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With one day left and less than $6,000 away from their $100,000 goal, Penticton’s Discovery House is very close to being able to move forward with its next project thanks to the Shed the Light on Addiction campaign.
Its goal is to use the donations to place a down payment on another house for substance-free recovery beds for those suffering from addiction.
“We’ve lost a lot of guys this year to addiction, and we’ve lost seven of our alumni … A lot of the guys here have lost people, lost family members,” Discovery House executive director Jerome Abraham said at the launch for the event.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made this challenging year difficult for many, as there has been an increase in overdoses.
“It’s not just those people. It’s our brothers, sisters, mother, father, that is being lost to this illness,” he said.
The money would go to a new duplex with eight more beds to service the growing need in the community. Tax receipts for 2020 are available to donors.
More information on the campaign and donations can be found here.
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