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PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE - 1999
Our annual Dinner and Auction was successful at raising a further $19,500 for Cascades Conservation Area. I wish to thank the dedicated team of Foundation volunteers and the one-hundred-and-seventy businesses, organizations and individuals for their generous contributions. Please plan to join us for this year's Dinner on February 10, 2000.
The Foundation has presented another $30,000 cheque to Lakehead Conservation. The donation moved us near the halfway point in our $130,000 campaign for visitor facility improvements at the Cascades Conservation Area. The money was raised through the Dinner & Auction and other fund-raising activities, including Nevada ticket sales, coin boxes, memberships and donations. Our bingo fundraising was hampered by a delay in licensing approval, which we hope to clear up shortly.
We are proud to continue our partnership in the Blake Memorial Grove program. The Blake Memorial Grove now consists of 2,500 trees that line the Floodway from the Harbour upstream to Fort William Road. Blake Funeral Chapel donates one tree in memory of each person they serve. Several private donations are also made to the Memorial Grove each year. The annual dedication service at the end of June is normally attended by 500 family members and friends.
Please join in on our work by becoming a 'Friend of the Foundation', giving towards the Cascades campaign, or making a Memorial Grove donation.
Phil Jarvis,
President
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Left:
Lakehead Conservation Vice-Chairman Bill Bartley accepts a big cheque for $30,000 from LCF Vice-President Garry Maxwell. |
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| Right: Some of the dozens of door prizes given away at the 1999 Dinner & Auction. |
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Originally
posted: Jan. 28, 2000
