Companies, organizations and just plain folks have been pitching in to help Pauline and Simon Hunt and their family by donating to the $200,000 expansion of her family’s small home on Sixth Street East.
Pastor Dave Olsen of the C3 Church was the most recent donor to the cause with a $10,000 cheque from his congregation. More donations are likely as the fundraising efforts nears the $150,000 mark.
The public’s monetary response to the expansion project put together by Habitat for Humanity and the Revelstoke Community Housing Society is a sure sign of the community’s genuinely compassionate and generous response to Pauline’s illness — Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gherig’s Disease.
Here are two photos taken last week of a cheque presentation ceremony at her home:
Pastor Dave Olsen of the C3 Church hands Cindy Pearce, representing Habitat for Humanity, a $10,000 cheque towards the cost of the project to enlarge Pauline Hunt’s tiny home. Pauline, shown here with her daughters Madeline and Emily, has ALS and the renovation will make it possible for her family to stay in their Sixth Street home as the disease progresses. The project is being undertaken by Habitat for Humanity in conjunction with the Community Housing Society, represented here by Peter Bernacki. The two organizations have about three quarters of the $200,000 they need to complete the project. David F. Rooney photoMadeline Hunt and her sister Emily (not present for this photo) presented the Community Housing Society’s Peter Bernacki with a a lovely handmade card thanking the society and Habitat for Humanity for all they have done to make their mother’s life a little easier. Pauline has ALS and the $200,000 expansion of her family’s tiny home will help her remain mobile — and at home — as her illness progresses. David F. Rooney photo
