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November 3, 1993 Our Fiie: 2P04

Len Traboulay

Mayor

City of Port Coquitlam

2580 Shaughnessy Street
Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8

Dear Mayor and Members of Council:

Indiseriminate dumping is on the increase. Most communities, responding to a recent survey by PITCH-IN,
indicated they rely more than ever on PITCH-IN WEEK volunteers to clean-up, to keep their community clean
and to stay within their maintenance budgets. The results of the 1993 PITCH-IN WEEK Campaign as well as
the research conducted are on the back of, and with, this letter.

PITCH-IN WERK is not a government program. We do not receive any support from federal or provincial
governments. We represent voluntary groups. Our supporters donate their time in your community. We
motivate and assist your schools and other community groups to get them involved in beautification and clean-up
projects in your community. We also have very limited funds to get the job done.

1994 PITCH-IN WEEE is scheduled for May 2 - 8, 1994. However, at this point we are not
sure what assistance and materials we will be able to provide to schools, youth groups
and others to conduct the 1994 PITCH-IN WEEK Campaign in your community. This will

depend on the financial Support which you provide to the Campaign.

PITCH-IN WEEK will only continue if we work together. Your community is asked to make a small contribution
towards the cost of PITCH-IN WEEK. We request you contribute $675 to the Campaign.

We know that the economy is in terrible shape. However, without PITCH-IN WEEK your cost of cleaning-up
illegal, indiscriminate dumping and other litter would be considerably higher. So it makes sense to help PITCH-
IN volunteers do the job for you, in your community, thereby reducing your costs.

Please respond to our request as scon as possible. We need to know soon how much support we will be able
to give to volunteers in your community when they approach us for support of their local projects.

Thanks for PITCHING-IN!
Kindest regards,
PITCH-IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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