Carmichael Outreach Says It Was Stolen Over The Weekend, Police Investigate – Regina | The Canadian News

It was the worst way to start a Monday. A burglar allegedly broke into the Carmichael Outreach building over the weekend. Staff and volunteers are safe.

The robbery happened when no one was there.

According to Carmichael Outreach social media posts, the safe and some laptops are gone, along with cash donations and checks to deposit at the bank.

Aurora Marinari, Carmichael’s Outreach Development Coordinator, discovered the theft early Monday morning. “I arrived at my office yesterday morning and found it untidy and noticed that the safe, which is usually kept under my desk, was missing. I assumed it was moved since many of us are new staff, so I assumed the safe was relocated from my office to our CEO’s (office), ”Marinari said.

“When I found out I wasn’t there, I told our kitchen and facilities manager that I knew the safe was not in my office, that my office was in a mess, so I assumed we had been robbed over the weekend.” .

Marinari adds: “I felt a bit violated.” After looking at the images from the security cameras, Marinari describes: “I saw the gentleman come out of my office and it was very alarming because you are just looking at an empty room in a camera, and suddenly something appears outside your office and it is almost like a horror movie appears as a ghost and you weren’t expecting it. “

To gain access to the staff office, thieves had to go through three locked doors in an alarmed building to get to the safe. Staff say they are disheartened to learn that the thieves likely knew they were working with vulnerable members of the community.

Bettyann Cox, CEO of Carmichael Outreach, says: “We know the alarm code that was used to access the building, I am not prepared to say who it was, it was an outside agency, that is what I will say and that is what is being investigating in At this moment, I suppose that the police, have informed them of everything ”.

Regina Police Services confirm that they are investigating the case.

Since Carmichael Outreach’s post about the theft on social media, the community has joined the nonprofit asking how they can help with donating food, money and supplies. Anyone wishing to make a monetary donation is encouraged to do so. online, by phone or in person, by delivering cash or check.

Marinari says, “The huge amount of support from the community has been really wonderful, it says a lot about Regina and the people of Saskatchewan in general. On Tuesday afternoon, Carmichael Outreach published in its Facebook page that Graham’s Tire donated $ 10,000.

Cox adds: “We are so grateful for the Regina community and how they step up and support them in so many ways and on so many occasions. As unfortunate as it was, we continue to work hard for the people who need our work and hopefully we can make something good out of something bad that happened. “

It’s a desperately needed boost before the holiday season. Carmichael Outreach staff say they will continue to provide care and support to people in poverty and homelessness.