Media Advisory - Bowness Park to benefit from TD Great Canadian Shoreline
Cleanup

    
    Across Canada, nearly 60,000 Canadians are expected to remove up to 200
    garbage trucks worth of trash
    

TORONTO , Sept. 19 /CNW/ -

    

    WHAT:     As part of the launch of the TD Great Canadian Shoreline
              Cleanup, a drop-in kick-off cleanup event will be held in
              Calgary 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:    Bowness Park
              8900 48 Avenue NW (at 88 St NW)
              Calgary, AB
              Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/m8hz59

    WHO: Andrew Gartner, Chapter Coordinator, TD Friends of the Environment
         Foundation
         Ellen Dungen, Regional Manager, TD Friends of the Environment
         Foundation
         Jean Fong, TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, Vancouver Aquarium

    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.
    

For further information: Ellen Dungen, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, [phone], [email protected]; Jean Fong, Vancouver Aquarium, 1-800-375-8776 or [phone] (cell), [email protected]