School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)

PORT COQUITLAM JUNIOR-SENIGR SECONDARY SCHOOL

: H 3550 Wollington Street,
C C t f\ Port: Cequitiam, B.C.
\ a 4 Phone 942.7236
JUN - 5 1972
30th May 1972

Hr. Le DB. Pollock,
Chief Administrator,
City of Port Coquitlan,
2272 McAllister Avenue,
Port Coquitlam, B. C.

Dear Mr. Pollock,

Tais year the Coquitlam School District will again be host to a groun
of young visitors, 16 ~ 18 years of ase (grade 11) and theiy escorts, who
vill be barticinating in the Young Voyageurs Programme.

Eleven girls, ten boys and two eccorts will be comins from Ottawa
August 4th to August 12th. Similarly, twenty one students and two escorts
from the Coquittan district will be travelling to Sevt Iles (Soven Islands),
Quebec, July Sth to July 17th,

The primary aim of this programme is to give a student the experience
of living with a family in another part of Canada. Other major aims are:

~ to foster the sense of the meaning of Canadian
citizenship through first hand acquaintance with
other parts of Canada, including the capital - Ottawa,

~- to give exserience to the young adults in plenniag,
working, and living os part of a group.

We are at vresent Planning a progrunme for the August 4th to August 12th
period of "hosting" the Ottaya Broun. We are cheduling a Coquitlam School
District Community or Civics Day, for Honduy Aurust 7th, which will include
tours, visits, barbecues, ete, Ve are contacting various local organisations
and groups to particinate in the day's p. gre de, by contributing in various
WAYS.

In the past, you have Kindly made the Centennial Swimming Pool available
te the. Young Voyageurs, We hupe that this offer could be repeated this year,
ZI have written to Mr. Clyde Griffiths, your Parks and Recreation Director,
Sugsesting times when we would be able to use the pool, if permission is
granted, We a the use of "Aggie Hall in case of rain,
The local Kine. Sked to provide their 8p
Beef" during the afternoon swim session, -

During the evening of August 9th, the Port Coquitlam Hunting and Fishing
Club is providing its facilitie ancing,.
Would it be possible for the i i for about 50 people
in the latter part of the eve S* ‘This could be in the form of sandwiches
and colc drinks.

” . . Over eeccan/