Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board
Quinte Conservation
Friends of the Frink Centre
 

H.R. Frink Outdoor Education Centre
& Plainfield Conservation Area

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Welcome to the Frink Centre Website!

2008 Frink Centre Booking Memo for Teachers - Download PDF

For schools to book the Frink Centre please contact, frink.bookings@hpedsb.on.ca

The H. R. Frink Outdoor Education Centre was established at the Plainfield Conservation Area in 1972 by the Hastings County Board of Education and the Moira River Conservation Authority. It was named after Herbert Frink, a well-known local educator and conservationist who was an advocate of outdoor education.

The Centre is currently operated by the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board in partnership with the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board.  The Outdoor Education Coordinator, Paul Taylor, is an employee of the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board.

Quinte Conservation owns the land on which the Centre is located. The Conservation Authority has assisted both in labour and financially with special projects. Quinte Conservation also provides artifacts for the Sugar Bush demonstration and supports the Centre through its involvement in the Friends of the Frink Centre.

Since 1993, the Friends of the Frink Centre has played an important role by consolidating community support for the Centre and providing the funding necessary for special projects such as the Wetland Ecology Boardwalk and the building of a Sustainability Demonstration Site.  The Sustainability Demonstration Site also acts as a much needed washroom building for the centre.  The building demonstrates alternative building methods (straw bale construction with earth plaster walls), renewable energy (solar and wind), a constructed wetland for grey water treatment and a composting toilet system. The Friends of the Frink Centre has expanded outdoor education programs to the community by offering workshops, programs to Day Camps and other youth groups, and organizing seasonal Family Activity Days.  The Friends of the Frink Centre also initiated the first Annual Sustainable Living Symposium in 2006 and since have remained an active partner in this increasingly popular event now held at Loyalist College annually each Spring.

All other groups wishing to use the facilities should contact the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (613)966-1170 and / or the Frink Centre (613)477-2828