Variety. Club’s lth An- areas of the province that’

nual. Telethon for han-~ have -never before had...

dica children will be
available to 96.2 percent of
British Columbia’s
population this February 19

\ and 20 via the BCTV net-

work (Cable 4), _ ¢

J. Ray Peters, president
of the British Columbia
Television station network,
said the system's signal has
been ‘extended since last
year’s Telethon to take in

aceess to the television
spectacular which is
telecast live and in color
from the stage of Van-
couver’s' Queen Elizabeth
Theatre. The show runs for
20 consecutive hours and
made over $765,000 for
Variety Club’s children's
charities last year.

Peters identified the
regions which will be able to

_. Hotelmen |
to participate in
"Telethon"

' After having played a big
part in the success of
previous Variety Club
telethons, British Columbia
- Hotels’ men
bers are gearing up for the
1977 event in aid of han-
dicapped children. .

More than 300 BCHA
member hotels will par-
. ticipate in events
surrounding the 11th Annual

(Cable 4) February 19 and
. e f
telethon will be held at the §
Queen Elizabeth Theatre in }

20. Again this

year,

Vancouver.

The show will be seen on §

. the bety network throughout
British Columbia, featuri
national and internation

talent together with com- ' §

munity representatives and
aealites.

Prom § p.m. on Saturday,

February 19 to 5 p.m. on §

February 20, panels of
volunteers — including
hotelmen — will be on stage

taki es of funds to
hep les edges of children.

articipating hotels will
also be canvassing their

premises with Variety Club —

‘elethon collection Gns to
further beost the project

Pal

Association mem- §

tributors the last few years.

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-1976 was mor

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view the .1977 Telethon the
first time .as parts of, the
East and West Kootenays
and the Central Interior, as
well as upper Vancouver
Island. He said places like
Terrace, Kitimat, Creston,
Prince Rupert, Revelstoke
and Campbell River will be
able to tune in the show via
cablevision, rather than
receive the signal one week

“We hope it means that
more. British Columbians
than ever before will see the
show and contribute to
Variety Club’s projects,”
Peters said. .

The club’s major project
is construction of a new
Children’s Hospital and
Diagnostic & Treatment
Centre. The club must raise
$44 million by 1980. The
club has many other smaller

projects which assist less

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ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Feb. 9, 1977, 9.

Variety Club TELETHON

fortunate children of this

ovince; in fact over 50

andicapped children's
organizations have received
assistance from the club
since its inception in 1965.
Three major projects have
already been completed —
Variety Farm at Ladner
whieh cost over $600,000;
Variety’s Treatment Centre
for Children at Surrey at a
cost of over $800,000 and a
Mental Retardation. In-
stitute at UBC — The
Berwick Centre — at a cost
of over $1 million.

The Club already has
$700,000 held in trust for the
Children’s Hospital project
— money which was raised
at the 1976 Telethon

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of the new hospital. Theclub -
has raised well over $3
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telethons.

Over 1500 volunteer

workers — from club
members to an active
women's auxiliary . to

students of the B.C. Institute

of Technology and UBC —

annually participate in the-

organization of the
ethon.

The 1977 show is being put
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Variety Club’s chairman,
Peter Barnett, a well known
Vancouver restaurant
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