The future is looking a lot brighter these days at the Bryerswood Youth Camp Optimist Club (BYCOC) on Texas Road.
Recently the camp took advantage of and cashed in on a “Save on Energy” grant which allowed them to replace outdated fluorescent light bulbs in part of its main building known as the Lodge.
“We applied to the Save on Energy program and they are here doing it,” said BYCOC vice president Cathy Robertson last Tuesday morning. “The regular bulbs are being replaced with Led bulbs. It will be better for the environment and take less energy.”
The program is designed to make equipment improvements to reduce energy consumption and while the club had to pay some of the replacement costs themselves, most of it was covered under the program.
According to technician Petro Zakharchyshyn, who was doing the work last week, some of the ballasts had to be replaced as well.
“Our company (Ellis Don) gives a warranty of one year. These should be good for 50,000 working hours.”
The Bryerswood Youth Camp is providing a lot of summer fun so far and on average about 40 young campers per day. Registration is expected to be about 350 total which is doubled from a year ago. A couple of the new cabins are ready for overnight accommodation.
According to Robertson, the Optimist Club is hosting a mid-summer fundraiser to help with accessibility renovations in the Activity Centre. That is being held Wednesday, July 31 at the GL Heritage Brewery.
There will be food, entertainment and a silent auction. Tickets are $40. Tickets are available through EventBrite. Bryerswood Camp gets new indoor lighting
By Fred Groves
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