By Cheryl Jahn

Miracle Theatre at it again

Oct 18, 2023 | 2:52 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Miracle Theatre is at it again. For the fifth year, it is joining forces with the Prince George Community Foundation to raise funds for a good cause.

“We’re coming up to our eighth production and four of those productions – this has to be the fifth – where we’ve done it in affiliation with the Prince George Community Foundation because we’re very keen on endowments, which of course, is what they do, among many things, but they really specialize in that,” explains Ted Price with Miracle Theatre.

This year, the performance is raising money to augment the City’s plans to obtain its first fully-equipped structural protection unit over the next four years. It’s a unit with power pumps to use for fire protection.

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“So if a community or let’s say subdivision is threatened and the fire is right on the edge, huge water lines are set up,” explains Price. “And then along the water line, there are branch hoses that go to every single house. And then very large, powerful sprinklers are set up. And it saturates the structures, the homes, and the properties.”

In the past, Miracle theater recipients were the likes of the Salvation Army’s Food Bank, as well as Hospice House. But this year’s recipient has a little bit different and it all came about because of a tour. “We did a field trip to Logan Lake that’s considered one of the country’s leading communities in protecting themselves against wildfire. And we spent the morning there with the fire chief. He gave us a tour explanation, sat down with us, gave us all sorts of information, and then we came to the Community Foundation and then on to City Hall.”

When the Community Foundation was first approached with this particular recipient, it was not unexpected. “Anne [lLauglin] and Ted [Price] have a real knack for identifying key concerns in our community. Wildfire mitigation is on the top of many people’s minds,” explains Mindy Stroet with the Community Foundation. “It’s something that as a foundation, we think about for our emergency response fund, how we can protect our community. So I think the timing is perfect.

Stroet says the goal is $200,000 and any surplus from the production will go to the foundation’s emergency response fund.