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The money raised last week will go toward 11,880 pairs of underwear, smashing the Bissell Centre’s annual Drop your Gonch campaign goal of 10,000.
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But early on in the fundraiser, the community agency wasn’t sure it was going to meet its goal this time around, still below 50 per cent of the target as of Thursday and within two days of the deadline. Bissell Centre spokeswoman Scarlet Bjornson said she decided to put another call out, but understood that the COVID-19 pandemic had taken an economic toll on many who wouldn’t be able to give as much. The urgent need would have still been covered with the donations that already came in as the centre’s community closet was completely bare of undergarments.
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