Join Vancouver Aquarium for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup

By Helen Lee

Vancouver, Canada - As part of the launch of the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a drop-in kick-off cleanup event will be held in Vancouver on September 19th, 2009.

This free public cleanup event will feature refreshments, prizes and the opportunity for children to make their mark on the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Kids Monster Mural.

WHEN: Saturday, September 19, 2009

10:00 a.m. – Registration

11:00 a.m. – Recommended time for media to arrive

WHERE: Kitsilano Beach

(meeting at Kitsilano Beach North Parking Lot near Arbutus St. and McNicoll Ave.)

Vancouver, BC
Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/tdgcsc-kickoff-van

WHO: Jill Dwyer, Program Manager, TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup

Eric Solomon, VP, Conservation, Research & Education, Vancouver Aquarium

Aurora Bonin, Manager, Western Region, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

WHY: Every year over one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles die through entanglement and ingestion of litter, and it’s estimated that 80 per cent of this litter originates from land based sources.

This year as many as 60,000 Canadians will work together from September 19-27 to remove nearly 200 garbage trucks worth of trash (more than 135,000 kilograms) from shorelines and waterways during the 16th annual TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

For additional information please visit: http://www.tdgcsc.ca.

Photo credit: Vancouver Aquarium

To view Vancouver Aquarium's web page on Zoo and Aquarium Visitor, go to: http://www.zandavisitor.com/forumtopicdetail-40-Vancouver_Aquarium