SHRM can confidently estimate that this build-
ing will yield a 70 per cent reduction in overall
maintenance and operational costs versus a
conventional build. In other words, for every
dollar donated, SHRM can spend 70 per cent
more on direct programming.
“We believe that our stewardship with our do-
nor’s money is what will set us apart from oth-
er non-profits simply because we have built
this passive building,” says Towers. “The public
wants to know and have assurance that their
money is being used for something other than
replacing yet another pump on a boiler system
or to pay a high power bill. They want to know
that their money is feeding even more people.
We now can guarantee that.”
MEET MORE NEEDS
The new building will double SHRM’s men’s
shelter capacity to 24 men and augment the
meal program from 200 people a day to 300
people a day, thanks in part to community
partners like Mack Sun Solar Corporation,
Bright Water Senior Living, Rotary Club of Re-
8 BUSINESS ELITE CANADA | JULY 2018
