Cameron Thun has a simple reason for continuing to contribute to the Salvation Army and other local groups. \u00a0\u201cI want to make the world a better place,\u201d says the local businessman. \u201cI know it sounds corny, but that\u2019s why.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thun and his family were at the new Salvation Army Community Ministries Centre on 18th Avenue last week, making a $40,000 donation to help with the work of the group. \u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve spent my whole life in Prince George,\u201d Thun says. \u201cI like helping education and helping people. I also have four $1,000 bursaries at each of the high schools to help kids with their education.\u201d<\/p>\n
To Capt. Neil Wilkinson, the donation came at a great time for the Salvation Army. \u00a0<\/span>\u201cWe own this property,\u201d he said of the facility at 3500 18th Ave. \u201cWe have a small mortgage, which should be paid off in 10 years. \u00a0\u00a0\u201cDonations like this will help us pay if off sooner, meaning we will have more money for the work we do in the community.\u201d\u00a0Almost all that work will now be taking place in the new facility, which already houses the food bank.<\/p>\n \u201cThe food bank was 800 square feet,\u201d Wilkinson says. \u201cNow, it\u2019s 2.500. We\u2019re also the northern distribution centre for Foodbanks Canada, covering the area from Lillooet north. This gives us the room we need to hold food for the use of the other foodbanks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Salvation Army\u2019s emergency response team is also now housed in the new facility, \u00a0and soon there will be a thrift store opening. \u00a0\u201cWe will keep the current thrift store by Pine Centre open until the lease expires on March 31,\u201d Wilkinson said. \u201cWe hope to have the store here running before then, so we\u2019ll have two stores for a while, then gradually close the other one down.\u201d<\/p>\n Wilkinson said the Salvation Army would recognize the latest donation from the Thun family by naming the waiting room in the new facility in their honour.<\/p>\n Thank You, Thun Family.<\/p>\n *Story provided by Prince George Free Press.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cameron Thun has a simple reason for continuing to contribute to the Salvation Army and other local groups. \u00a0\u201cI want to make the world a better place,\u201d says the local businessman. \u201cI know it sounds corny, but that\u2019s why.\u201d Thun and his family were at the new Salvation Army Community Ministries Centre on 18th Avenue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-2215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n