A popular North Shore holiday attraction is spreading some Christmas cheer in the New Year in the form of a major donation to the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund.
This month the Capilano Group, which includes the Capilano Suspension Bridge, made a donation of $40,000 to the Burn Fund with money raised during the annual Canyon Lights festival which ran from Nov. 19 to Jan. 22.
The B.C. Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund provides several services to the firefighter community. Some of the programs they operate include providing housing for burn survivors and firefighters, as well as the Little Lionhearts Family Camp that hosts more than 70 young campers a year and is run entirely by volunteer firefighters.
Acts of community philanthropy like this make all the difference to organizations like the Burn Fund, according to Jeff Sauvé, executive director of the B.C Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund.
“Donations such as the generous support from the partial proceeds of Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, and from Nancy Stibbard in the Capilano Group, really go to directly support our mission to deliver province-wide programming for burn survivors to help support our firefighter community.”
Stibbard, owner of Capilano Suspension bridge since 1983, and the Capilano Group have worked closely with the B.C Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund, with donations of more than $550,000 to date.
“Charities need champions like Nancy. And we are so fortunate to have her and the Capilano group and the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park be part of our burn fund family,” Sauvé said.
Jordan Copp is an intern reporter with the North Shore News. He can be contacted at [email protected].
