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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - An organization doing good in Hot Springs has been met with burglars.
The Our Promise Cancer Resources is currently building a house for cancer patients traveling to receive treatment.
Beginning about six months ago, the group was on track to have the project finished by July but after thousands of dollars in material was stolen, that date has been pushed back.
In the last week, the robbers broke into the home three times.
"We were trying to figure out how they were getting in," Britani Martin with Our Promise said.
Our promise started about 13 years ago with helping cancer patients in 26 counties in Arkansas with gas cards to get back and forth to treatment.
But the organization saw a bigger need and has been saving for the Our Promise House for 10 years.
"We're completely funded by donations. As a non-profit, we rely on it. We were counting on that money to go into this for patients to stay," Martin said.
Martin said it's frustrating to be so close to finishing and have a setback this late in the process.
"They've stolen a lot of the copper wiring out of the buil...
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