Charity and Donations

BC Cancer Foundation - Tour De Cure

Pedal for Hope: Tour De Cure rallies cyclists to transform cancer care

2,000 riders, volunteers prepare for 200-km summer fundraising ride from Cloverdale to Hope

  • Mar 20, 2023

 

The Vernon Upper Mission is presented with a check of $5,327.47 that was raised from the In From The Cold fundraiser. (Contributed)

Vernon Upper Room Mission fundraiser reaches $5,000

The funds are going towards a new initiative meant to tackle homelessness next summer

 

Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)

Okanagan College gets a jolt in electronic donation

Alumnus Yael Cohen donating $80,000 to the school’s electronics engineering technology program

 

Ted and Sue Fox with Fox Plumbing Heating Cooling Electrical (third and fourth from left) present Vernon’s Animal Auxiliary Thrift Store managing director Dale Christie (with hat), director Gena Barzan and store volunteers with a newly decorated Fox van as the winners of the 2023 Fox Wrap A Van for a Cause contest. The 2022 winners, North Okanagan Community Chaplaincy with representatives (Chaplain) Chuck Harper (far left) and Cheryl Gustavson, were also on hand. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon thrift store wraps first place in van contest

Animal Auxiliary Thrift Store wins 2023 Fox Plumbing Heating Wrap a Van for a Cause promotion

Ted and Sue Fox with Fox Plumbing Heating Cooling Electrical (third and fourth from left) present Vernon’s Animal Auxiliary Thrift Store managing director Dale Christie (with hat), director Gena Barzan and store volunteers with a newly decorated Fox van as the winners of the 2023 Fox Wrap A Van for a Cause contest. The 2022 winners, North Okanagan Community Chaplaincy with representatives (Chaplain) Chuck Harper (far left) and Cheryl Gustavson, were also on hand. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
She started the journey by trading the pinecone for a copper bracelet and hopes to end with a house to donate to the community (Stephanie Horman/Submitted)

From pinecone to home: Charity trade effort underway in Kelowna

A Kelowna woman is trying to trade until she gets a home to donate back to the community

She started the journey by trading the pinecone for a copper bracelet and hopes to end with a house to donate to the community (Stephanie Horman/Submitted)
Christian Nielsan was diagnosed with a faulty aortic heart valve at 38 during a routine check up.

An oh-so-easy challenge built for Heart Month: Listen to Your Heart

February is about more than flowers + chocolates – a routine check up could save your life

  • Feb 6, 2023
Christian Nielsan was diagnosed with a faulty aortic heart valve at 38 during a routine check up.
Lisa Burke, owner of Burke Hair Lounge, and her pup, posing for a photo on the re-opening of the Community Fridge at it’s new location (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Trendy new location for Kelowna Community Fridge

Burke Hair Lounge now hosts the food accessibility initiative

Lisa Burke, owner of Burke Hair Lounge, and her pup, posing for a photo on the re-opening of the Community Fridge at it’s new location (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
Abby Lawlor and Mollie English (white shirts) present a $2,600 check to Sherman Dahl (The Emily Dahl Foundation) and Leanne Hammond (Community Foundation) on behalf of Beyond Sport Volleyball Academy. (Contributed)

VSS volleyball event raises $2,600 for the Emily Dahl Foundation

Abby Lawlor and Mollie English helped put together the special charity match last month

Abby Lawlor and Mollie English (white shirts) present a $2,600 check to Sherman Dahl (The Emily Dahl Foundation) and Leanne Hammond (Community Foundation) on behalf of Beyond Sport Volleyball Academy. (Contributed)
Performer Blake Elliott presented a cheque for $10,000 from the ‘mister Blake foundation’ to Refresh Mobile Shower Ministry’s Bill Keyes in Abbotsford on Jan. 19. The ministry provides showers in a mobile unit to the unhoused, in partnership with other service providers in Abbotsford and Maple Ridge. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)

Mobile shower ministry gets big boost to continue work in Fraser Valley

Abbotsford-based group has provided 2,600 showers to people in need since 2019

Performer Blake Elliott presented a cheque for $10,000 from the ‘mister Blake foundation’ to Refresh Mobile Shower Ministry’s Bill Keyes in Abbotsford on Jan. 19. The ministry provides showers in a mobile unit to the unhoused, in partnership with other service providers in Abbotsford and Maple Ridge. (Ben Lypka/Abbotsford News)
Community groups can now apply for $400 million in recovery funds available. (Contributed)

North Okanagan groups benefit from historic funds available

A historic one-time $400 million is up for grabs to help communities,…

Community groups can now apply for $400 million in recovery funds available. (Contributed)
Army, Navy and Airforce Unit No. 5 Vernon president Erwin Ruf (centre), and Ladies Auxiliary members Jennifer Pace (front, left) and Fern Dupont hand over donations to (back, from left) Karen Waldal, Community Dental Access Centre; Claire Wilkins, Teens Count Too; Lt. (N) Carolynn Dufresne, 63 Kalamalka Sea Cadets; Cassandra Schwarz, Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation; Lyle Duffield, North Okanagan Shuswap Crime Stoppers Association; and Kevin Rothwell and Lisa Matthews, North Okanagan Hospice Society. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon veterans group helps ‘meat’ needs for local charities

