Homeless shelter receives $10K donation from former resident

[Omilinon 👻]

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A Canadian man who used to live on the street has donated C$10,000 ($7,400, £5,720) to the homeless shelter that took him in.

Thunder Bay's Shelter House was struggling to keep its street outreach programme running.

The man, who is a residential school survivor, donated the money to help his friends "stay safe".

Since his anonymous donation made the news, people from across Canada and the US have donated to the shelter.

Staff member Alexandra Calderon told the BBC the man has been coming to the shelter for about five years. Although he is no longer homeless, the man is not wealthy and appeared at the shelter with a support worker. He still uses some of the shelter's services.

"He was adamant that he wanted to make the donation, because of course my first reaction was he should keep this and use it for other things," she said.

The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, got the idea after he heard the shelter would be shutting down its SOS street outreach programme, which picks up homeless and other at-risk people and brings them to the shelter, hospital or detox clinic.
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[Corn]

I almost started crying in public transport when I read this. What an absolute fucking legend

[Joey Skylynx]

I'd probably do the same, if I managed to get off my feet thanks to a homeless center. It shows gratitude, and the willingness of that person to help others.

[Archival]

[quote] The man, who is a residential school survivor [/quote]
I was not aware boarding schools had a high mortality rate.

[Intenso]

[QUOTE=archival;52334901]I was not aware boarding schools had a high mortality rate.[/QUOTE]

They did in Canada. [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system"]The ones for Native Canadians, anyway[/URL]. They touch on it in the article as well.

[Ronin]

Guy deserves a national honor for being such a saint.