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Vernon’s Barrita Durward (second froml left) hosts her 14th annual Valentines For Mexico gala Friday, March 24. The event at the Prestige Vernon Lodge and Conference Centre is a sellout, and will raise funds for Durward’s ongoing orphanage prevention project in Mexico, as well as for her immediate family member Candria Krykwo (right), who is battling Stage 4 ovarian cancer. (Conritubed photos)

Vernon fundraiser a night for four

Sold-out 14th annual Valentines for Mexico raising funds for a quartet of projects and individuals

 

Chilliwack burn survivor Keira McKenzie, 15, seen with mom Terresa, is the 2023 ‘champion’ for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. She is encouraging people to buy tickets to the Choice Lottery to raise money for the hospital – a place she’s visited countless times. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

B.C. burn survivor, 15, shares story in hopes people will support BC Children’s Hospital fundraiser

Keira McKenzie was 9 when she was burned, now she’s ‘spokeskid’ for BC Children’s Hospital lottery

 

Wild Things Rehabilitation Society is building its new facility in east Kelowna. (Photo/Facebook)

Wash your wheels in support of Okanagan wildlife refuge centre

Skogie’s locations in Kelowna in Vernon are taking part

 

Vernon-Monashee MLA Harwinder Sandhu (centre) was among the dignitaries helping out at the 21st annual United Way B.C. North Okanagan Drive-Thru Breakfast Wednesday, March 22, at the Prestige Vernon Lodge and Conference Centre. The event was presented by Total Restoration, which was also among the first customers. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

PHOTOS: Vernon United Way drive-thru breakfast serves up major funds

21st annual event at Prestige Vernon Lodge raises thousands for United Way programs

Vernon-Monashee MLA Harwinder Sandhu (centre) was among the dignitaries helping out at the 21st annual United Way B.C. North Okanagan Drive-Thru Breakfast Wednesday, March 22, at the Prestige Vernon Lodge and Conference Centre. The event was presented by Total Restoration, which was also among the first customers. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
From left: Susan Hodgson of the Okanagan Screen Arts Society, Kevin Rothwell of the North Okanagan Hospice Society (NOHS), Carolyn Hoffman (NOHS) and Lisa Matthews (NOHS) pose with the check of $18,000. (Contributed)

Oscars livestream raises $18k for North Okanagan Hospice Society

The event, hosted at the Vernon Towne Theatre, was attended by over 150 people

From left: Susan Hodgson of the Okanagan Screen Arts Society, Kevin Rothwell of the North Okanagan Hospice Society (NOHS), Carolyn Hoffman (NOHS) and Lisa Matthews (NOHS) pose with the check of $18,000. (Contributed)
The Olympic Peninsula Equine Network' new Western Treasures and Used Tack store offers western clothing, jewelry, decor and horse equipment for sale by donation that will serve as an ongoing fundraiser for the nonprofit. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins

Horsey Ladies Okanagan round up new fundraiser

Tack sale April 1 raises funds for an equine coach to benefit student

The Olympic Peninsula Equine Network' new Western Treasures and Used Tack store offers western clothing, jewelry, decor and horse equipment for sale by donation that will serve as an ongoing fundraiser for the nonprofit. Sequim Gazette photo by Erin Hawkins
Red Bird Brewing on Richter Street in Kelowna. (Contributed)

Kelowna’s Red Bird Brewing looks to up special events game

The brewery has applied for changes to host up to 24 events a year and to open earlier

Red Bird Brewing on Richter Street in Kelowna. (Contributed)
Habitat for Humanity Okanagan gave three families the keys to their new homes in Lake Country April 29, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Calendar)

Help build affordable homes at Vernon Home Show

Habitat for Humanity selling 50/50 raffle tickets at Kal Tire Place north

Habitat for Humanity Okanagan gave three families the keys to their new homes in Lake Country April 29, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Calendar)
Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)

Fundraiser tops $10,000 for Kelowna boy injured after falling under bus

The GoFundMe says donations will help with cost of physiotherapy

  • Mar 7, 2023
Ethan, 12, suffered damage to his leg after falling under a Kelowna transit bus on Feb. 28, 2023. (GoFundMe)
(Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna/Facebook)

Polar Plunge raises funds for Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna

Over $5,500 was raised during the cold dip in Okanagan Lake

  • Mar 5, 2023
(Special Olympics B.C. Kelowna/Facebook)
Kris Mallisetty was paralyzed from the neck down during surgery on his spine on Jan. 27. Because he doesn’t qualify for Persons With Disability funding, a friend has set up a fundraiser to help pay for the costs of making his home wheelchair-accessible. (Leah Gray photo)

B.C. man paralyzed during spinal surgery

Kris Mallisetty denied disability funding; $30,000 needed to make home wheelchair-accessible

