An online fundraiser for the Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society (KAFS) saw a recent flood of donations, increasing from $1,500 to nearly $80,000 in less than a week.

Organizers believe the attention and generosity is largely because of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation announcement that it had used the services of a ground-penetrating radar specialist to reveal what are believed to be the remains of children who died at the school between 1890 and 1969. 

The funds will go toward building a new friendship centre