<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Hi everyone,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="gmail-m_39366832000386050gmail-il">The Hornby Island Natural History Exhibit - home to many Gulf Island treasures, specimens and artifacts since the early 1990s - has</span> suffered smoke and soot damage since a </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">fire at the Hornby Island Community School (where we are located) caused a third of the building to burn down and the rest to be damaged by smoke and water.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">We are seeking help to raise funds for the restoration and maintenance that will be required as our Insurers inform us that the costs will far exceed our policy limit. If anyone is interested in supporting this project, we have just started a GoFundMe page with through which donations can be made: </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/restore-natural-history-collection" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://www.gofundme.com/restore-<span class="gmail-m_39366832000386050gmail-il">natural</span>-<span class="gmail-m_39366832000386050gmail-il">history</span>-collection</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are dedicated to doing everything we can to continue making the collection and our educational outreach programs available to the public in the future and to ensuring that the collection will continue to enrich lives for many years to come. <br><br>If you could support the GoFundMe by making a donation and/or sharing it with your network, we would greatly appreciate it! Tax receipts are available for donations of $50 or more. Thank you for considering our request for help.<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Warm regards,<br><br>The Hornby Island <span class="gmail-m_39366832000386050gmail-il">Natural</span> <span class="gmail-m_39366832000386050gmail-il">History</span> Centre Committee</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Website: <a href="http://www.hornbynaturalhistory.com">www.hornbynaturalhistory.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">GoFundMe Site: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/restore-natural-history-collection" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">https://www.gofundme.com/restore-<span class="gmail-m_39366832000386050gmail-il">natural</span>-<span class="gmail-m_39366832000386050gmail-il">history</span>-collection</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">   </span></p><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br><br></div></div>