[Bcma-l] BC Museum of Mining announces 12K in subsidies for BC field trips.

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Subject: 	BC Museum of Mining announces 12K in subsidies for BC field 
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Date: 	Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:28:24 -0800



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    $12,000 for BC Schools from the BC Museum of Mining/
    Travel Subsidy to Assisting BC Teachers with rising Transportations
    Costs/


  For Immediate Release March 2, 2009


*Britannia Beach: BC Museum of Mining **announces 12K in subsidies for 
BC field trips.*

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Teachers will have an easier time bringing students on a guided tour of 
the BC Museum of Mining. The museum has received an $8,500 increase in 
funding for travel subsidies issued to schools over last year. This 
addition of funds means over $12,000 is available to subsidize school 
field trips to visit the BC Museum of Mining and the new EPCOR Britannia 
Mine Water Treatment Plant Discovery Centre.

The initiative is part of the BCMM’s strategy to overcome the effects of 
the economic downturn and rising transportation costs. The BCMM, located 
15 minutes south of Squamish, is farther than most field trip 
destinations in the Lower Mainland. The increase in funding will enable 
approximately 1,900 students to benefit from the Museum’s travel 
subsidies, compared to 700 last year.

BCMM offers guided tours tailored to meet the needs of BC Teachers. 
Geology, History, Social Studies and Environmental Science are presented 
through underground tunnel tours, historic buildings and the Water 
Treatment Plant’s interactive Discovery Centre.

Donors include: EPCOR (who operate the Britannia Mine Water Treatment 
Facility) awarded $4,000; TD Bank’s Friends of the Environment 
Foundation awarded $3,500; and an industry donor has pledged $1,000. 
Each year the Greater Vancouver Women’s Mining Association (GVWMA) 
donates around $3,500, which was previously issued to schools in $150 
Travel Subsidies for field trips to the Museum. BCMM plans to increase 
the subsidies to $200 per field trip, and new subsidies for tours of the 
Britannia Water Treatment Plant have been created.

Teachers interested in booking a field trip and applying for a Travel 
Subsidy may visit www.bcmm.ca or call 1-800-896-4044 ext 226.

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For more information, please contact:

Diane Mitchell, Curator of Education & Collections

BC Museum of Mining

1-604-896-2233 #221

diane@bcmuseumofmining.org

Text Box: The Britannia Historical Society, the governing body of the 
British Columbia Museum of Mining, is a non-profit society. The society 
was established in 1971 to preserve the material and social history of 
mining in British Columbia, and to educate the public about mining. It 
is a registered charity. The Society is essentially self-sufficient in 
its ability to earn revenues to maintain its operation. www.bcmm.ca