We believe that youth are the future stewards of Bayou Teche. We’ll take any opportunity we can to get kids out on the water. Our bayou cleanup days are kid-friendly, as is our Shake Your Trail Feather event and paddle, but we wanted a workshop just for kids.

We introduced our “Geaux Paddle” youth program in 2023 thanks to a Healthy Communities grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful. We have held workshops for kids ages 10-14 for the past three years in June that included paddling, trash pickup, a water quality experiment, art exhibit and more. See our latest art project resulting from this workshop on display at New Iberia’s Kayak Park.

The next workshop will be May 23, 2026, in New Iberia. Stay tuned for more details.