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Family Endowments: Helping charities and saving taxes PAGE 4
NANAIMO Coast Industrial Machining’s new $2.3 million building improves efficiency
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Nanaimo Foundation helps families direct funds where needed and create a great legacy
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A NA I MO – Ma k i ng a difference, one family at a time. T h a t’s w h a t t h e Na na i mo Foundation is experiencing, as local families have been opening Family Endowments through the organization, which allows family members to direct where their charitable donations will be distributed throughout the community, as well as providing tax deductions for contributions. Doug Johnston is the latest to lead his family in this regard, setting up the Johnston Family Endowment with a $10,000 donation in November. “I originally got the idea of setting up an family endowment when Tom Harris, a long time friend and client, invited me to a presentation put on by the Nanaimo Foundation about six months ago,” Johnston notes. Harris, a well known and respected businessman whose holdings include the Harris Auto Group and Tom Harris Cellular, SEE NANAIMO FOUNDATION | PAGE 1
Making it official: The Johnston Family Endowment cheque to the Nanaimo Foundation is being signed by, from left, grandchildren Adelaide, Nathan, Sophia and Owen, while Doug Johnston and the Nanaimo Foundation’s Laurie Bienert look on
Coastal Colour Printing Expands Services Under New Owner Elite Image New owners pledge to carry former Coastal Colour owner John Rockley’s legacy forward with a new array of marketing services
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ARKSVILLE — Nanai mo-based creative, web, and print agency Elite Image has acquired Coastal Colour Printing following the sudden passing of former owner John Rockley. Elite Image President Catrina Elliott pledges to carry on Rockley’s legacy by building his business through an expanded
array of marketing services. “John’s passing is tragic, and this has been a difficult time,” acknowledges Elliott. “But the Coastal Colour and Elite Image teams are both working hard to carry his legacy forward.” According to Elliott, the Parksville-based Coastal Colour and Nanaimo-based Elite Image will
continue operating under their respective names and locations. But Coastal Colour customers will now have access to an expanded array of marketing services, including graphic design, digital marketing, and web development. Coastal Colour has long been known as a large-scale printer
that specializes in offset printing for customers in Parksville, Qualicum, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Tofino and Ucluelet. In fact, Elliott can recall speaking with Rockley three years ago about his vision to build Coastal Colour into the largest offset print SEE COASTAL COLOUR | PAGE 24