Bryerswood Youth Camp hosts annual Earth Day event

Carlo Orlando and children Joseph (foreground) and Maella (background) build a bird house as part of the Earth Day activities held at Bryerswood Youth Camp.

Those who attended the Earth Day celebration at Bryerswood Youth Camp were kept busy with a variety of green events and activities.

Activities were set up around the Texas Road campground from the ability to purchase plants from Amherstburg-based Native Trees & Plants, a look at cars from Windsor Chrysler, a chance to check out home EV charging systems from Taurean EV, phragmites cutting by the Essex County Field Naturalist Club, and to learn about worm composting, bird appreciation, solar cookers, pollinator garden planting, used household battery collection, children’s activities and more.

Green Sun Rising, Flow Café and Bikes, Icon EV, McGuire Tree Service and the Essex-Windsor Solid Waste Authority were other organizations represented.

Cathy Robertson, vice president of the Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club (BYCOC), said the event was to show “little things people can do to help take care of the Earth.”

Robertson outlined what the BYCOC was offering to attendees at the Earth Day celebration with the aim of educating people about measures they can take to be eco-friendly. 

“Trees are important,” she said.

People could also enjoy fresh rhubarb and even plant some butternut squash seeds they could take home.

Cooler temperatures and other competing events may have been the reason attendance wasn’t as high as hoped, but organizers showed enthusiasm in showing those who turned about all of the Earth Day activities.

Sponsorships included TD Friends of the Environment as the bird appreciation sponsor, the River Town Times as the media sponsor and Green Sun Rising as the event sponsor.

Those wishing to see what the Bryerswood Youth Camp has to offer may also come out this Sunday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for an open house. The open house is free to attend and the BYCOC will show what they offer, from camps to rental opportunities to reunions, picnics and celebrations. There will be a scavenger hunt, games, crafts and chances to tour the site. The campground is located at 6480 Texas Road near McGregor. 

Bryerswood Youth Camp hosts annual Earth Day event

By Ron Giofu