Not Your Average Volunteer Opportunity
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- Created: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:25
Date: Saturday, July 28
Time: 10-3pm
Where: Mt. Matheson - one of HAT’s conservation covenants!
What: Broom Bash on private, beautiful covenant that includes a chili lunch (12-1pm) and the opportunity to cool down in a on site lake. HAT will provide all the tools, snacks and gloves but if you have any loppers or good tools for pulling broom ,we appreciate if you could bring them.
We will be doing some carpooling from our office as it is a bit of a drive from Victoria. This is a can’t miss event as you are not only helping to remove invasive species but you get to actually visit one of HAT’s covenants and talk with the property owners (they are also the chili chefs) .
Each winter we put on a gala dinner and fundraiser for our members and the community at large that usually involves a sit down dinner, auction and presentations. This year we are going in a new direction and teaming up with the 
The following feel good story was written by Denis Coupland from KENNES Watershed Project and he paints a beautiful picture of what goes into restoring special areas in our region. HAT has been fortunate enough to participate in this journey for the past few years and to see the difference a group of volunteers can make is powerful. This year HAT was represented by Todd Carnahan (he also took all the photos you are about to see!), our new summer intern Paige- Erickson-McGee and three HAT volunteers. Enjoy the following read and pass it along to anyone who has put in time and effort to help restore natural areas.
When Eagleview Elementary contacted HAT for a nature tour of the Stoneridge Wetland we jumped at the chance. With a new school and residential neighbourhood now beside the wetlands, HAT’s 