Get Involved
Do you know that donations from the public and local business support a significant proportion of our work? We’ve made it easier to support Scout Island Nature Centre.
Ways to Donate
- Donate money
- Donate materials
- Donate your time
- Join the Williams Lake Field Naturalists
Donate Money
Canada Helps
The “DONATE” button will take you to the Scout Island Nature Centre site on the Canada Helps website. Here you can safely and securely donate to Scout Island using your credit card. Canada Helps will immediately issue a charitable receipt for tax purposes.
Cheque
Cheques payable to Scout Island Nature Centre can be dropped off at the Nature House in person, or sent by mail to:
Scout Island Nature Centre
1305 A Borland Rd.
Williams Lake BC V2G 5K5
Your donation receipt will be mailed to you via Canada Post in approximately 4-6 weeks. If you would like this to be a gift, we will send a special Scout Island card to the recipient specified.
E-Transfer
Send an Interac e-transfer to payment@scoutisland.ca If you would like to receive a charitable donation receipt, include the following information in the message box of your e-transfer:
- Your full name including first name, middle initial, and last name.
- Your full mailing address including postal code.
Your donation receipt will be mailed to you via Canada Post in approximately 4-6 weeks. If you would like this to be a gift, we will send a special Scout Island card to the recipient specified.
Photo credits: Kris Andrews (left, centre) and Michelle Obre (right)
Donate Materials
We are always building and maintaining infrastructure at Scout Island. When you visit the Nature Centre, you will see new boardwalks on the Willow Trail and at Otter Point. In the future you will see new bridges going to Otter point and the far island.
If you would like to help by donating materials for these projects and others, please contact the Nature Centre Manager at 250-398-8532 or manager@scoutisland.ca. Charitable receipts will be issued for each donation.
Donate Time
Volunteering is rewarding. Volunteer time at Scout Island averages 4000 hours per year! A variety of volunteer opportunities are available, such as:
- Nature Centre hosts
- Trail maintenance and planting projects
- Invasive species removal
- Helping with displays and art work in the Nature House
All that is required is an interest in natural history and a love of the outdoors (but, we are also happy to train you if you want to be more of an expert). Our Facebook page will have volunteer opportunities posted when they arise – though you are always
welcome to come in and fill out a volunteer contact form.
Contact the Nature Centre Manager (manager@scoutisland.ca) for more information.
Become a member of the Williams
Lake Field Naturalists
The Nature Centre is supported by members of the Williams Lake Field Naturalists. The Field Naturalists elected Board of Directors is the volunteer administrative body for the operation of Scout Island Nature Centre.
By becoming a member, you can help to chart the course of the Nature Centre into the future.
(Left) Volunteer, Rachel Stapleton, checks bluebird boxes along route. Bluebird nest boxes are built and maintained by volunteers to reduce reliance on pesticides since bluebirds are a natural predator of grasshoppers. Read more about the Williams Lake Field Naturalists’ Bluebird Project here.
Bring us YOUR Ideas!
If you have an idea about how you would like to support the Scout Island Nature Centre, we would love to hear it! Contact the Nature Centre Manager at manager@scoutisland.ca.
Thank you to Our Supporters
Scout Island is operated as a partnership between the Williams Lake Field Naturalists, the City of Williams Lake and The Nature Trust of BC. Together we would like to thank all the volunteers, donors and supporters that make what we do possible:
BC Conservation Foundation
Cariboo Regional District and City of Williams Lake
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Gibraltar Mine
Province of BC through a Community Gaming Grant
Service Centre Canada (Summer Job Program)
School District 27
The Nature Trust of British Columbia
Williams Lake Community Forest
Williams Lake Field Naturalists
BC Nature (Federation Of British Columbia Naturalists)
Cariboo Foundation – Anonymous donor and Jean Waite
Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Society
Pacific Salmon Foundation
Williams Lake and District Credit Union
Woodlot Education Society
Go By Bike Society
Western Financial Group
Northern Development Infrastructure Program
Outdoor Recreation Council of BC
Thank you to BC Nature and BC Naturalists Foundation for sponsoring our new website.
We are so Grateful
We are so grateful for the many individual community members and businesses who donate their time, funding and ideas. Scout Island Nature Centre could not continue to offer the natural history programs, the tonic of wilderness to our community or the protected space for wildlife in our urban setting without their support.
Photo credits: Marianne Puller (loons centre)