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I would like to thank all the thousands of guests who made this year's, two day Coho Festival, our 33rd, the best ever. Not only was it our most successful fundraising effort to date but we lived up to many of our society's commitments too.

Firstly, we expanded the Stewardship Zone to include more exhibitors and increase awareness to the issues impacting our oceans, rivers, streams and forests and what we can do to be better stewards or of community and our planet. We hope to increase the number of exhibitors by 50% next year.

We improved our menu at the Coho Barbeque to include exceptional, organic BC produce and outstanding, wild, BC Coho Salmon. The salmon was provided by Albion Fisheries and was Ocean Wise and Ecotrust endorsed. The fabulous produce came from another new partner, Whole Foods Market. Both these partners have made our barbeque better; I hope you had a chance to try it.

The Kids Park was changed to include activities that engaged the children to participate in physical exercise rather than passive entertainment. We will be expanding the Kids Park to include even more activities next year.

For many years the Coho Society has been working towards a "Zero Waste" event and this year we made it happen. With help from WCS Recycling we sent over 5000 pounds of organic material to be composted and 600 pound of recyclables to be recycled. The Coho Festival did not generate any material destined for a landfill.

Our volunteers are second to none. I would very much like to thank all of our volunteers who make this event happen every year.

I would also like to thank our many gracious partners,sponsors and supporters. Without their assistance it would be impossible to generate the revenues needed to fund the many groups who rebuild, repair and maintain our oceans, rivers, streams and forests.

Finally, I look forward to seeing all of you next year for an even bigger and better Coho Festival!

Thanks so much,

David Jones
2012 Festival Chair


COHO FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 8th & 9th, 2012, 11am-6pm
at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver

                                  
The Coho Festival is a great public event where the whole family can enjoy a day at Ambleside Park of fun including: activities for the kids, live entertainment, great food, and interactive learning about the environment, salmon, and other wildlife.The 2012 Coho Festival will be a zero waste event, meaning that all materials used at the event will be recyclable, reusable, or compostable.

Patrons of the Coho Festival are encouraged to take public transit, walk or bike to the event. There will be a bike Valet service available to allow many people to bike to the event and park securely. If you do need to drive there will be no parking on site, please use parking available at Park Royal North only and take the provided shuttle to the Coho Festival.

Parking at Park Royal will only be available in the park and ride area on the third floor at Park Royal North. Please go to the main buss stop at park Royal North and take the Special Coho Festival Buss to Ambleside. A return buss from the Coho festival will also be available. Shuttle Busses will run Saturday Sept 8th and Sunday Sept 9th every 20-30 minutes between 12pm and 6pm.


The Coho Society flagship has long been the Coho Festival which is held the second Sunday after Labour Day each year. Several thousand people attend this event to take in environmental exhibits in our stewardship zone, to enjoy outdoor entertainment by the water in Ambleside Park, to participate in children's activities and to enjoy our famous salmon barbecue where we grill Ocean Wise Certified and Ecotrust Certified, wild, Haida Gwaii, Coho Salmon.The festival is the main fund raiser for the Coho Society to support it's Salmon Habitat rejuvenation projects, Fund research and The Coho festival also a venue for Coho Kids to raise funds for salmonid programs in the classroom.

See photos of the 2011 Coho Festival on Facebook here.