Salute the sockeye鈥檚 journey to and from the Shuswap by volunteering for festival

Three-week festival celebrating the salmon run鈥檚 dominant year begins Sept. 30

Martha Wickett
Jul 21, 2022 12:00 PM

29846444_web1_180914-SAA-Salmon-Run-Adams — Volunteers needed to help with the Salute to the Sockeye Festival which runs Sept. 30 to Oct. 23, 2022, a dominant year in the four-year cycle of the salmon. (File photo)

Just 11 weeks to go!

The Salute to the Sockeye takes place on the dominant year of the salmon鈥檚 four-year cycle. The Adams River Salmon Society focuses on organizing and running the Salute, which this year goes from Sept. 30 to Oct. 23, 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. daily.

The society could use your help.

Volunteers are needed for the Salute to the Sockeye Festival, with morning and afternoon shifts available daily at Ts煤tswecw Provincial Park.

Adams River sockeye have held a central place for the Secwepemc people of the Shuswap lakes and Adams Lake for thousands of years, and continue to do so.

The festival includes many activities and programs, so there are a variety of positions to choose from. They include welcome hosts, souvenir tent staff, parking attendants and admissions staff.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities, you鈥檙e invited to go to the the Adams River Salmon Society to fill out an application, or visit their Facebook page.

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About the Author: Martha Wickett

came to Salmon Arm in May of 2004 to work at the Observer. I was looking for a change from the hustle and bustle of the Lower Mainland, where I had spent more than a decade working in community newspapers.

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