Kris Mallisetty was paralyzed from the neck down during surgery on his spine on Jan. 27. Because he doesn’t qualify for Persons With Disability funding, a friend has set up a fundraiser to help pay for the costs of making his home wheelchair-accessible. (Leah Gray photo)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined MP Richard Cannings at the United Way's annual fundraiser on March 2. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

Photos: United Way breakfast in Penticton raises over $23,000

The 11th annual Drive-Thru Breakfast had another successful year

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joined MP Richard Cannings at the United Way's annual fundraiser on March 2. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
Vernon couple Nolan and Taylor had three baby girls on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, and a fundraiser has been launched after it was discovered the triplets have medical complications. (GoFundMe photo)

Fundraiser launched for Vernon couple whose triplets have medical complications

The three girls were born Feb. 26 after an emergency C-section

Vernon couple Nolan and Taylor had three baby girls on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, and a fundraiser has been launched after it was discovered the triplets have medical complications. (GoFundMe photo)
Swinging with the Stars raised more than $535,000 for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association on Saturday night, Feb. 25 at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kelowna. (Swinging with the Stars - Central Okanagan/Facebook/Voth Photography)

Hospice Association waltzes into major cash at Swinging with the Stars in Kelowna

The event raised more than $535,000

Swinging with the Stars raised more than $535,000 for the Central Okanagan Hospice Association on Saturday night, Feb. 25 at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kelowna. (Swinging with the Stars - Central Okanagan/Facebook/Voth Photography)
Ken Martin

UPDATE: Bands crank out tunes in memory of Vernon musician claimed by cancer

Ken Martin died Sunday, days before fundraiser March 4, which will now benefit family

Ken Martin
Chester Demchuk (left) and Ryan Davis (right) are among the clients at Penticton’s Discovery House who have spent weeks cooking for the annual Soup is Good Food fundraiser. (Logan Lockhart, Western News)

Soup’s on at Discovery House’s 12th annual fundraiser in Penticton

The addiction treatment program’s beloved Soup is Good Food is back

Chester Demchuk (left) and Ryan Davis (right) are among the clients at Penticton’s Discovery House who have spent weeks cooking for the annual Soup is Good Food fundraiser. (Logan Lockhart, Western News)
Vernon’s Melissa Jacobs of Inspire Kindness Productions,right, with her mom, Phyllis Dyck, is nominated for an Okanagan Screen Award for her documentary Women Lead Through Adversity. A special screening of the film will be held in Vernon Sunday, April 2, at the Towne Theatre, raising money for Inspire Kindness’ Christmas in July event. (Facebook photo)

Special screening of Vernon award-nominated film to raise funds

Women Lead Through Adversity, a documentary from Inspire Kndess Productions, set for April 2

Vernon’s Melissa Jacobs of Inspire Kindness Productions,right, with her mom, Phyllis Dyck, is nominated for an Okanagan Screen Award for her documentary Women Lead Through Adversity. A special screening of the film will be held in Vernon Sunday, April 2, at the Towne Theatre, raising money for Inspire Kindness’ Christmas in July event. (Facebook photo)
The Okanagan Screen Arts Society has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help save Vernon's historic Towne Cinema, which opened at its current 30th Avenue location as a dance hall in 1929 and was converted to a movie theatre in 1938. (GoFundMe photo)

Hollywood Oscars shine at Vernon Towne Theatre

North Okanagan Hospice Society fundraiser to be star studded

The Okanagan Screen Arts Society has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help save Vernon's historic Towne Cinema, which opened at its current 30th Avenue location as a dance hall in 1929 and was converted to a movie theatre in 1938. (GoFundMe photo)
A woman sits on the rubble as emergency rescue teams search for people under the remains of destroyed buildings in Nurdagi town on the outskirts of Osmaniye city southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The earthquake that ravaged Turkey and Syria this week offers both lessons and warnings for people in British Columbia as images emerge of the human devastation and costly damage, Canadian seismology experts say. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Khalil Hamra

UPDATE: Vernon hotel helping victims of devastating earthquake in Turkey, Syria

Quality Inn and Suites held a samosa fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 11

A woman sits on the rubble as emergency rescue teams search for people under the remains of destroyed buildings in Nurdagi town on the outskirts of Osmaniye city southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. The earthquake that ravaged Turkey and Syria this week offers both lessons and warnings for people in British Columbia as images emerge of the human devastation and costly damage, Canadian seismology experts say. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Khalil Hamra
Clint Whitecotton

UPDATE: Nearly $15,000 raised for Cherryville fire warden following emergency

Clint Whitecotton had a brain aneurysm on New Year’s Eve

Clint Whitecotton
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