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Shoreline cleanup project sails on

The Fuelling Change website is one of many similar non-profit aid sites that vari- ous companies have set up through the Internet to allow charitable and non-profit groups a chance to promote public aware- ness of their projects and solicit financial support. Projects on the Fuelling Change website may be eligible for funding aid from Shell Canada if they can earn enough votes through a nation-wide appeal. CRES was very successful in its promo- tion of the Clarence Island shoreline reha- bilitation project. The group might have received $10,000 from Shell Canada for the initial proposal but were able to boost that to $25,000 with an appeal campaign on the website. The money goes towards phase one of the shoreline project which concentrates on 175 metres of shoreline on the north- west part of the western half of the island. Rehabilitation work will provide a founda- tion for new plant growth that will halt the

gradual erosion of the shoreline. Phase two of the project will focus on the northwest side of the eastern island. Cost for the entire project is estimated at $260,000. “We are working on other grants,”Vachon said, adding that Shell Canada has already invited CRES to re-submit its project for an-

other future round on the Fuelling Change website. City council has also put its moral support behind the society by approving a resolu- tion during its Sept. 10 meeting to send a request to the Great Lakes Guardian Com- munity Fund program for a $52,000 grant for the project.

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Clarence Point | Bringing new life to the shoreline on Clarence Island is reaping growing support for local environmental- ists. Claude Vachon, representing the Clar- ence-Rockland Environmental Society (CRES), took pleasure in updating city coun- cil during its Sept. 10 regular session on the group’s continuing success with the Clar- ence Island Shoreline Project. The latest news is Shell Canada’s approval of $25,000 to the group courtesy of a successful sup- port campaign on the company’s Fuelling Change website. “This money shows council that the citi- zens of Clarence-Rockland are in favour of the project,” Vachon said during a later in- terview. Rockland | Clarence-Rockland firefight- ers want to make residents get out alive if their homes are on fire. Representatives for the fire department, city hall, the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office (FMO), and Enbridge Gas Distribution gath- ered outside the Rockland fire station to announce the annual fall launch of Project: Zero. The program promotes the installation of combined smoke and carbonmonoxide de- tectors in homes and in businesses. The pro- gram’s main focus during the fall promotion period is on home fire safety through early detection. “The objective of this unique campaign is simple,” said Dan Koroscil, FMO fire pro- tection advisor, “to deliver combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms to high- risk areas in Ontario communities so that if deadly carbon monoxide or smoke is de- tected, residents will have the early warning they need to safely escape.” More than 30 municipal fire departments take part in Project: Zero since it began in Toronto in 2009. This year’s goal for Clar- ence-Rockland is to distribute 232 smoke/ VISION@EAP.ON.CA PRESCOTT-RUSSELL

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