Army, Navy and Airforce No. 5 and the ANAF Ladies Auxiliary donate cash raised through meat draws

Army, Navy and Airforce Unit No. 5 Vernon president Erwin Ruf (centre), and Ladies Auxiliary members Jennifer Pace (front, left) and Fern Dupont hand over donations to (back, from left) Karen Waldal, Community Dental Access Centre; Claire Wilkins, Teens Count Too; Lt. (N) Carolynn Dufresne, 63 Kalamalka Sea Cadets; Cassandra Schwarz, Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation; Lyle Duffield, North Okanagan Shuswap Crime Stoppers Association; and Kevin Rothwell and Lisa Matthews, North Okanagan Hospice Society. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
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Stand up against dementia stigma this Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

Jana Schulz of Cranbrook, B.C. – a registered social worker, working as…

  • Jan 9, 2023
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Noelle Crombie (from left) and Jamee Moffat from Vernon’s 100+ Women Who Care group recently donated more than $7,700 to Marianne Wolters of the Silver Star Adaptive Snow Sports organization. (Facebook photo)

Vernon women care about adaptive snow sports

100+ Women Who Care raise $7,740 for Vernon’s Silver Star Adaptive Snow Sports organization

Noelle Crombie (from left) and Jamee Moffat from Vernon’s 100+ Women Who Care group recently donated more than $7,700 to Marianne Wolters of the Silver Star Adaptive Snow Sports organization. (Facebook photo)
Vernon’s Elizabeth Gerwing (right) and her three kids admire the fully restored Pontiac Montana Van they were awarded as winners of the second annual Vernon Van Giveaway courtesy of Swan Lake Motors and Kal Tire. (Contributed)

Hamper ruse leads Vernon mom to new van pickup

Elizabeth Gerwing, single mother of three, winner of second annual van giveaway

Vernon’s Elizabeth Gerwing (right) and her three kids admire the fully restored Pontiac Montana Van they were awarded as winners of the second annual Vernon Van Giveaway courtesy of Swan Lake Motors and Kal Tire. (Contributed)
Nature’s Fare Markets’ Tara Berger (left) and Brandon Molzahn (right), present a cheque to Neil S. Thompson (middle) of the Salvation Army Food Bank in Vernon. (Contributed)

Nature’s Fare delivers Christmas food, cash to B.C. food banks

More than 12,000 pounds of food collected, $60,000 in cash donated

Nature’s Fare Markets’ Tara Berger (left) and Brandon Molzahn (right), present a cheque to Neil S. Thompson (middle) of the Salvation Army Food Bank in Vernon. (Contributed)
Beairsto teachers Sara McLean and Mélanie Doucet brought their Grade 1 and Grade 6/7 buddy classes to visit the Common Threads Program recently. Common Threads serves the community in a tangible way by providing hot sit-down meals, food items, hygiene products and clothing to their weekly guests. Beairsto students donate toiletries and other needed items yearly while they learn about the importance of giving to others in the community. Common Threads is open on Mondays from 2-4 p.m. and Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. (Contributed)

Students schooled on Vernon program helping less fortunate

Beairsto classes recently took a field trip to Common Threads

Beairsto teachers Sara McLean and Mélanie Doucet brought their Grade 1 and Grade 6/7 buddy classes to visit the Common Threads Program recently. Common Threads serves the community in a tangible way by providing hot sit-down meals, food items, hygiene products and clothing to their weekly guests. Beairsto students donate toiletries and other needed items yearly while they learn about the importance of giving to others in the community. Common Threads is open on Mondays from 2-4 p.m. and Thursdays from 9-11 a.m. (Contributed)
Donations were given to an orphanage in Rivne. (Daniel Sora/Submitted)

Ukrainian city humming with generators, thanks to Kelowna contribution

‘We will be standing until victory comes’

Donations were given to an orphanage in Rivne. (Daniel Sora/Submitted)
Fox Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Electrical's 2022 Wrap a Van for a Cause winner, North Okanagan Community Chaplaincy, will continue to roll through 2023. Voting is now open to select a 2023 winner! Visit foxandsons.ca/charityvan for details. Photo courtesy Fox.

Fox shares the spotlight with 20 local charities improving our community

Voting is now open for their annual ‘Wrap a Van for a Cause’ program!

  • Dec 19, 2022
Fox Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Electrical's 2022 Wrap a Van for a Cause winner, North Okanagan Community Chaplaincy, will continue to roll through 2023. Voting is now open to select a 2023 winner! Visit foxandsons.ca/charityvan for details. Photo courtesy Fox.
A group signs waivers in preparation for the start of the charity ride. (Zachary Delaney/Revelstoke Review)

Revelstoke’s annual charity snowmobile ride returns

The group left the parking lot of Revelstoke’s Snowmobile Club at 9:30 a.m.

A group signs waivers in preparation for the start of the charity ride. (Zachary Delaney/Revelstoke Review)
The Vernon Elks Lodge No. 45 presented more than $13,000 in funds to 13 North Okanagan groups and organizations Dec. 15. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon Elks Lodge brightens Christmas for local groups

Lodge No. 45 dishes out more than $13,000 in funds to 13 organizations

The Vernon Elks Lodge No. 45 presented more than $13,000 in funds to 13 North Okanagan groups and organizations Dec. 15. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
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