_ Ina sudden about-face the
provincial government has
agreed, after all, to support
this year’s ‘‘Pitch-In’’ clean-
up drive, B.C.’s largest
public participation program.

Pitch-In will be held May

7-12 by Outdoors Unlittered.

sponsors of the program.

*“We're delighted that the
treasury board has reconsi-
dered and decided to con-
tinue: to support this very
worth while program;’ ‘said
Stella Jo Dean -of North
Vancouver, a member of
Outdoors Unlittéred’s Board

volunteers in a massive

‘clean- -up and beautification-
campaign throughout. British |

Columbia,

The funding requested,
$13,513, represented only a
small .
actual cost of the campaign.
Industries, local government
and the media donate
approximately “$100,000 to
the campaign in materials,
labour and advertising.

Minister
office _ has

‘Environment
Rafe Mair’ s

percentage of the

informed me _ that the
minister had resubmitted our
proposal to treasury board
and that the government’s
contribution of $13, 513 had
been approved,"’ said Dean,
adding,“‘we’re very glad that
the government responded

““so quickly and decided to
support the voluntary efforts .

-of the hundreds of thousands

of people involved in the’

project.

. Outdoors Unlittered, a
non-profit organization, had
made an appeal to the

“4

oria coughs up for clean-up

Premier,

member of-* the Legislature
following the government's

recent announcement not to

support **Pitch-In’’. and the
organization’s education
program in schools and
communities throughout the
province.

“We will be ‘meeting with
Mr. Mair on March 28” said
Dean,‘‘to discuss the conti-
nuance of our education
program. Many people have

expressed their concern to

Environment .
Minister Rafe Mair, and each -

- concurrently in

Outdoors Unlittered about
the organization's inability to
continue this worthwhile
program without the govern-
ment’s support.”’

Information and __pro-
motional materials for Pitch-

in °79 will be mailed to—

communities, schools and
organizations throughout
British Columbia ‘before
March 15.

Pitch-In '79 will be held
British
Alberta, Saskat-.

Columbia,

_, Page 43, March 11, 1979 - Sanday News

chewan and
Manitoba during . the May
7-12 period and is Canada’s

largest environmental | public
participation campaign. The

campaign was first held in -

British Columbia in 1969. by
Outdoors Unlittered.

_ Outdoors Unlittered is a -
-hon-profit and
organization,

charitable
founded in
1967, and supported by
government, industry,
schools, the media and the

‘ public.

‘Winnipeg, —

of Directors...

The government had earli-
er turned down Qutdoors
Unlittered’s request for
$13,513 as its contribution to
-the program which, in 1978, ~ ~ ~
involved more than 200,000 —

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