Capital Campaign
In 2007, The RCR Museum launched a Capital Campaign with the objective of raising $2.3 Million (Cdn) to expand the museum and upgrade infrastructure facilities installed in the 1983 reconstruction. The Honorary Chairman of the Capital Campaign is veteran Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent who served in The Royal Canadian Regiment for four years in the early 1950s.
The Capital Campaign received its first major government donation on 12 May 2007 when Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Deb Matthews, on behalf of the province of Ontario, presented a cheque for $240,000 (Cdn).
On 21 February 2008, the City of London, Ontario confirmed in their annual budget a contribution of $200,000 to The RCR Museum Capital Campaign.
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