Please help protect, save Sickle Point

Dear Editor:

Sickle Point is a beautiful, uninhabited waterfront area on Skaha Lake. It is home to birds, beavers and other wildlife.

The property is up for sale and this may be our last opportunity to maintain it as a nature preserve/conservation area. The Kaleden community remains steadfastly opposed to private development of Sickle Point. Members of the community are working on a plan to acquire this pristine natural area.

Regional District Okanagan Similkameen Area “I” director, Subrina Monteith,will also be putting the acquisition of Sickle Point in the strategic plan for Area “I” for the upcoming year. We hope to pledge a significant amount of money to show our commitment to various levels of government and environmental trust foundations.

Donations can be made to the Kaleden Community Fund, a new fund recently established with the Community Foundation of the South-Okanagan-Similkameen (CFSOS), targeted for Sickle Point. Donations will receive an income tax receipt.

For information about donations contact: chair@kaledencommunity.com. If you normally plan a winter or summer vacation which has been derailed by COVID-19, please consider donating to this fund instead . Any donation, large or small, demonstrates community involvement and support. Let’s keep this beautiful property in its natural state for future generations.

Renee Martin

Kaleden