Siloam hits $19-M goal to expand space

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Siloam Mission will soon have new space for people in need after reaching its $19-million fundraising goal.

The “Make Room” capital campaign will help build the Buhler Centre, named after Bonnie and John Buhler, who donated $3 million to the campaign — the largest private donation in the non-profit’s history.

Construction of the 54,000-square-foot two-storey building began in 2018, and will connect Siloam Mission’s Princess Street facility with its Stanley Street dining room. The new building will include 41 shelter beds, a separate space for women and additional space for programming.

Donors to the campaign also included a $3 million joint investment from the federal and provincial government, funding from the city and a $2.2 million investment from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

“The timing of opening the expanded space is even more critical than we foresaw,” campaign chair Garth Manness said in a news release. “With the advent of the pandemic, Manitoba needs Siloam Mission and the services it provides now more than ever.”

The building is set to open this summer.

It will have no functional relation to the Buhler Centre owned by the University of Winnipeg, which was also named after Bonnie and John Buhler.