Restoration Efforts Underway for Hornby Island Natural History Centre Collection

community · August 26, 2018 · Hornby Island Community School

Following a fire at the Hornby Island Community School on August 26, 2018, volunteers are working to remove, restore, and eventually relocate the damaged Natural History Centre collection back to the rebuilt school. A GoFundMe page has been started to support restoration efforts.

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• “In the early morning of August 26th, a fire at the Hornby Island Community School caused a third of the building to burn down... volunteers... are now in the process of removing the collection from the building, preparing it for restoration... A GoFundMe page has been started to support the restoration efforts.” — The Islands Grapevine – October 18th, 2018 (October 18th, 2018)

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