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Here's how a retiring city councillor is giving back to New West

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Lorrie Williams
Lorrie Williams recently donated a bundle of lawnmowers to various charities around town.

Lorrie Williams has been sharing her good fortune with community groups far and wide.

During a tour of a local warehouse facility in New West, the retiring city councillor learned that the company sometimes destroys or donates items that can be returned to the manufacturer. She submitted her name, thinking she may get lucky and get some household goods or diapers that she could donate to Monarch Place, a local transition house for women and children fleeing violence.

“I got 100 lawnmowers,” she said with a laugh.

After signing an agreement saying she wouldn’t resell the lawnmowers, Williams got to work distributing them to non-profits and churches around the city. Instead of being destroyed, Williams is thrilled she was able to find good homes for the lawnmowers.

“People are sure delighted,” she said. “They are cordless. They are 16-inch – they are not big ones so they are not heavy. They are very manoeuvrable so you can get them around anywhere.”