Wild Voices for Kids

Wings over the Rockies Bird Festival
$12,000
Invermere, BC

The Wild Voices for Kids (WVFK) program is an environmental/heritage education program which connects students to the landscape, history and culture of the Columbia Basin. It was developed for the Rock Mountain School District #6 (RMSD). The program is run in partnership with the Wings over the Rockies Bird Festival Society and the Rocky Mountain School District #6. It will provide environmental education programming to students in primary and elementary schools from Golden in the North to Kimberley in the south.

In 2001 the program reached 1700 students by supporting 27 presenters who offered 78 natural science and cultural heritage programs. During previous festivals, students have heard presentations, or participated in field trips with world-renowned artist Robert Bateman and TV’s Nature Nut John Acorn. Presentations are made throughout the four seasons of the year making it a year round program. The Wings over the Rockies Bird Festival and Wild Voices for Kids Project is managed by a robust and dedicated volunteer board of directors who are supported by over 200 community volunteers.

During the 2000/2001 school year, approximately 1700 or 1/3 of the student population had WVFK presentations or field trips.

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