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Media Advisory - WestJet revives office furniture on Earth Day
Canada NewsWire
CALGARY
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    Airline donates furniture to Missing Children Society of Canada through
    Revive™ program
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CALGARY, April 21 /CNW/ - WestJet, through Green Solutions' Revive™ program, will be giving new life to old office furniture on Earth Day, by donating and delivering product to the Missing Children Society of Canada.

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    Date:        Wednesday, April 22, 2009

    Time:        10:00 a.m. Mountain Time

    Location:    Missing Children Society of Canada
                 Suite 219, 3501 - 23 Street NE
                 Calgary, AB
                 T2E 6V8
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By diverting tonnes of waste from landfills and donating office furniture from former WestJet buildings to numerous deserving charities in the Calgary community, WestJet and Green Solutions have been able to do the right thing on the social, environmental and fiscal front.

A team of WestJetters will be on hand to help with the delivery, and representatives from WestJet, Green Solutions and Missing Children Society of Canada will also be available for comment.

Recovery statistics and a list of deserving organizations that have benefited from WestJet furniture will be available at the event.

About WestJet

WestJet is Canada's leading high-value low-cost airline offering scheduled service throughout its 55-city North American and Caribbean network. Named one of Canada's most admired corporate cultures in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, WestJet pioneered low-cost flying in Canada. WestJet offers increased legroom, leather seats and live seatback television provided by Bell TV on its modern fleet of 79 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. With future confirmed deliveries for an additional 42 aircraft, bringing its fleet to 121 by 2013, WestJet strives to be the number one choice for travellers.

About Green Solutions

Green Solutions North America Inc. (GSNAI) is an organization that provides Corporate Social Responsibility Solutions. Through its innovative program - Revive™ - affordably relieves companies of no longer needed facility assets (furniture, supplies, equipment), avoids traditional landfill destinations by redistributing those assets to schools, non-profits and health facilities that are in need of additional resources to conduct their work.

Green Solutions Charitable Trust is a fully registered charitable organization. Revive™ is able to take items that have been retrieved from client's offices and donate them to non-profits, schools, health care facilities and other deserving and needy organizations locally, nationally and internationally. Revive™ assumes title to the agreed upon merchandise and is solely responsible for all related actions and claims, the title of these assets is transferred to the beneficiaries. www.greensolutionsfoundation.org