Come to a designated litter pick-up station between 11:00 and 12:30 on Sunday September 14th to get supplies to pick-up litter from the streets and parks of the Town of Lake Cowichan and enter to win some great draw prizes!

 

Pick-up stations will be located at:

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1. Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce Office

2. Central Park

3. Kinsmen Duck Pond

4. Ts-uu-baa-asatx Square

5. Baseball Diamond Kiosk on Point Ideal Road

6. Kate’s Park

 

Pick-up in your own or another neighbourhood. No need to pre-register.

 

Plan to join in as an individual, a family, a neighbourhood or work or other group.  Make it a friendly competition if you’d like.  

 

Bring your gathered litter back to the pick-up station before 1:00, then come celebrate at Saywell Park with:

• fun and games, with prizes for the kids 

• cookies and other goodies 

• draw prizes - all generously provided by local businesses

• the Lake Cowichan Kracken Junior A hockey members demonstrating their shooting skills, and 

• the Lake Ambassadors’ fun face painting.  

 

Why join in? Because litter doesn’t just disappear – especially plastic litter – it breaks down into finer and finer particles. When the plastic pieces get small enough they get into the organs and tissues of fish, animals and humans – causing serious health issues! 

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Picking-up paper and plastic litter – bottle caps, plastic candy wrappers, zip ties and plastic bottles from our streets and parks stops it from washing into storm sewers and natural streams and ending up in our beautiful Cowichan Lake and River.  This means a healthier environment. 

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Hosted by:

• Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society

• Town of Lake Cowichan, and 

• Lake Cowichan District Chamber of Commerce

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT, 

CONTACT: TOLCCLEANUP@GMAIL.COM

 

(PLEASE DO NOT BRING ANY HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE 

TO THE PICK-UP STATIONS!)

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A Very Big “Thank You!” to everyone who made this day possible:

 

Our Generous Financial Sponsors

• Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society 

• Domtar 

• Town of Lake Cowichan 

• Elks of Canada, Lake Cowichan Lodge No. 293

• Diana Gunderson 

• Island Savings, Lake Cowichan Branch

 

 

Our Fabulous Draw Prize Donors:

• Jakes at the Lake

• Riverside Pub

• JV’s Diner

• Poblanos Mexican Eatery

• Ed’s Coffeehouse

• Island Pasty Haus

• Little town Pizza

• Lake Cowichan Fly & Tackle

• Cowichan Pet Emporium 

• Butler Locksmithing 

• Wind and Wave and The Lake Hat Co.

• Lake Cowichan Kraken Hockey Club

• Domtar

• Cowichan Lake and River Stewardship Society

• Barry Hetschko and the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre

• Tourism Cowichan  

• Our Shabby Shed 

• Garden Made, Lake Cowichan

• Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce 

• Home Hardware 

• Swordfern Boutique

• A and W 

• Island Savings, Lake Cowichan Branch

• Cowichan Eyecare

• Pacific Streamkeepers Federation

• Leon’s Signs

 

Our Amazing Contributors in Kind:

• Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce

• Kaatza Station Museum

• Town of Lake Cowichan

• Lil’s Tea An-Tiques

• Country Grocer

• Cowichan Watershed Board

• IDA Pharmacy, South Shore Road

• Surfrider Foundation, South Vancouver Island Chapter

• Cowichan Valley Regional District

• Cowichan Lake Lions Club

• Cowichan Recreation Commission

• Honeymoon Bay Market

 

Our All-Important Active Participants:

• Lake Cowichan Kraken Junior Hockey Team

• Lake Cowichan Appollos Senior AA Mens Hockey Team

• Lake Ambassadors

• CLRSS Board and Members

• Cowichan Lake Chamber of Commerce Staff 

• Town of Lake Cowichan Council and Staff

• Cowichan Watershed Board Staff