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Local 8-year-old fundraises nearly $3,000 for Orangeville SPCA

April 15, 2021   ·   0 Comments

By Sam Odrowski

A local 8-year-old boy is working hard to improve his community, one donation at a time.

Chase Donnell, with the help of his parents and 12-year-old sister, Aaliyah, generated close to $3,000 for the Orangeville and District SPCA through a bath bomb fundraiser that started in mid-February.

“I love dogs and all animals, and I wanted to give them some help,” said Chase, when asked why he chose the SPCA as his charity.

He now has his heart set on fundraising for Headwaters Health Care Centre, as that’s where his 91-year-old grandpa receives care bi-weekly.

Every month or six weeks Chase plans on supporting a different charity in need, as long as people continue purchasing his bath bombs.

“As long as the support’s there then we’re going to keep on rolling with it,” said Jeff Donnell, Chase’s Dad. “We’re hopeful that people will keep coming back to buy them, which then allows us to keep the fundraising aspect of it going as well.”

The bath bombs are competitively priced at $2 each and can be ordered through the Bombs By Chase Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bombsbychase or Instagram Page at: https://www.instagram.com/bombsbychase/

Local businesses also stepped up to support the fundraiser and offer the bath bombs on their shelves. Those businesses include the Village Refillery (28 Mill St Unit 109B), which has remained open during Ontario’s third lockdown and Finders Keepers (60 Broadway Ave, Garage Unit), which has had to close.

Initially, the fundraiser was geared towards friends and family with the goal of raising $500, but once word started to spread, Chase and his family were able to blow it out of the water with a total of $2,883.

“It was overwhelming, like we didn’t expect it,” admitted Jeff.  “Everybody’s been fantastic, the community, the people, friends, family, everybody,”

Chase told the Citizen making the bath bombs isn’t overly difficult, as they only require four ingredients, but it’s been a tedious process, making thousands of them since the fundraiser began, with the help of his mom Judy Ward and sister Aaliyah.

Going forward, anyone who would like to purchase a bath bomb can email: bombsbychase@gmail.com or reach out to the Bombs By Chase Facebook or Instagram page.

“Everybody that’s supported to make Chase successful and to be able to actually donate the amount of money that we did, it’s really appreciated,” said Ward.


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