PITCH-IN CANADA Week
Proclamation

PITCH-IN CANADA Week - OPERATION: Clean Sweep
April 19-25, 2010

 WHEREAS hundreds of thousands of Canadians show their concern for the environment and their communities each year by participating in PITCH-IN CANADA projects to: refuse, reuse, recycle and properly dispose of waste; clean up and rejuvenate local neighbourhoods, green spaces, ravines, waterways and illegal dump sites; restore habitats; and to establish composting and recycling projects;

 AND WHEREAS PITCH-IN CANADA, a national, community-based, organization comprised of eco-action and community volunteers, believes that maintaining a quality environment and encouraging civic pride is everyone's responsibility;

 AND WHEREAS PITCH-IN CANADA encourages voluntary action to: keep communities clean and beautiful and restore and maintain a healthy environment;

 NOW THEREFORE, I, (name) , (Mayor, Reeve, Chair) of (Village, Town, City, District, County etc...) declare the week of April 19 - 25, 2010 as "PITCH-IN CANADA Week" in (name of community) and invite all citizens in our community to actively participate in PITCH-IN CANADA's OPERATION: Clean Sweep!

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