celebrated on May 18th.
Visit local museums, art galleries and cultural sites
during the month of May and throughout the year!
