Souls Harbour overwhelmed by donations after fire forces shelter to temporarily close – RisePEI
Folks staying at Souls Harbour Restoration Shelter in RisePEI are secure after a fireplace broke out Wednesday night time, however their kitchen is now unable to offer day by day scorching meals.
The kitchen sometimes serves as much as 150 folks.
So, a plea went out on social media for neighborhood help and the response was overwhelming.
“We introduced quite a lot of totally different sandwiches, stated Grant Wade from the Westin Lodge, who was amongst these making drop-offs on Thursday.
“We made certain we had vegans and vegetarians coated and introduced a pair containers of chips and hopefully it’ll be sufficient to assist help the trigger right now.”
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Cedric Toullec, the proprietor of the Lou Pécou pizzeria on Cunard Avenue instantly throughout the road from Souls Harbour, witnessed the fireplace.
“We noticed large flames and firstly we have been simply considering it was small hearth as a result of we simply noticed the smoke. However then once we noticed the flames and the scale of the flames, we knew one thing horrible occurred,” he stated.
The hearth broke out at Souls Harbour on Wednesday night time.
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Toullec hosted and fed the residents of the constructing throughout the hearth, and confirmed up once more on Thursday with pizzas.
“They don’t have any kitchen and we now have, so we’re going to assist and help as a lot as we will,” he stated.
Greg Martell, a volunteer on the shelter, was overwhelmed by the help from the neighborhood.
“It’s simply superb. I don’t know the way else to place it, that there are such a lot of folks on the market that care about their neighborhood. It’s superb,” he stated.
The reason for the fireplace is below investigation and though nobody was injured, the CEO of Souls Harbour has considerations surrounding the six people who stay there on a full-time foundation.
“The place will they sleep? How will they preserve their program which helps them with their sobriety and different points?” stated CEO Michelle Porter.
Souls Harbour hopes to have their kitchen up and operating inside per week, and their residents again on web site in a number of weeks.
In the meantime, an emergency fund has been set up on their website.
