Three generous gifts by Prince George lumber firms has solidly laid a foundation for the northern cancer lodge as a home for future patients of the B.C. Cancer Agency Centre for the North.
The 36-bed lodge has been named the Kordyban Lodge in memory of the late William Kordyban whose family has contributed $2 million to the development.
Kordyban, who died 11 years ago, was the president and founder of Carrier Lumber in Prince George
A $1 million donation by the Novak family will be recognized through the Novak Meditation and Spiritual Room.
A $1 million contribution by West Fraser Timber will acconut for the West Fraser Timber Lounge.
To date, the fund-raising campaign by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), which will operate the lodge has raised $8.5 million of the $10 million needed to build the lodge.
Construction is expected to begin about late June with completion slated for the end of 2010, close to the time the centre is expected to open. Read the full story in The Citizen.
