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Veteran Bill Feniuc stands in front of grafitti painted at Legion 8590 in Lachine. (Tyrel Featherstone/The Gazette)
Aid pours in for Lachine Legion
Donations total about $1,300 after building vandalized
The Gazette
Friday, May 2, 2008
Veteran Bill Feniuc stands in front of grafitti painted at Legion 8590 in Lachine. (Tyrel Featherstone/The Gazette)
Members of Lachine's Royal Canadian Legion branch are grateful for an outpouring of support they have received after their building was vandalized Tuesday for the second time in four months.
Slogans reading "FLQ," for the 1970s ultranationalist group Front de Libération du Québec, and "Cellule Papineau" were spray-painted on the building.
Yesterday, the Legion received donations totalling about $1,300 from community members.
"Every cent of it will go to improving security," said Irene Tait, the Legion's president.
The Legion, a community organization for war veterans, doesn't have enough money to afford state of the art surveillance equipment, Tait said.
A fundraiser last week raised $1,000 to pay for part of the new equipment. Yesterday, several people made donations. One donor put forward $1,000 through the Sun Youth organization to keep their identity secret.