Thanks to a successful community fundraiser, Avens, the Yellowknife seniorsSA国际影视传媒� facility, has retired their former 22-year-old shuttle bus and replaced it with a new one.
The new bus, unveiled Friday, will transport residents to medical appointments, errands and to visit sites around Yellowknife. Avens touts the shuttle service as instrumental in preventing social isolation for residents.
Avens launched Operation Care on Wheels in September with a goal of raising $125,000 for a new vehicle in five months. In just over one month they had already surpassed their goal and raised $140,000.
Avens CEO Daryl Dolynny said the shuttle service is vital in combating isolation and accessibility and that the communitySA国际影视传媒檚 support demonstrates how much they recognize the need for the bus.
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Greg Boucher is the dealer principal at Yellowknife Motors, the dealership that sold the new vehicle to Avens. In a press release announcing the busSA国际影视传媒檚 unveiling, Boucher too expressed how SA国际影视传媒渨onderfulSA国际影视传媒� it is to see how Yellowknifers and the business community SA国际影视传媒渉ave so quickly come together to make this new mobility vehicle a reality through the difficulties of Covid-19.SA国际影视传媒�
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In fact, Dolynny said they had a hard time SA国际影视传媒減umping the brakesSA国际影视传媒� as donations continued to pour in after the fundraising deadline.
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