[Bcma-l] Fraser River Discovery Centre Re-opens March 28th!

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Press Release

For Immediate Release

March 17, 2009

Expanded Fraser River Discovery Centre Re-Opens March 28th !

New Westminster, BC - On Saturday March 28th from 1 to 4pm the Fraser River
Discovery Centre will be celebrating its Grand Re-Opening after a renovation
that tripled its size to 17,000 square feet. Members of the public are
invited to join the Board of Directors, staff and volunteers in the
re-opening celebrations. 

The day will include prizes, puppet shows, fish painting, and a Discovery
Zone where children and adults can learn about animals living in the Fraser
River Basin by exploring pelts and skulls. Kla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre
will be holding a salmon BBQ, G&F Financial Group will be providing popcorn
and there will be cake. A number of dignitaries will also be speaking,
including Wayne Wright, mayor of New Westminster, Chief Rhonda Larrabee of
the Qayqayt First Nation and Yonah Martin, member of the Canadian senate.

The Fraser River Discovery Centre began in 1986 when a group of volunteers
came together with an idea to create an interpretive centre about the Fraser
River. In 1989 the Fraser River Discovery Centre Society was established as
a not for profit organization and ten years later a Preview Centre opened up
along the New Westminster boardwalk. Renovation and expansion of the preview
centre started in 2007, with a $2 million Canada/BC Infrastructure grant
matching the $1 million raised by the Discovery Centre's Founding Patrons.
The Executive Director of the Fraser River Discovery Centre, Catherine
Ouellet-Martin, credits the dedication of Fraser River Discovery Centre
Society, the Founding Patrons and the many staff and volunteers "who have
worked so hard to get to this point. This centre is the result of the dream,
vision and hard work of many dedicated individuals and groups. It is
thrilling to finally open the doors and share the dream with the public."
With the renovations complete, the Discovery Centre now includes a renovated
theatre, two floors of exhibit space and a dedicated room for school
programmes. 

The first floor of the Discovery Centre will be opening on March 28th and
features all new exhibits including Written in the Earth on loan from the
Musqueam First Nation, Forests of the Future on loan from The Exploration
Place in Prince George and Birds of Prey, a bilingual exhibition designed
and produced by the Royal BC Museum and created with financial assistance
from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada.
Ouellet-Martin is sure that "visitors will be surprised at all that the new
centre has to offer. The preview centre did an amazing job with education
programming and that will continue of course, but the expanded centre offers
so many more possibilities for great exhibits and engaging programming that
can truly do justice to the Mighty Fraser. The River is so important to BC,
it is most appropriate to have a centre that can honour and celebrate its
diverse history, people, environment and industries."

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For further information or pictures please contact:

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Kathleen Bertrand | Exhibit and Communication Coordinator

Fraser River Discovery Centre

788 Quayside Drive, New Westminster, BC, Canada

T 604.521.8401 ext. 104  |*F 604.521.9401

Join us on Saturday March 28th as the Fraser River Discovery Centre
celebrates its Grand Re-Opening!

* Do you need to print this email? Please consider the environmental impact
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- On Saturday March 28<sup>th</sup> from 1 to 4pm the Fraser River =
Discovery
Centre will be celebrating its Grand Re-Opening after a renovation that =
tripled
its size to 17,000 square feet. Members of the public are invited to =
join the Board
of Directors, staff and volunteers in the re-opening celebrations. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:
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The day will include prizes, puppet shows, =
fish
painting, and a Discovery Zone where children and adults can learn about
animals living in the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Fraser</st1:PlaceName>
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exploring
pelts and skulls. Kla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre will be holding a salmon =
BBQ,
G&amp;F Financial Group will be providing popcorn and there will be =
cake. A number
of dignitaries will also be speaking, including Wayne Wright, mayor of =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">New =
Westminster</st1:City></st1:place>, Chief
Rhonda Larrabee of the Qayqayt First Nation and Yonah Martin, member of =
the
Canadian senate.<o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

The Fraser River Discovery Centre began in =
1986 when
a group of volunteers came together with an idea to create an =
interpretive
centre about the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Fraser</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">River</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>. In 1989 =
the Fraser
River Discovery Centre Society was established as a not for profit =
organization
and ten years later a Preview Centre opened up along the New Westminster
boardwalk. Renovation and expansion of the preview centre started in =
2007, with
a $2 million Canada/BC Infrastructure grant matching the $1 million =
raised by
the Discovery Centre&#8217;s Founding Patrons. The Executive Director of =
the
Fraser River Discovery Centre, Catherine Ouellet-Martin, credits the =
dedication
of Fraser River Discovery Centre Society, the Founding Patrons and the =
many staff
and volunteers &#8220;who have worked so hard to get to this point. This =
centre
is the result of the dream, vision and hard work of many dedicated =
individuals
and groups. It is thrilling to finally open the doors and share the =
dream with
the public.&#8221; With the renovations complete, the Discovery Centre =
now includes
a renovated theatre, two floors of exhibit space and a dedicated room =
for
school programmes. <o:p></o:p>

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style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

The first floor of the Discovery Centre will =
be
opening on March 28th and features all new exhibits including =
Written in the Earth on loan from =
the
Musqueam First Nation, Forests of =
the Future
on loan from The Exploration Place in Prince George and =
Birds of Prey, a bilingual =
exhibition
designed and produced by the Royal BC Museum and created with financial
assistance from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of =
Canada. Ouellet-Martin
is sure that &#8220;visitors will be surprised at all that the new =
centre has
to offer. The preview centre did an amazing job with education =
programming and
that will continue of course, but the expanded centre offers so many =
more
possibilities for great exhibits and engaging programming that can truly =
do
justice to the Mighty Fraser. The River is so important to BC, it is =
most
appropriate to have a centre that can honour and celebrate its diverse =
history,
people, environment and industries.&#8221;<o:p></o:p>

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