EVENTS AT THE LAKE
The YMCA camp Hayo-Went-Ha is hosting a fun hike on April 25. Come out and meet the Camp Director, Assistant Director, and learn about the camp and its programs!
BOARD MEETINGS
East Bay Township Hall
April 18, 2026
8:00 am EST
East Bay Township Hall
May 16, 2026
10:00 am EST
General Membership Meeting
June 13, 2026
8:00am EST
Grace MacDonald Park Pavillion
July 11, 2026
8:00 am EST
Annual Member Potluck Breakfast
August 9, 2026
10:00am EST
at Camp Arbutus Hayo-Went-Ha
East Bay Township Hall
Sept 12, 2026
8:00 am EST
NEWSLETTERS
Newsletters are produced three times per year (spring, summer, and fall) and are delivered via email to our members. We maintain a small list of members with no email address but will ask new members without email to look for the most current newsletters on our website.
2026 Membership Dues
and MATCH MET!
A big thank you goes out to our donor of the $2500 match challenge.
We are happy to announce that the match was met and surpassed by our generous members and is now been added to the books. It's generous folks like these that help us care for our precious Arbutus Lake year after year.
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Our current fiscal year ends at the August potluck and we will begin collecting the membership dues for 2026. Dues are $75 per household and go toward managing invasive species, testing our water quality, signage, education, hosting our website, and other urgent expenses that might come up pertaining to the health of our lake and education and communication with our members.
If you have any questions or need to know where you stand as far as your dues, please reach out to our treasurer, Ron McCullick, and he will be happy to answer. You can reach him through ArbutusLakeAssoc@gmail.com or by filling in the form on the "Contact Us" page of our website.
Thank you for your continued support.
LIGHTS OUT FOR THE BIRDS!
It's that time of year again when the birds will begin their migration south to their winter homes. Experts say due to the cold snap in Canada and the north wind today, they expect to see the first larger waves of migration beginning tonight - August 24.
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Did you know that birds use the moon and the stars for migration? Birds are naturally drawn to light and artificial light can disorient them, increase the risk of collision, and throw them off course wasting valuable energy on long detours. The nocturnally migrating birds such as song birds, ducks, geese, and shorebirds are the most susceptible. Fall has an increased risk as many of the birds migrating are young and inexperienced.
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So when it's lights out for your humans at night, a good habit is also outside lights out for the birds! ​
Speaking of migration, our loons just arrived back on the lake as of April 10th!
