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The Children's Water Education Council, Conservation Halton, Halton Region, the Halton Catholic District School Board, Halton District School Board and the Conservation Halton Foundation have formed a committed partnership to teach children about water conservation, protection, health and safety, science and technology and stewardship that will remain with our children forever.

A look back at the 2009 Halton Children’s Water Festival

Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, supported and helped make the 2009 Halton Children’s Water Festival a success.

The 4th annual Festival took place from Tuesday, September 29 - Friday, October 2 at Kelso Conservation Area in Milton. Despite the cool and at times wet weather, over 4,000 children in grades 2 - 5 from schools throughout Halton enjoyed the chance to participate and learn all about water.

Helping to stage the Festival were nearly 700 volunteers who presented activities, helped set up and tear down, delivered lunches and many other aspects of staging the festival. Included amongst the volunteer base are just fewer than 450 high school students who present the activities to the elementary school students.

Once the dates for the 2010 Festival are confirmed, they will be published on this site. Hope to see you there!

A look back at the 2008 Halton Children’s Water Festival

Over 3,600 children from grades 2 - 5 had the opportunity to learn about water in a beautiful, natural setting under sunny skies over four days at the 2008 Halton Children’s Water Festival. The participating children learned about one of our most, precious resources, water, at the Festival held from September 23 - 26 at Kelso Conservation Area

Volunteers
Helping to stage the Festival were nearly 700 volunteers who presented activities, helped set up and tear down, delivered lunches and many other aspects of staging the festival. Included amongst the volunteer base are just fewer than 450 high school students who present the activities to the elementary school students. It’s a wonderful opportunity for the high school students to learn about water and develop their presentation skills. The other volunteers were staff from the partner organizations, Conservation Halton, Halton Region, City of Burlington and the Town of Oakville, and the community. List of high schools that volunteered.

Attendance
Of the over 3,600 elementary students who attended the festival:

• 1,342 were from Burlington
• 852 from Georgetown and Milton
• 1,432 from Oakville.
• 1 school from Mississauga attend
• 2 homeschooled students

List of elementary schools that participated.