MEDIA/PHOTO ALERT: PwC holds environmental cleanup as Toronto gears up for G20 - June 25th

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June 23, 2010 — On Friday, June 25th, as Toronto prepares for the G20, volunteers from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Direct Energy will be at Tommy Thompson Park supporting the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority—a charitable organization that restores natural environments in the GTA. Onsite, 50 to 75 volunteers will spend the day improving the park’s wetlands, planting native aquatic plants and removing non-native invasive species while preparations for the G20 take place just a short distance away.

WHAT:             Environmental cleanup volunteer day during lead-up to G20

WHEN:             Friday, June 25, 2010

                          Anytime between 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:           Tommy Thompson Park (http://www.tommythompsonpark.ca/)

                           Located at the foot of Leslie Street, south of Lakeshore Blvd East

                           *Organizers will meet media at the main gates (Leslie St/Unwin Ave) and direct to                            volunteer group

WHO:                David Love, executive director, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

                           Volunteers from PwC and Direct Energy

VIDEO/PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:  

  • Volunteers working in the wetlands of Tommy Thompson Park
  • Interview opportunities with event organizers from Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, PwC and Direct Energy

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