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 a woman in ethnic clothes and holding two candles in glass jars. Performance for the Aluminum City Telethon.
Photograph of a man and little girl next to a sealife table. The man is wearing a Fisheries and Oceans uniform and is holding up a crab to show the girl.
Photograph of a man and little girl next to a sealife table. The man is wearing a Fisheries and Oceans uniform and is holding up a crab to show the girl.
Photograph of a man, two little girls, and another youth? next to a sealife table. The man is wearing a Fisheries and Oceans uniform and is holding up a crab to show them.
Photograph of a man, two little girls, and another youth? next to a sealife table. The man is wearing a Fisheries and Oceans uniform and is holding up a crab to show them.
Photograph of kids lining up for donation box at the Aluminum City Telethon. Anne Berrisford is by the donation box, and Nancy-Jane Harness is sitting on the floor below. In background line are some girls including Claudia Arruda.
Photograph of kids lining up for donation box at the Aluminum City Telethon. Anne Berrisford is by the donation box, and Nancy-Jane Harness is sitting on the floor below. In background line are some girls including Claudia Arruda.
Photograph of kids lined up for donation box at the Aluminum City Telethon. Up at the front by the box is Blake Hawkins. In line behind is Melissa Soares, Mary Bernt (in red), Rachel Empson, and Carly Goddard. Sitting in the front row seats in the audience are one of the Ivanaksis girls and Kayleen Franklin.
Photograph of kids lined up for donation box at the Aluminum City Telethon. Up at the front by the box is Blake Hawkins. In line behind is Melissa Soares, Mary Bernt (in red), Rachel Empson, and Carly Goddard. Sitting in the front row seats in the audience are one of the Ivanaksis girls and Kayleen Franklin.
Photograph of Marg Bogaert handing a box to Doug Smith on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is another man next to Doug Smith. Susan Trogi is on panel in background on left. Telethon total is visible on right as $22663.
Photograph of Marg Bogaert handing a box to Doug Smith on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is another man next to Doug Smith. Susan Trogi is on panel in background on left. Telethon total is visible on right as $22663.
