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A registered charity supporting recreational, social, cultural and environmental activities that enhance the Waskesiu experience

Bears on the Beach playground, 2015

Our first project - resurfacing the tennis courts

Completed Projects

​Where a project appears as a link, click on it to go to the page with the photo gallery for that project.

Cultural    

• Bandstand site - Lookout, benches and landscaping       
  

• Foot bridge repair in cottage area    

• Townsite Beautification – flower planters    

• Heritage building signage    

• Support for Reel Rave Film Festival    

• Support for Friends of the Park (including Grey Owl history and artifacts presentation room)     

• Support for PANP Heritage Driving Tour brochure  

• Waskesiu Heritage Museum replacement Shack Tent  
  

• Support for Waskesiu “branding” project with Parks Canada     

• Support for Waskesiu Heritage Museum camp kitchen     

• Support for Waskesiu Heritage Museum "Benches of Waskesiu" heritage project     
  

• Support for Waskesiu Lakeside Festival    

• Support for Grey Owl International Film Festival 
  

• Memorial signage for tragedy near Kapasiwin  
  

        
Environmental    

• Lobstick Tree Renewal    

• Waskesiu Golf Course tree renewal    

• Native plant and flower gardens     

• New "bat house" near Community Hall     

• Spruce budworm "Save our Spruce" tree protection program     

• Tree planting program in Waskesiu townsite     

• Waskesiu Firefighters – Turbo draft monitor, Blitzfire Portable monitor, FLIR thermal image camera, breathing apparatus, Ready Rack Storage Lockers, Hydrovent nozzle
  

• Crean Channel rock hazard removal
  

Signage on completed camp kitchen.

Sport court (2020) prior to fence installation

Recreational

• Bears on the Beach Playground  
  
• 100 Memorial Benches installed in, or near, the Waskesiu townsite     
  
• Waskesiu townsite camp kitchen restorations (6)   
  
• New camp kitchens at South Bay and Birch Bay  
  
• New Multi-Season Camp Kitchen in Waskesiu  
  
• Paignton Beach camp kitchen restorations (2)  
  
• New Point View & Narrows camp kitchens
  
• New Crean Lake multi-season camp kitchen
  
• New Disc Golf Course, tennis court resurfacing    
  
• Paving the Way - Waskesiu Golf Course cart paths  
  
• Little AL's Mini Golf
  
• Gordie Howe Memorial Fitness Park
  
• Picnic shelter near tennis courts
• Multi-purpose sport court
  
• Shuffleboard court
  
• Recreation Centre / Chamber office building repairs
  
• Red Deer walking trail improvements    
  
• Tennis court resurfacing and fencing repairs   
  
• Winter skating/hockey rink     
  
• Support for Crown the King Outdoor Swim Race  
  
• Support for Outter Limits Fun Run
  
• Tennis ball serving machine & ball collector
  

        
Social    

• Community Hall and Terrace Gardens - new tables and chairs    
  
• Community Hall flooring, kitchen, bathroom, roof and patio upgrades, fans
  
• Terrace Gardens kitchen, bathroom, and coatroom upgrades
  
• Terrace Gardens storage shed     
  
• Outdoor audio system     
  
• Waskesiu Foundation Annual Donor Recognition Dinner / Sipping Social 
  
• Waskesiu Foundation donor kiosk and bench  
  
• Gordie Howe Day - August  2018
  
• Children's Treasure Hunt
  
• High Speed Internet Service
  

​Waskesiu Foundation - Enhancing the Waskesiu Experience