Editor:
Re: The Charity Shoppe doesn’t need saving (Optimist, letters, April 15)
Contrary to Nancy Macey’s claims, the Charity Shoppe most definitely does need saving. The community of Delta, through generous donations, made the purchase of the Charity Shoppe possible.
The Charity Shoppe was intended to be a revenue stream to fund supportive care services that all Deltans, of all origins and belief systems, can access unfettered. The current board of directors of the Delta Hospice Society has proven beyond a shadow of doubt they are more concerned with their own agenda than serving the greater community of Delta. The community no longer trusts the board to do what is in the community’s best interests as they’ve proven they are incapable.
We’ve spent a year watching this board spend untold dollars on a losing legal battle against the citizens of Delta, the very ones they claim to want to serve. Where did the funds for this legal battle come from? How many patients and families could have been helped with those wasted dollars?
Correspondence from the Society keeping the membership informed has been non-existent, let alone confirming memberships have been accepted.
We know they have our contact info as they had no issue emailing us all with a mass mailer when it suited their purposes regarding C-7. It seems this board is more interested in keeping the BC Catholic, Lifesite News and Rebel Media apprised of their plans than they are the very membership they are beholden to. But now, we’re supposed to trust they’ll use the Charity Shoppe for its intended purposes?
Either the board resigns or the Charity Shoppe needs saving. Which is it going to be?
Angelina Delmar
