Through these regular emails, we inform our readers of upcoming events at the Park, including updates to our website. At this writing, some events/dates/times may not be finalized. Please stay tuned for more information!

And check our Facebook page for any late-breaking news, recent photographs and video clips!

• April 26, 2024   Sandbanks Provincial Park opens for the 2024 Season!
  
  Please visit our Friends of Sandbanks Discovery Store at the West Lake Campground Office!
  
  Check out our new Sandbanks Park-related merchandise for the 2024 season!
  
  
• April 27, 2024    Big Beach Cleanup    Volunteers Needed!
  
  0900 - 1200 at Outlet Beach (opposite Currah's Restaurant)   
  
  Google Earth Coordinates: 43.8955, -77.2229
  
  Gloves, pick-up sticks, etc., will be provided.
  
  Please pre-register: I will be at the Big Beach Cleanup on April 27!
  
  
• May 4th, 2024    Earth Week Displays and Presentations
  
  1000-1700 Picton Community Centre, Rotary Hall
  
  Come visit our table at this annual event to find out more about our activities and charitable projects.
  
  Our newest Sandbanks-related merchandise will be available to purchase!
  
  Additional information: https://www.ssji.ca/earth_week_expo_2024
  
  
• July 10th, 2024   Sandfest 2024
  
  The Mouth of the Outlet River at Lake Ontario
  
  (Details to follow)
  
  
• October 2024, TBD    Buckthorn Blitz 2024
  
  (Details later in the season)

• Membership still only $15.00 per family!
• Payment is easy and secure using bank transfers via Interac: donate@friendsofsandbanks.org
  
  How-to details here...

• We are happy to continue our support of the Park's reclamation of heritage farmlands project by purchasing trees and shrubs, both to replace those ash trees lost due to the Emerald ash-borer over the past few seasons, and to replace the buckthorn that we have been removing for the past two years.
• Our major financial commitment this year is the restoration of the Cedar Sands Trail in the Outlet Sector of the Park.
  
  This popular trail has been in existence for more than twenty-five years, and is starting to show its age.
  
  The Friends anticipate spending over $20,000 this year to repair wear-and-tear, as well as remedying any safety issues that have developed due to the unusual high-water events of 2017 and 2019.
  
  

• Sandbanks Park offers several educational opportunities for elementary and high school students during the summer season.

• Check out our "What's New" Page to see our latest articles
• Have a look at our extensive collection of photographs...
• If you have ancestors in the County, please check out "John Brebner's Quinte Genealogies Page"