Canmore, Cochrane and Banff Cheque Presentation
Monday, October 31, 2011
Canmore, Cochrane and Banff Depots contribute to
Alberta Cans for Kids $100,000 fundraising
goal
Canmore....The Alberta Bottle Depot Association (ABDA)
today presented the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation with a
cheque for $11,835.25 from its Alberta Cans for Kids
program. The cheque was presented at the Canmore Depot.
The Canmore, Cochrane and Banff Depots raised the money through
donations of beverage containers from their customers.
Alberta Cans for Kids is a fundraising initiative
implemented by the ABDA to raise money and awareness for important
causes through one simple act - recycling beverage
containers. Participating bottle depots across Alberta have
bins set aside for the Alberta Cans for Kids program in
which customers can deposit their empty beverage containers.
The depot operator recycles those containers and the refundable
deposit amounts collected at southern Alberta depots are donated to
the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation.
"Congratulations to the Alberta Bottle Depot Association, the
Cochrane, Canmore and Banff Depots and the Alberta Children's
Hospital on a successful partnership," said Janis Tarchuk, MLA
for Banff-Cochrane. "Your accomplishments are to be commended
and will help ensure a healthier future for our children.
This important grassroots charity donation drive exemplifies how
simple, selfless gestures can make a big difference in the lives of
those around us"
Alberta Cans for Kids is hoping to raise $100,000 in
southern Alberta for the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation, by
October of this year. A similar fundraising goal has been set
in northern Alberta for the Stollery Children's Hospital
Foundation. The program has raised a total of
$179,295.80 province-wide since it was implemented in 2009.
"Support for Alberta Cans for Kids has been amazing.
With the help of this community, we are well on our way to
achieving our $100,000 goal this year," said Jeff Linton, Executive
Director of the ABDA.
"We're so grateful to the Alberta Bottle Depot Association for
their Alberta Cans for Kids initiative," said Jeanette
Lyall of the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. "Thanks
to community support, we are
able to provide funding for child health programs, life-saving
equipment and innovative research at the Alberta Children's
Hospital. We're very proud to be part of a community that
shares in the vision of a healthier future for our children."
For more information on Alberta Cans for Kids,
visit: http://www.albertacansforkids.org/
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Media inquiries may be directed to:
Jeff Linton, Executive
Director
Jeanette Lyall, Volunteer Coordinator
Alberta Bottle Depot
Association
Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation
(780)
454-0400
(403) 955-8838
jeff@albertadepot.ca jlyall@achf.com