During the 2nd week of August, when we were running our ever popular Musical Theatre program at the Kamloops United Church, there was a fire in one of the many spaces we rented for the program. As a result, we had to evacuate 40 children and 7 staff (plus Mozzie our office dog!). Thankfully we were given a safe space down the road at Kelson Hall to finish out our musical theatre program.

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What many may not know is that in addition to having an office attached the the United Church, we also rent a space in the basement of the church for instrument storage. While the fire itself meant that we lost rented production supplies, costumes, some of our participant's belongings, show materials and more, it also left 3/4 of our instruments vulnerable to additional damage. When we were able to finally get into this space, we realized the full scope of this damage, which was extensive.

 

While, there was no fire in the basement, the water, humidity and smoke did not prove to be an ideal environment for our instruments. About 2/3 of our instruments in this storage space were molded, or damaged by water. We are of course working with insurance, but with this level of damage, it is clear that insurance will not cover the full depth of this loss. So on that note we are asking for the support of the amazing Kamloops community!