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Gay Businessman Donates $750,000 To Community Center
by Jack Siu
365Gay.com Newscenter
Toronto Bureau
May 5, 2003
6:03 p.m. ET/+5GMT/-3PT
(Toronto, Ontario) Toronto publisher and businessman Salah Bachir is giving the city's LGBT community center three-quarters of a million dollars.
Bachir, president of Famous Players Media, is a noted philanthropist. The gift to the 519 Community Center will be used in a $5 million dollar renovation plan that includes a new addition to the building on Church Street.
"The 519 is a shining example to all community centers across Canada that the gay community can work side by side with other diverse groups to make a better society," said Bachir. "By supporting The 519 we are leaving a legacy for the next generation of people who will walk through its doors looking for acceptance and respect."
The 519 provides a broad range of services to the community. Once home to one of Toronto's most exclusive clubs, the center for the past 25 years has been a meeting place of choice for hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered groups.
Construction is scheduled to begin next May with completion slated 2006.
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