Thank you for your support!

February 14, 2012 in Uncategorized

Kevin Lowe, Edward Burtynsky, Mark Mattson, Denise Donlon, Gord Downie, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Karen Percy Lowe, and Joseph Boyden

Thank you so much for supporting the inaugural Waterkeeper Gala presented by RBC. Together we raised $290,000 to create a clean water future for nine-million people.

When Lake Ontario is in trouble, we must act. And Lake Ontario is in trouble. Every day, bacteria pollution washes ashore on Lake Ontario’s beaches. Boil water advisories are put in place in rural communities. Fish advisories limit what we can safely consume in our own watershed.

You have shown important leadership and care for your community by supporting a swimmable, drinkable, fishable world for everyone. Thank you.

Because of your support, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper will create digital technology like our Swim Guide to help protect the 300,000 people who risk contracting a waterborne illnesses after swimming at dirty beaches. We will do everything in our power to halt the most outrageous acts of environmental devastation in our watershed. We will nurture a new generation of leaders through projects like our Clean Water Workshop.

This is our home. The water of Lake Ontario courses through the bodies of everyone who lives in this watershed. It flows from your tap. Lake Ontario seeps through the ground under your feet. The lake never leaves us.

It is possible to create a swimmable, drinkable, fishable future. It is not possible to do it without you.

Thank you so much for your generous support on February 7. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

Yours truly,

Mark Mattson
Waterkeeper & President

P.S. Photos from the gala will be available online soon!

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