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Cowichan Valley Youth Services hit by copper thieves
The non-profit says thieves bent copper pipes and left the heating system unusable, forcing staff to face a repair bill of up to $5,000.
- Overnight on Oct. 26, thieves attempted to steal copper pipes from the HVAC system at Cowichan Valley Youth Services, rendering the heating system useless and forcing staff to scramble for repairs.
- Unlike the recent theft at Duncan United Church, the thieves targeted the building two nights in a row under a floodlight, returning to cut through PVC and foam and extract all reachable copper.
- Cowichan Valley Youth Services Executive Director Zoe Lauckner said the organization faces a $3,000 to $5,000 repair bill, noting charities lack budget lines for such unexpected expenses.
- Lauckner admitted that being compassionate does not lessen the sting of being a theft target; "The reality is that people are doing what they can to survive," she said.
- Three infrastructure predicaments have left staff scrambling, including back-to-back floods that devastated their Coronation Street location, compounding the ongoing financial strain for the non-profit.
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