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The Upper Columbia Valley came alive over the past week with the premier, seven-day Wings over the Rockies Nature Festival.
In its 27th year, Wings continues to attract thousands of people to experience this unique and beautiful valley.
Throughout the week, everyone enjoyed the field events, luncheon/evening presentations and the special events at Columbia Valley Centre. With 107 events to choose from, there was something for everyone.
On May 11, the annual gala celebration, catered by Trotters Catering, was a sold-out event.
Bob McDonald, CBC Radio host of Quirks and Quarks, was the keynote speaker and delivered an engaging message on “Earth – Perspectives on a Planet.” Four Points Books hosted McDonald for a book signing opportunity for the attendees.
Rick Kubian, president of the Wings board, along with board directors Katherine Friedley and Brian Wesley, presented a $25,000 cheque from the newly formed Wings over the Rockies – Ross MacDonald Memorial Legacy Fund – to Thiloma Hofer, executive director of the Columbia Valley Community Foundation.
This endowment has been created to provide ongoing funding to assist projects in the Columbia Valley that will support community environmental education and/or land-based conservation such as habitat restoration, maintaining or improving ecological conditions, or species at risk protection.
The Wings board and festival event planner Elizabeth Shopland wish to thank everyone who attended and supported this year’s festival.
Mark your calendar for next year’s festival from May 5 to 11.
The Wings over the Rockies board presented a $25,000 cheque from the newly formed Ross MacDonald Memorial Legacy Fund to Thiloma Hofer, executive director of the Columbia Valley Community Foundation.
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