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Smithers man donates $1 million to BC Children’s Hospital Foundation

A Smithers man left a generous donation before he passed away to the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Jim Bolster left $1 million to the foundation before he died of health complications in 2018.

He died at the age of 51 and experienced a number of health issues from an early age.

His niece Melissa Bolster said she didn’t know he was planning the donation but wasn’t surprised when she heard about it.

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“He always really loved kids, and when I was young he was my favourite uncle because he was just this wonderful, gentle giant but made you feel really safe and was always willing to get down on his knees to play with you,” he said.

According to a Facebook post by the Foundation, after Bolster suffered a heart attack he acted quickly to put a plan in place, so the foundation could receive the donation.

While putting his plan in place he asked his close friend Dean Moore to be the executor of his will.

Bolster also said she believes her uncle would be happy his donation could make a difference.

“I think he would be really happy, it was pretty beautiful to see that post come out from the legacy foundation, I think it would’ve meant a lot to him,” she said.

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According to Bolster, he lived in Smithers his entire life and loved to go fishing.

The foundation said the donation has supported the hospitals greatest needs, which enables experts to provide life-saving care.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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