Yellowknife street person Charlie Delorme keeps on giving

Last month, we shared the story of Charles "Charlie" Delorme, a Yellowknife man who donated $2,000 of his residential-school settlement to a youth shelter.

His generosity didn't stop there.

Since then, Delorme, who spent almost 40 of his 64 years on the streets, has gifted the Yellowknife Salvation Army with $5,000 and the Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation with $10,000.

When Delorme received a $100,000 settlement for his years at a residential school, he went straight to the bank, opened an account, and started writing cheques to the local organizations he believes in.

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"I didn't have anything when I was a little kid," Delorme told the National Post. "And when I got the money, not too long ago, I thought I could do something good. And I was lonely, too, eh. And when I gave the money to the youth centre they were having a pancake breakfast with eggs and sausages and they said to me, 'Hey Charlie, why don’t you come have breakfast us?'"

"Young people have always treated me very well," he added.

Delorme told the National Post's Joe O'Connor that his winter rent is already paid. And with a roof over his head and food in his fridge, he plans to keep giving.

"I am going to give $5,000 to the Catholic Church next," he said. "The priest, there is only one here, and he is always working so hard. It seems to me like he could use some help."