| Please send your donations to: Save Our Seine River Environment Inc. P.O.Box 83, 208 Provencher Blvd. Winnipeg, MB R2H 3B4 SOS operates as a non-profit based organization and is a registered charity. All donations are greatly appreciated, and tax receipts will be issued for donations of $15 or more. |
| SOS Web Release May, 2002 Five new committees were formed in 2002. Those committees are: a) Parks Committee b) Fundraising Committee c) Tree Planting and River Clean-up d) Trail Building and Maintenance e) Special Events, Education and Recreation. If you are interested in knowing more about any of these committees, please e-mail your name and phone number to [email protected] , or phone David Watson at 253-7388. Volunteers invited to our yearly SOS greenings and cleanings need not give advance notice. Simply come if you can. Bring an old pair of shoes or rubber boots, warm clothes, gloves and a lunch. We particularly invite teachers and youth leaders to bring their young people to our events. This is a great chance for them to participate in very real, very personal community environmental action. |
| Seine River draws interest far and wide By Brenda Fleming The Lance, Wednesday, July 10, 2002, p.3. Volunteers are always needed to help out with the work of the Save Our Seine Group, says president Jules Legal. There�s always something to do,� he said. The group, known officially as Save Our Seine River Environment Inc. is involved in a variety of activities, including an annual greening day, said Legal. �We recently planted about 400 trees on the site of the old St. Vital dump at the eat end of Beliveau Road,� says Legal. Volunteers can get involved in many aspects of the groups work. Some of the group�s goals include preserving, protecting and enhancing the natural environment and heritage of the Seine River, raising public awareness about all aspects of the Seine River and working to improve the environmental behaviour of private industry, governments and the public. The group�s role includes monitoring the Seine River environment, as well as promoting ongoing public education about the Seine. Future goals for the group include seeing a Seine River development authority established and seeing the completion of an urban nature trail and canoe route along the length of the Seine. Local school children have made the Seine the focus of their science projects and people have come from as far away as the Philippines have shown an interest in the river and surrounding area, said Legal. Recently, a group from the Philippines visited Winnipeg, and took a canoe trip along the Seine, along with representatives from the Save Our Seine group. The visitors from the Philippines were representatives from various environmental groups and were impressed with the state of the river and surrounding area, said Legal. Anyone interested in volunteering for the Save Our Seine Group is invited to call Legal at 255-6800. |