Welcome to Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush
A Volunteer-Run
Sugar Bush and Pancake House
Enjoy a guided tour and explore exhibitions while relishing a mouth-watering pancake breakfast topped with pure maple syrup! Established in 1972, the Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush is managed by the Kinsmen Club of Greater London's volunteers and members. The club's motto is...
Discover The Sugar Bush
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Pancake House & Pure Maple Syrup
Come to our Pancake House and enjoy our authentic pancakes with pure maple syrup. While you're here, be sure to try our delicious maple products, such as BBQ sauce, jelly, butter, ice cream, and cotton candy. Visit our Sugar Bush today!
Sugar Bush Tours
Enjoy guided tours, demonstrations, and displays. Buy pure maple syrup and other maple products fresh from our Sugar Bush. We offer a complete maple syrup tour that covers the methods used by indigenous peoples to the modern-day evaporator.
Maple Syrup Products
We offer a variety of maple products, come visit us at our Sugar Bush to try them!
When the Sugar Bush Season is over visit Ace Hardware in Thorndale ON to buy our delicious pure maple syrup!
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Sugar Bush Public Tours
2024 Public Tour Dates
Our Hours
9:00 am to 4:00 pm (last booking 3:00 pm)
$12 Parking/ Tour/ Wagon Ride (Donation Fee)
You must arrive on time. Your reservation is for the Pancake House Breakfast (Eat first, tour after).
The donation fee is non-refundable. Our cancellation policy states that parking, tours, wagon rides, and donation fees are non-refundable. By booking, you agree to these terms.
2024
Family Day Weekend
Feb 17-19
Weekends
Feb 24-25
Mar 2-3, 9-10, 16-17
March Break
Mar 11-15
School Tours
2024 School Tour Information
All meals served with pure maple syrup. For each 10 paid customers, 1 parent receives an equivalent meal as a way of acknowledging the need to have supervision. For bussing drop off and pickup allow 90 minutes for meal and tour
2024
School Tour Dates
9:45am till 3:00pm
Tues Feb 27
Thurs Feb 29
Tues March 5
Thurs March 7
Tues March 19
Thurs March 21
2024
School Tour Pricing
1 pancake, hot chocolate, maple bud and walking tour: $7.25
2 pancake, hot chocolate, maple bud and walking tour: $8.00
3 pancake, hot chocolate, maple bud and walking tour: $8.50
Download Our School Information Package
Book a Tour
We are now closed for the 2024 season, We would llike to thank you those who were able to visit us and hope that you had a wonderful experience
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About Kin Canada
Founded by Hal Rogers on Feb. 20, 1920, Kin Canada is the nation's largest all-Canadian service club organization. Kinsmen, Kinette and Kin clubs across the country work to better their communities, enhance the well-being of Canadians and improve the environment. The Association boasts a proud history dedicated to fostering life-long friendships while ‘Serving the Community’s Greatest Need.'
More than $1 billion raised
Since our founding in 1920, Kin Canada clubs have donated more than $1 billion to Canadian causes, communities and individuals in need, as well as to disaster relief efforts beyond our borders
Kin Motto
Serving the Community's Greatest Need.
Mission Statement
Volunteers enriching Canadian Communities through Community Service, Leadership, and Partnership.
Membership
Around 6,500 members belong to approximately 480 Kinsmen, Kinette and Kin clubs across Canada. Kinsmen clubs are predominantly male, Kinette clubs are predominantly female and Kin clubs have a mixed membership of men and women
The Objects of the Association
To promote and direct service work through fellowship amongst its Clubs and their members, to the end that:
1. Members of the Clubs may enjoy personal development through the Association.
2. They may be improved and educated in modern business and professional methods and ethics.
3. The involvement of all in the enrichment of their community may be stimulated.
4. A spirit of co-operation, tolerance, understanding and equality among all nations and peoples be fostered and that unity of thought and purpose throughout Canada be established toward this goal; and they shall serve their community’s greatest need.
Maple Miracles
A short video, where the Kinsmen and Kinettes of London Ontario speak about the Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush and its role in the community.
Land Acknowledgement
Volunteer/Join
This is your chance....
Change lives. Make your community a better place: help the less fortunate families; put a smile on a child's face.
Change your life build lifelong friendships; develop leadership and personal skills; gain a sense of self-confidence
Kin Canada, the country's largest all-Canadian service club organization, is made up of enthusiastic people just like you gathered together in clubs. There are hundreds of Kinsmen, Kinette and Kin clubs from coast to coast who work together to better their communities, enhance the well being of Canadians an improve the environment.
Together we're bettering out communities and changing lives, You can become a part of it too!
Take us for a test drive ...
Use the "Contact" pages and we will let you know when and where our next meeting and or event is. Come out and see if this opportunity is for you!
Enjoy the outdoors?
Our main fundraising project for the Kinsmen Club of Greater London is the Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush. Without members and volunteers this would not be possible. Why not consider getting involved?
Looking for Volunteer Hours?
During Sugar Bush season we have plenty of opportunities for high school students to gain credit towards their volunteer hours.
Either Way....
If you are interested in volunteering or in becoming a member , contact us today!
Benefactors
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Stevenson Children's Camp
The Kinsmen Club of Greater London has had a long lasting relationship with the Stevenson Children's Camp. We recently celebrated our 75th year of helping to support the camp.
National Charity
Kin Canada has been a partner in the fight against Cystic Fibrosis since 1964. During this time, Kin members have raised over $41 million in support of the work of Cystic Fibrosis Canada.
Cystic Fibrosis Canada
In August 2013, the Kinsmen Club of Greater London received the Bill Skelly Award on behalf of Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush for raising funds and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis Canada.