{"id":5646,"date":"2026-06-20T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/?page_id=5646"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:58:20","slug":"our-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/henteleffpark.org\/website_508196dc\/about-us\/our-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our purpose is simple: to act in stewardship for Henteleff Park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Restoration and conservation<\/span><\/h4>
Maintaining the forest, the creek, and the habitat that depends on both, through planting, monitoring, and active repair where the land has been damaged.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Partnership with community<\/span><\/h4>
Working alongside neighbours, schools, the City of Winnipeg, and the wider network of volunteers known as the Friends of Henteleff Park.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Advocacy for the park<\/span><\/h4>
Speaking up for the park's future whenever decisions are made about the land around it \u2014 funding, zoning, or access.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Education: history and ecology<\/span><\/h4>
Making sure the land's many-layered story \u2014 Indigenous, M\u00e9tis, immigrant, and ecological \u2014 isn't lost to time.<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our Volunteers<\/span><\/span>

Board of Directors and Committees<\/span><\/h1>

Henteleff Park Foundation is entirely volunteer-led. The Board meets eight to ten times a year and oversees five standing committees: Communications, Fundraising and Grants, Policy, Site Management, and Volunteer Management.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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John Borody<\/h4>\n
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Mikaela Brooks<\/h4>\n
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Simran Bkral<\/h4>\n
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Huong Giang Nguyen<\/h4>\n
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Betty Parry<\/h4>\n
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Joel Wortley<\/h4>\n
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Anjen McLean<\/h4>\n
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Doug Drobot<\/h4>\n
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