Activities Scheduled:
Archery
Conservation Display
Macroinvertebrate Sampling
Atlatl
Hiking
Thornapple River Watershed Water Quality
Outdoor Skills
and more!
Confirmed Exhibitors:
Barry County Branch of NDA
Barry Conservation District
Battle Creek Outdoor Education Center
Gun Lake Tribe
North Country Trail Chief Noonday Chapter
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute
Scouts BSA Pack 3175, Troops 175 and 2375
YMCA of Barry County
(Details subject to change)
Organizers are in the process of planning this year’s event. And we could use your help! We kindly ask that you consider donating to the event this year. Any amount helps offset the cost. Join our generous volunteers in giving time and effort to provide a real outdoor experience!
Please share the Barry County Outdoor Recreation Youth Day Facebook Page and follow for updates!
About Youth Day…
Local outdoorsman George Cullers proposed the idea for the Barry County Outdoor Recreation Youth Day in 2014. The concept was simple: “get kids outdoors!” However, there are many factors that seem to work against this idea. Electronic games, busy schedules, television, economics, and the movement into suburbs and away from open spaces, family farms, and extended family have limited both the opportunities and the interest in outdoor recreation. Offering a chance for kids to get hands-on experience with outdoor activities, at no cost, may open the door to a lifetime interest. With assistance from the Barry Conservation District, the idea quickly caught on and has been growing ever since!
A love for the outdoors is sparked in the hearts of children of all ages as they learn from the experts and try their hand at dozens of activities. Kids are thrilled to see sporting dogs, locate birds, pet the fur of a black bear, learn about forestry, kayak, shoot an arrow or a BB gun for the first time, and much more.