TELETHON TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND

Press, 15 June 1983, Page 21

TELETHON TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND

Old bottles and glass can be saved for Telethon. This month New Zealand Glass Manufacturers is giving all proceeds from recycled glass to Telethon. The company has 304 glass deposit centres nationally, and their addresses are available from local council offices. Christchurch residents can bring old glass to the back of the New Zealand Express Company premises in Chapman Street, Woolston. Golfers could win a golf bag and help Telethon by entering the hole-in-one competition set up by Spalding Industries in conjunction with National Insurance. The competition will be held on selected par 3 holes throughout New Zealand on June 18,19, and 25. People can check with their local golf club. Members of the Avon Beamers club are pushing a barrel round Christchurch hotels collecting for Telethon. On Saturday, June 25, they will push the barrel to Ashburton, collecting on the way, and will return to the Christchurch Town Hall the next day. Four rugby balls and four Sammes from the first test between the All Blacks and Lions are being raffled by the Rotaract Club of Christchurch. The prizes have been autographed by the Lions team and prize-winners will be announced on Telethon. Chris Campbell and Martyn Hoare plan to watch television and play Monopoly during a 48 hour hush-a-thon starting at 8 p.m. on Friday. About 45 people will take part in a 24-hour dance-a-thon at the Papanui Methodist Church Hall from 9 a.m. on Saturday. A similar event raised 81500 for Telethon in 1981. Nichola Clausen and Ken Forsyth are sponsored to swim one kilometre at the QE II Park pool on Saturday, ride bicycles to Dunsandel, then run to Leeston.

Cakes, books, and toys will be some>of the items on sale at a variety store Shaun Powell will hold at Hancocks Pacific Store, Marine Parade, New

Brighton, on Saturday from 9 a.m. Beginning next Monday Austin McKinnley will attempt to break his own world marathon ice skating record. The existing record stands at 109 hours five minutes and Austin hopes to exceed 130 hours. • Footrot Flats is also supporting Telethon. Those who send in the Footrot Flats form from retailers with a $2 donation will be in the draw for a gold-plated plaque marking the sale of the millionth Footrot Flats book in New Zealand. The St Matthew Girl Guides will hold a knit-a-thon in the Church Hall, Cranford Street, on Saturday. Members of the Central New Brighton Indoor Bowls Club will hold a bowl-a-thon, and four members of the Peter Stevens, Ltd, Social 'Club will hold a 24-hour euch’re-a-thon. Jason Lang and Craig Young will hold a 48-hour sleep-a-thon from 4 p.m. on Friday, 1 the Upper Riccarton Methodist Church will have two hymn-a-longs on Sunday and about 12 members of the All Saints Burwood Church will take part in an event-a-thon. For events to be included in the list of Telethon activities organisers should approach the Telethon office, telephone 792680. A bubble gum blowing contest, a national milk token donation, a draw-a-thon, a kiss-a-thon, and a talk-a-thon ... These are just some of the ideas children are sending into the Air New Zealand Ace Idea Telethon competition. The prize for the most inventive scheme is an Air New Zealand trip for two to Disneyland. All children 15 or under are eligible to enter the contest but must put their ideas into practice to raise money for Telethon. Details of the date and place of the fund raising event must be included on the competition form. Forms are available from any Air New Zealand office. Entries close on June 22 and should be posted to Ace Idea Competition, P.O. Box 1540, Auckland.