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Stepping Up to the Challenge Company helps blow the roof off Salvation Army kettle drive. by Melissa Yue Wallace
Photo: Amelia Norrie
Hand-Off Mark Stewart (right), executive director at The Salvation Army Ridge Meadows Ministries, receives a cheque from Clay Gagnon (second from right) and some of the staff from Whonnock Roofing
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or several years now, the team at Whonnock Roofing and Gutters in Maple Ridge, B.C., has been volunteering and raising support for The Salvation Army Ridge Meadows Ministries through the Christmas kettle campaign. “The Salvation Army does a lot of good in this world,” says Clay Gagnon, who owns the company with his brother, Abraham. “They give people a second, third, 50th chance, and I’m a big believer in that.” In 2020, staff signed up for approximately eight two-hour shifts on the kettles and announced where
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they would be on their company and personal Facebook pages, with a promise to match each donation. Their strategy paid off. As a 43-yearold company with a solid reputation, their friends and clients showed up to give. Thanks to the company’s efforts, they raised $3,529.45 in public donations. The owners then wrote a cheque to double that amount for a total of $7,058.90. Above and Beyond “Whonnock Roofing is a community-minded company that always
