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 two men sitting on chairs and playing guitars in a backstage area or another room at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School.
Photograph of a group of kids sitting on a rainbow rug in front of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. Kids consist of four girls and one boy. Guitar man is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder ornament. Donation panel visible behind them.
Photograph of a group of kids sitting on a rainbow rug in front of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. Kids consist of four girls and one boy. Guitar man is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder ornament. Donation panel visible behind them.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group of men in Overwaitea Save-on-More shirts on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. The shirts are black with Save-on-More repeated 5 times. Believe It is in white text below.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group of men in Overwaitea Save-on-More shirts on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. The shirts are black with Save-on-More repeated 5 times. Believe It is in white text below.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black suite with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black suite with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder. There is a rainbow rug crumpled on the floor by his feet. Donation panel visible behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar at the Aluminum City Telethon. He is wearing a black shirt with a yellow, decorative shoulder pad on his left shoulder. There is a rainbow rug crumpled on the floor by his feet. Donation panel visible behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.
Photograph of a man playing a guitar on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a Royal Order of the Purple Elks Club member on the panel behind him.
Photograph of Hugh Anderson playing a guitar and singing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Panel with a sign "Kitimat Recreation Department" is behind him.
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 Hugh Anderson playing a guitar and singing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Panel with a sign "Kitimat Recreation Department" is behind him.
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 young woman playing drums with the MESS band at the Aluminum City Telethon.
Photograph of Phyllis Powell sitting backstage in soccer gear (for singing the Vancouver Whitecaps song) at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a man with a headset standing next to her.
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 Phyllis Powell sitting backstage in soccer gear (for singing the Vancouver Whitecaps song) at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a man with a headset standing next to her.
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.
