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Law firm celebrates 50 years with donation to BC Cancer – Kelowna

Pushor Mitchell donated $25,000 to fund a chemotherapy chair

  • Mar 19, 2023

 

Residents of Vernon’s Canterbury Court raised more than $2,000 for the North Okanagan Hospice Society. (Contributed)

Vernon seniors care deeply about hospice society

Residents of Canterbury raise more than $2,000 for North Okanagan Hospice Society

 

Lee Agur (far right) along with Brent and Cassie Marshall hand Lyndie Hill a cheque for the Youth Outdoor Recreational Society. (Submitted)

Penticton businesses help donate $7,500 to get kids back to nature

Donation goes to local Youth Outdoor Recreation Society to pay for kids to join camps

 

The North Okanagan Valley Gleaners recently received 84,000 pounds of peas that will go into their dehydrated soup mix, which will be delivered to poor nations to help with food security overseas. (Brad Egerton/Facebook)

North Okanagan Valley Gleaners swimming in 84,000 pounds of peas

The Gleaners will turn the peas into dehydrated soup mix to feed hungry people around the world

The North Okanagan Valley Gleaners recently received 84,000 pounds of peas that will go into their dehydrated soup mix, which will be delivered to poor nations to help with food security overseas. (Brad Egerton/Facebook)
A portion of sales from hot cross buns on Apr. 1 will go towards the HOPE Outreach Center. (HOPE Outreach- Facebook)

Vernon’s Cobs Bread doughnating to HOPE Outreach

The annual fundraising event gets going on Mar. 1

A portion of sales from hot cross buns on Apr. 1 will go towards the HOPE Outreach Center. (HOPE Outreach- Facebook)
Surgical instruments are used during an organ transplant surgery at a hospital in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Molly Riley

233 people – living and dead – donated organs in B.C. in 2022

527 people were still waiting for a life-saving transplant at the end of the year

Surgical instruments are used during an organ transplant surgery at a hospital in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Molly Riley
Members of the Shuswap Community Foundation’s YPAC receive a $75,000 donation from SASCU president and CEO Barry Delaney (back left). The money will bring SASCU’s Youth Endowment Fund up to $100,000. Interest from the fund goes to support youth-centred projects in the region. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Endowment fund for youth projects in the Shuswap given $75,000 boost

SASCU fund intended to have meaningful impact for youth in the region

Members of the Shuswap Community Foundation’s YPAC receive a $75,000 donation from SASCU president and CEO Barry Delaney (back left). The money will bring SASCU’s Youth Endowment Fund up to $100,000. Interest from the fund goes to support youth-centred projects in the region. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
Left to Right: Calvin Reich, Silver Star Rotary; Leanne Hammond, CFNO; Neil S. Thompson, Vernon Salvation Army; Ginny Scott, SilverStar Mountain Resort; Randel Erbacker, Salvation Army; and Jen Thompson, Salvation Army. SilverStar Mountain Resort raised almost $28,000 for the food bank in December 2022. (Submitted photo)

SilverStar feeds a major need with $28K for Vernon food bank

Generosity ‘making a difference for many in our community’

Left to Right: Calvin Reich, Silver Star Rotary; Leanne Hammond, CFNO; Neil S. Thompson, Vernon Salvation Army; Ginny Scott, SilverStar Mountain Resort; Randel Erbacker, Salvation Army; and Jen Thompson, Salvation Army. SilverStar Mountain Resort raised almost $28,000 for the food bank in December 2022. (Submitted photo)
(Black Press file photo)

Tree of Hope campaign’s strong roots sees $1M raised for Okanagan youth groups

The Stober Foundation closed out the campaign with a gift of $500,000.

(Black Press file photo)
Local Tim Hortons store owners and General Managers presented the YMCA with a $59,908 donation made possible by their record-breaking Smile Cookie sales. (Photo contributed)

Okanagan YMCA all smiles after cookie campaign cash

Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign donates $60,000 YMCA of Southern Interior BC

Local Tim Hortons store owners and General Managers presented the YMCA with a $59,908 donation made possible by their record-breaking Smile Cookie sales. (Photo contributed)
Give three different ways in 2023 and know you're actively participating in saving lives.

Help Make All the Difference — give 3 in 2023!

