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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
BOWEN MEETS THE QUEEN
VOL. 48 NO. 34
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Community Centre seeking final funding ABOUT $3 MILLION STILL NEEDED FOR $18.7 MILLION PROJECT
ALEX KURIAL Editor
SEPTEMBER STRETCH: Students at Island Pacific School are starting the day - and the school year in good form with a morning stretch. The exercise is a daily activity at IPS, and this one upon returning to school last week was the first of many to come during 2022/23. / Kirsten Degner photo
Fundraising efforts are continuing at the Community Centre in order to fully fund the project ahead of next year’s anticipated completion date. “We are continuing to engage our donors, our pledgers, and the general public for the project, including a number of one-on-one meetings,” said Jacqueline Massey, fundraising coordinator for the Community Centre Select Steering Committee (CCSSC), during the organization’s Sept. 8 meeting. The committee is still seeking around $2 million in community donations to reach the capital project’s $18.7 million price tag. So far $1.29 million has been raised through this method. Massey says community outreach efforts are continuing through meetings, newsletters and social media, to draw donations and tell people about the facility. “We are still hearing misconceptions and confusion over details, such as the size of municipal hall and the scope of the project. And we are still receiving questions regarding programming, and in one case specifically what is being planned for the youth demographic. So of course we’re responding directly to these queries,” she says.
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