Summerland non-profit working to boost health care hit by repeated thefts [Video]

Donation drop-offs at the Summerland Health-Care Auxiliary Thrift Store are a daily occurrence but these days, unfortunately, so are thefts.

Ever since the thrift store installed cameras earlier this year, those thieves have been caught in the act.

“Every night on average I witness about 15 different people come here,” said Kurt Evans, a volunteer and the auxiliary’s first vice-president.

The store is located on Victoria Road N with its donation bins situated outside at the back of the store.

According to Evans, some of the offenders are unhoused.

“Sometimes, I’ll come down and catch them in the act,” Evans told Global News. “You talk to them and you say, listen, you know, you’re stealing from a store that eventually raises money that eventually is going to go back to help you.”

That’s because the thrift store, which is operated by the long-existing auxiliary, helps support other non-profit groups and health programs with the proceeds …