Transplants and blood donations helped Erica bounce back from a devastating diagnosis

  • Jan 9, 2023
Give three different ways in 2023 and know you're actively participating in saving lives.
Megan Prentice (left) and Simone Runyan (right) with the Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake, accept a donation from Flo Ryan with the Coldstream Rate Payers Association. (Maria Besso photo)

Coldstream groups aim to keep Kal Lake sparkling

Rate Payers donates to Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake

Megan Prentice (left) and Simone Runyan (right) with the Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake, accept a donation from Flo Ryan with the Coldstream Rate Payers Association. (Maria Besso photo)
From left, Kent Kwasny (AIM Roads area 13 north superintendent), Meranda Dessault (Shuswap SPCA centre manager), Candace Bingham (CFP senior woodlands administrator), and Dale Ogston (AIM Roads area 13 senior foreman) pose for a picture after a $3000 donation was made to the SPCA. (Aim Roads/ Facebook)

Ministry of transportation, AIM Roads give back to Shuswap BC SPCA

AIM Roads, Canoe Forest Products, transportation ministry donate $3000

From left, Kent Kwasny (AIM Roads area 13 north superintendent), Meranda Dessault (Shuswap SPCA centre manager), Candace Bingham (CFP senior woodlands administrator), and Dale Ogston (AIM Roads area 13 senior foreman) pose for a picture after a $3000 donation was made to the SPCA. (Aim Roads/ Facebook)
Vernon’s Butcher Boys Grocery Store presented the North Okanagan Hospice Society with a cheque for $20,565 from its 14th annual fundraising campaign for the hospice Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon grocer bundles up big donation for hospice

Butcher Boys raised more than $20K for the North Okanagan Hospice Society

Vernon’s Butcher Boys Grocery Store presented the North Okanagan Hospice Society with a cheque for $20,565 from its 14th annual fundraising campaign for the hospice Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
(YMCA of Southern Interior BC/Submitted)

Childcare coming to Kelowna Airport, opportunities to study early childhood education

KF Aerospace donated $50,000 to the YMCA of Southern Interior B.C.

  • Dec 8, 2022
(YMCA of Southern Interior BC/Submitted)
Jay Davey from the Rotary Club of Kelowna gave Kelowna Stands with Ukraine a cheque for $6,800 to buy generators for Ukraine. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Okanagan-Mission Rotary donation to buy 12 generators for Ukrainians without power

Kelowna Stands with Ukraine is using the funds to continue helping people impacted by war

Jay Davey from the Rotary Club of Kelowna gave Kelowna Stands with Ukraine a cheque for $6,800 to buy generators for Ukraine. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
The Vernon community and the Galbraith Family Foundation raised a combined $530,000 for a new CT scanner at Vernon Jubilee Hospital on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (Submitted photo)

$530K raised for new CT scanner at Vernon hospital

The Galbraith Family Foundation matched funds raised on Giving Tuesday

The Vernon community and the Galbraith Family Foundation raised a combined $530,000 for a new CT scanner at Vernon Jubilee Hospital on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (Submitted photo)
The Roster Sports Club Bar and Grill is giving back to the Vernon community with the return of its Dish Out the Kindness initiative throughout the month of December 2022. (Submitted photo)

Vernon restaurant dishing out kindness this December

The Roster is donating meal proceeds to The Salvation Army and Turning Points Collaborative Society

The Roster Sports Club Bar and Grill is giving back to the Vernon community with the return of its Dish Out the Kindness initiative throughout the month of December 2022. (Submitted photo)
The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is looking to raise the remaining $900,000 needed for an urgently needed second CT scanner. (Submitted photo)

Donations for new CT scanner at Vernon hospital doubled on Giving Tuesday

VJH has an urgent need for a second CT scanner, Galbraith Foundation gives big today

The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is looking to raise the remaining $900,000 needed for an urgently needed second CT scanner. (Submitted photo)
A plane parked at the BC Aviation Museum. (Courtesy BC Aviation Museum)

BC Aviation Museum seeking donations for new floatplane exhibit

Donations will be used in a new exhibit dedicated to floatplanes during the 1950s

A plane parked at the BC Aviation Museum. (Courtesy BC Aviation Museum)