Thunder Bay Shelter Meets Fundraising Campaign Goal
Shelter House Thunder Bay, an organization that provides the city’s less fortunate with a temporary roof over their heads, as well as other necessities like food and clothes, recently released its final figures of donations collected from its fundraising drive which took place on Christmas last year.
In spite of the organization’s worries about not making the 2009 target, officials from Shelter House Thunder Bay said that the fundraising campaign was largely successful – their collections exceeded the $145,000 mark significantly.
According to Shelter House Executive Director Cal Rankin, the donations will help them meet the annual overall goal of $400,000. A large chunk of the donations will be used in maintaining operations, he added.
Aside from monetary donations, Shelter House Thunder Bay also amassed plenty of other donated items, such as canned goods and other non-perishable food items, as well as clothes, both new and used. The food items will go a long way in keeping their shelves stocked, Rankin said.
Shelter House Thunder Bay depends largely on donations from the community to provide services needed by the cities less fortunate families. The shelter is especially needed by many during the winter, as most of the city’s homeless can’t find a place to get warm.
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