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the rainbow BY PAUL HERATY | PHOTOS CLAUDETTE CARRACEDO foundation. But that proved to be too much work. Then, in 2008, the Will needed to be looked at again. And by that time our plans had become clearer." "We had some older friends, and thought 'What's going to happen to these people who don't have a lot of money? One friend of ours lived for many, many years in a small apartment in the West End. He didn't have any money to speak of. He just made ends meet. When he got sick, he was placed in a facility far from home and friends, in a room with a straight, elderly gentleman of a completely different ethnic background – someone he had nothing in common with. He was very bitter. He died eight months later." It was stories like this that reconfirmed Bill and Manny's plans. "We decided on trying to create a retirement home for the gay and lesbian community. We wanted to look at something that was doable. Maybe not in our lifetime, but doable. So when we did our Wills in 2008, we included Vancouver Foundation." s Manny (left) and Bill have travelled the world, but they want to create a retirement home for the LGBT community here in Vancouver. Their Rainbow Fund will contribute to that goal. Fall 2012 I Vancouver Foundation l page 23 p22-25_Rainbow-Granola.indd 23 12-10-16 11:28 AM