The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of Aluminum City Telethon executives. From left to right they are Susan Eisenberger, ?, ?, Teresa Guest, and Dorothy Cheyne.
Photograph showing a fire truck parked in front of a building. The truck belongs to the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd Fire Departmen in Kitimat. In the foreground there is grass and a sidewalk. There is a lamp post, a car, another building, a mountain and people in the background. Farther in the background there is a mountain.
Photograph showing a fire truck parked in front of a building. The truck belongs to the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd Fire Departmen in Kitimat. In the foreground there is grass and a sidewalk. There is a lamp post, a car, another building, a mountain and people in the background. Farther in the background there is a mountain.
Photograph of H.R.H, the Duke of Edinburgh. Whitaker, Vice President and General manager of Aluminum CO. OF Canada. Hon. C.D. Howe, McNeely Du Bose, Vice President of Alcan.
Photograph of H.R.H, the Duke of Edinburgh. Whitaker, Vice President and General manager of Aluminum CO. OF Canada. Hon. C.D. Howe, McNeely Du Bose, Vice President of Alcan.
