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 girl doing gymnastics on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. She appears to be doing some sort of backwards maneuver.
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 girl doing gymnastics on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. She is doing the splits.
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 girl doing gymnastics on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. She is doing the splits with her arms raised above her head.
Photograph of two girls holding an ACT sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. There are other girls behind them. In front of them is a girl having her face painted by an older woman. There is a blue flower on her right cheek.
Photograph of two girls holding an ACT sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. There are other girls behind them. In front of them is a girl having her face painted by an older woman. There is a blue flower on her right cheek.
Photograph of girls dressed in back with bandanas dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the front towards the left is Andrea Spowart, and towards the right is Gabby Goffinet. Money total in background reads $1060.
Photograph of girls dressed in back with bandanas dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. In the front towards the left is Andrea Spowart, and towards the right is Gabby Goffinet. Money total in background reads $1060.
Photograph of three girls dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Girl in middle is Kelsey Demedeiros. Clayton Merritt and Joe Galante are on the panel in the background.
Photograph of three girls dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Girl in middle is Kelsey Demedeiros. Clayton Merritt and Joe Galante are on the panel in the background.
Photograph of Doug Smith with three girls on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. From L-R they are ?, Claudia Arruda, and Desiree Raposa. Phone panel is behind Left phone panel has signing reading Simply The Best! 20 Fun Years with A.C.T.
Photograph of Doug Smith with three girls on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. From L-R they are ?, Claudia Arruda, and Desiree Raposa. Phone panel is behind Left phone panel has signing reading Simply The Best! 20 Fun Years with A.C.T.
Photograph of a group of youths standing next to a clown. A boy in the centre with a grey shirt and red toque is holding an act sign. Another youth is on the right with tiger face paint.
Photograph of a group of youths standing next to a clown. A boy in the centre with a grey shirt and red toque is holding an act sign. Another youth is on the right with tiger face paint.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Dorothy Cheyne is in background on left. Sign reading Thank You Kitimat is behind her.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Dorothy Cheyne is in background on left. Sign reading Thank You Kitimat is behind her.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. Audience and seats on the left.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. Audience and seats on the left.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. A girl in an orange shirt is in the centre talking into the microphone.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. A girl in an orange shirt is in the centre talking into the microphone.
Photograph of a group of youths wearing black and sitting at the bottom of a stairwell at the Aluminum City Telethon. One youth is holding at a can of a drink. There is a door behind them.
Photograph of a group of youths wearing black and sitting at the bottom of a stairwell at the Aluminum City Telethon. One youth is holding at a can of a drink. There is a door behind them.
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 group of people in some back room at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School for the Aluminum City Telethon. Al Smith at the far right.
Photograph of a group of people somewhere backstage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Man on left is drinking something from a glass, and man in centre has a cigarette in his mouth.
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 group of people somewhere backstage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Man on left is drinking something from a glass, and man in centre has a cigarette in his mouth.
