Organizers of a fundraiser on Montreal's South Shore are thanking the public for stepping up after its warehouse was robbed during the Christmas holidays.
After about $15,000 worth of products and foodstuffs were stolen from the Grande Guignolée des médias de la Rive-Sud warehouse in Saint-Lambert, the community came out to give again.
MONTREAL People at a South Shore charity that was robbed and vandalized this week say 2020 is ending a lot better than they thought it would. After the break-in on Tuesday at the Grande Guignolée des Médias, an eleventh-hour outpouring of new charity replaced all the donations that were stolen and then some. “People are coming since two days bringing canned food and things like that, said Robert Maher of the Greenfield Park-based charity. A lot of gifts, money were brought to us. It’s been going on for two days and we can’t stop, people are still coming in.”
Thieves broke into the warehouse of the Grande Guignolée des Médias de la Rive-Sud (GGMRS) to steal food and other donations reserved for those in need, the organization said.