The Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society is planning to start building a new facility in the summer and it’s looking to raise money to help.
Executive director Vicci Michaud says the non-profit’s current building, at 125 Palm Street on the North Shore, is in really rough shape.
“The main building that we have is more than 50 years old and we have other buildings attached to it. And the other buildings that are attached to it have mold in them, some of the roof is collapsing, there’s no water, some of the pipes have corroded and burst out in front.”
A GoFundMe page has a goal of $500,000 and the total project will cost upwards of $2 million. She says the society is also applying for grant funding to help cover costs.
Michaud says the new facility will be built on the same property so demolition will be required.