Pickering Council Recognizes Corporate Makeover Sponsors Pickering, ON, April 16, 2007 - On April 16th, City of Pickering Members of Council recognized the corporate partners who are helping the City carry out the 3rd annual 20-Minute Pickering Makeover. Representatives from Pizza Pizza, Home Depot Canada Inc., McDonald's Restaurants of Canada, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, and Tim Hortons were all praised for their continued support. "I commend these leading corporations for supporting the City's commitment to sustainability. In addition to cleaning up our community, events like the 20-Minute Makeover, foster civic pride; promote stewardship; and encourage people to lead by example," said Mayor David Ryan. "By working alongside our corporate partners and the seven other GTA municipalities that host Makeovers, we are achieving real and meaningful results." Since 2005 over 16,500 people from Pickering businesses, community groups, schools, and neighbourhoods have participated in this program. Registrations for the 2007 Makeover continue to flow in so there is little doubt this years event will be just as successful. Roll up your sleeves on April 20th at 2:00 pm, or pick a time that better suits your schedule, and commit 20-minutes to cleaning up litter around the community. This is a great way to celebrate the upcoming Earth Day. To make it easy to participate, gloves and special litterbags are available for pick up at all participating Tim Hortons and Pizza Pizza locations throughout Pickering. Supplies are also available at Pickering City Hall, the Pickering Recreation Complex and all branches of the Pickering library. Groups are encouraged to register for the 20-Minute Pickering Makeover by calling the Customer Care Centre at 905.683.7575. This allows City staff to deliver clean up supplies and haul away the litter you collected. - 30 -
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