Shawnigan Lake乌鸦传媒檚 Jim Carey and his staff at Mason乌鸦传媒檚 Store & Patio Ltd. appreciate the war veterans in their community, and they showed their heartwarming commitment recently after thieves left the poppy coffers empty.

On Halloween night, a poppy box from the Malahat乌鸦传媒檚 Royal Legion Branch 134 was stolen from Mason乌鸦传媒檚 Store, which is owned by Carey, and the store stepped up to ensure the loss was more than covered.

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Carey personally donated $100 to the legion branch, his manager gave $20, and Carey乌鸦传媒檚 uncle Rick Mason donated $40 when he heard about the theft.

乌鸦传媒淢y grandfather Pat Mason, a veteran of the Second World War, helped build that legion,乌鸦传媒� Carey said.

乌鸦传媒淗e and my grandmother also bought Mason乌鸦传媒檚 Store in 1956, so there乌鸦传媒檚 a strong connection between my store and the Malahat Legion.乌鸦传媒�

Carey said the store has had poppy boxes from the legion in the days running up to Remembrance Day for years without anything like this happening.

乌鸦传媒淲e were getting the store ready for Halloween and didn乌鸦传媒檛 notice when someone in the store must have taken the poppy box,乌鸦传媒� he said.

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Legion member Virginia Bauder said she can乌鸦传媒檛 recall another theft of a poppy box in her six years as part of the local legion乌鸦传媒檚 poppy campaign.

The money from the Royal Canadian Legion乌鸦传媒檚 Poppy Fund campaign is used to help local veterans and their families who are in need.

乌鸦传媒淲hat Jim and the store did was an act of kindness that we won乌鸦传媒檛 forget,乌鸦传媒� Bauder said.

乌鸦传媒淭here might have been $15 or $20 in the box at most. It wasn乌鸦传媒檛 his fault and he didn乌鸦传媒檛 have to give us the money, but this is Shawnigan Lake and it乌鸦传媒檚 full of good people.乌鸦传媒�

Bauder said the theft was reported to the RCMP.

robert.barron@cowichanvalleycitizen.com
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