Sarah Bizabeth Brown
News Review ‘contributor

The group that moved an
old church near the airport
for youth groups to use is
appealing to the public for
the last bit of funds needed
to finish the project.

The Friends of AMAR B
(the name of a boat belong-
ing to a sea cadet group who
will use the building) are
turning out the proverbial
pockets for the $50,000 they
need to finish renovating

the building and do some
landscaping. The group has
approached a couple of local
native artists to paint a
mural and carve a totem
pole for the facility.

“The - facility will be a
youth and a community. fa-
cility,” said. Dave Wilson,
secretary for the Friends of
AMAR B.

So far, . they’ve raised
$180,000 in cash, materials
and. volunteer. labor, said
Wilson. About $10,000
worth of volunteer work has

gone into the project (1000
hours at $10 per hour) and
Wilson said by the time the
project is done, 3,000 hours
will have gone into it.
“We're hoping over 100
kids would benefit from
this,” he said. So far, an air
cadets summer flying pro-
gram, navy league cadets
and sea cadets are signed
up to use the building. Wil-

‘son, who has two children
‘with mood disorders, is also .

hoping to start a mood dis-
orders association for the

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Peninsula: that would use
the building as a home base.
They're currently putting

-out offers to other youth

groups to use the building,
said Wilson.

Originally, the building
was the St. Peter’s Anglican

‘church in Saanich, but was

sold and moved to the pre-
sent site at 9565 Hurricane
Road last June.

- The group negotiated
and paid fora 20-year lease
with the Victoria Airport Au-
thority.

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