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Service Area

 

The 2015 Summer Services will be arranged in Vaasa, in the village of Sundom in Söderfjärden. The Söderfjärden field opening is located in the Sundom village were the majority of the people are Swedish speaking, about ten kilometers south of the Vaasa city center. The special feature of the area is the round shape, which is thought to have be caused by a meteorite crash millions of years ago. The Summer services will be arranged in one of the sections of the circle. SRK's annual summer services have been arranged for over a hundred years. The yearly changing service place is important from the perspective of mission work. In selecting the summer 2015 location, the bilingualism of the area was important. The Ry's of the Vaasa area started to search for an joint field area for the summer services in the fall of 2004 in Vaasa. Söderfjärden was in the list of the 15 studied areas, but a risk factor in Söderfjärden was the rains. After searching for a year, there were ten areas left within a radius of 100 km of Vaasa city, of which most were farming areas but there were also a few airports. The summer service work committee met the Vaasa city representatives in August of 2009. From the beginning it was clear that the city excited of getting such a large event to their area, and the cooperation with the summer service work committee and Vaasa city have worked out well. More perspective into the service area was gotten when the students of the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences area information studies researched the characteristics of the possibility for the summer service area in a cooperation project. Then the area of Söderfjärden came up in new light. In the spring of 2013 the agreement was signed to arrange the summer services in the village of Sundom in Söderfjärden in the summer of 2105. There were about 30 landowners, city and service organization representatives signing the agreements.

 

Summer services in a Natura 2000 area.

 

The Söderfjärden area is a fertile field opening with underground drainage. It is also a true paradise for birds. In the spring and fall there can be over 7000 cranes in the area eating and resting during their migration trip. In addition to the cranes, there are also rare bird species, for example the endangered Ortolan Bunting. Söderfjärden has been designated in the EU's Natura 2000 nature conservation program. The summer service organization has been given the duty to count the birds for three years. The results will then be reported to the ELY center.