Next Train Departure: Opening Day: May 12 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm & Mother's Day: May 13 @ 10:30am & 1:30pm

Agur Lake Camp Society Charity Run

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The Kettle Valley Steam Railway (KVSR) will be partnering with the Agur Lake Camp Society (ALCS) by sponsoring the third Annual Agur Lake Camp Train on May 20th @ 1:30 pm. This fundraising event has been well received by the public in support of the Camp with over $6,600 raised in the last two years. Tickets for this special train are available by donation, with all proceeds going directly to Agur Lake Camp in their goal to provide a barrier-free facility for those with special needs. Hot dogs, coffee and juice will be served at 12:00 noon, also by donation.

The KVSR sponsored the first Camp Train in October of 2010.  KVSR GM Ron Restrick is very pleased with the partnership. “It allows the KVSR to give back to the community, and it also makes a connection directly with those that need the camp the most, the kids.”

In March of this year partners in a plan to build more cabins for Agur Lake Camp gathered on the campus of Okanagan College in Penticton to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. Representatives from four partners committed their organizations to this project: Agur Lake Camp Society, School District #67
Okanagan Skaha, CM Edwards Construction Ltd. and Okanagan College – Residential Construction Program. In carrying out this plan ten students in the Residential Construction Program under the supervision of Darrell Butler will assemble another cottage for Agur Lake Camp. CM Edwards will supervise the construction process. Penticton RONA will provide a framing package for cabin #3.

Last summer these partners assembled and moved two cottages to Agur Lake Camp. The initial stage of construction was done on campus and then the units were trucked to the camp for installation on foundations. The same process is planned for this summer.

Agur Lake Camp Society is a non-profit organization, which for the past six years has been planning and raising money for a wilderness camp to be used by families with special needs members. The first families to use the camp will be doing a trial run this summer, if development proceeds according to plans. The camp is located on Agur Lake, 25 kilometers west of Summerland.  Let’s help the Society make it happen!

To reserve tickets for the Agur Lake Camp Train, call 250.494.8422 or 1.877.494.8424. Tickets are by cash donation on the day of the ride. It’s “All Aboard” for the Third Annual Agur Lake Camp Train – on May 20th @ 1:30 pm.