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Schools, swim‘clubs and’ This year Greenpeace is

organizations on the North - taking a bigger, faster boat

Shore and throughout the out isto the north Pacific to

rovince are being asked by . seek out the Russian d
fhe Greenpeace Foundation . Japanese ree “a

to “gwimmin’ for the
whales’’ during the week of
June 7 to 11. The objective is
to raise funds to help finance
Greonpeace’s fecond ‘Save
the ales’ dition,
which will be faunel ed June
13 from the Habitat Forum
site at Jericho,

But partlol ating schools
and groups will also be able
to keep 25 per cent of the
returns to hat finance thelr
own activities or put towards
thelr own environmental
Project, —

The scheme operates on
the same principle as ties
for Milllons.”’ Schools an
OF; ganizations distribute
sponsor forms for individual
swimmers, on which

sors pledge a aiven amount

fe ane br owes, ‘i Cotneoa Did

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awa 30 yatds
“ yard ard | the sponsor wotld He

fora 1 Syeur-thd swims
ing 200 yar s at ft per yard
the roturn would

which the school oF, group
would keep $5 and pass the
Oreen-

remaining” $15 to
peace,

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Last summer a deematte
fiat Creonpl vietwsen, i
and ures at whalers of t off ¢

Const on world attention to
annual slaughter of of whales
by Russian Japanese
whaling flests,

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undertaken by the found.
ation, Operation of the vessel
aiono is 6x d to cost
upwards of § 000 for each of

90 days it is at sea,

The “swim-athon”’
which {¢ is
major contribution towards
these costs-—is being coor-
dinated by Paul Spong of the
Greenpeace Foundation, Full »
Gotalls,' with participation |

and 6 ip forms, have
aie been sent to schools
and other. groups. =,

Any person can becoma a!
swimmer by picking. up a
tor school or organs or

the form has

‘ont it as many individual
ble, the

Beasired between June 7
fs
~ A witness must be present

to sign the sor form and
colly the actual dlotance

§ the hadividasl aoa the
‘most money durisg “swine
min’ for or the whales f week,

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