Our Place expands winter hours

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Our Place has extended their hours of service.

“For the first five years it was all about getting the place up and running and bringing in enough donations,” said Grant McKenzie, director of communications at Our Place. “In the last two years, Don Evans (executive director of Our Place) put in place the right team that has been able to raise awareness and raise funds.” The extended hours is a pilot project for the winter from Oct. 1 to the end of March.

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Source: Victoria News

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