Donate to natural playground for GivingTuesday
Conservation Foundation encourages donors to support natural playground at Clinton Conservation Area for GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday in Canada is Tuesday, December 1, 2026; When considering charities to support this year, consider donating to campaign to establish natural playground at Clinton Conservation Area
GivingTuesday in Canada is Tuesday, December 1, 2026. This year, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) encourages you to donate to a natural playground at Clinton Conservation Area. The current playground equipment is being removed in November of 2026.
The Conservation Foundation plans to fundraise throughout the rest of 2026 and throughout 2027 and install the natural playground in 2028. The call for donations leading up to GivingTuesday is a kick-off to the Conservation Foundation’s 2026-2027 fundraising campaign for this project.
Charles Miner is ABCF Chair. “It is important for children to have opportunities to be active and explore natural settings,” he said. “This year’s GivingTuesday fundraising campaign focuses on raising funds to install a natural playground in the Clinton Conservation Area that will allow children to not only be active but explore and learn about the natural environment. I encourage everyone to consider making a donation to this year’s Giving Tuesday campaign to make this possible.”
To donate to the campaign for this new natural playground, visit the Conservation Foundation donation web page on the abca.ca website. On the page, there is a link to the Conservation Foundation’s GivingTuesday web page at CanadaHelps.
Last year (2025) the featured charitable venture of focus was sending youths to summer nature day camps. The support of the generous watershed community, including local businesses and individual donors, made it possible to send more than 18 youths to nature camp, covering their cost of registration.
More than $30,000 has been obtained, to date, for the natural playground at Clinton Conservation Area. The more successful the fundraising campaign, the greater the extent of natural playground that can be constructed.
The extent of the public support will influence the extent of the project and create “ ... more opportunities for kids to be kids,” according to the Conservation Foundation.
(The natural playground to be constructed at Clinton Conservation Area may not be exactly as shown in the illustration).