With just days before its campaign deadline, the United Way of Greater Victoria is falling behind its fundraising target.
The charity is $600,000 short of its goal of $6.3 million.
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B次元官网网址淲e understand peopleB次元官网网址檚 concern about the economic climate but we hope they will step up and invest in the future of some of our communityB次元官网网址檚 most vulnerable citizens."
