The “Friends” mandate is to supplement and enhance the Natural Heritage Education program, recreation facilities and services for visitors and the research and resource protection programs in Sandbanks Provincial Park. This may be accomplished through enhancing the physical surroundings, improving accessibility and awareness and sponsoring activities at the Park.Background
Years ago, Sandbanks’ management plan identified the need for an interpretive trail through the dunes system to help protect its fragile environment. This trail would provide education on the formation and natural ecology of the area. The interest in producing this trail became the first major goal for the newly-formed Friends of Sandbanks. The Friends of Sandbanks was incorporated as a not-for-profit charity on February 4, 1993. We are entirely a voluntary organization.Our board of directors has 6-8 members and several committee chairs. Committee chairs choose and display Nature Shoppe inventory, keep track of membership, run specific events in the park and town, and edit our newsletter.
