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Vernon’s Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble hosts the Fall Harvest Ukrainian Dinner and Dance Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Eagles Hall. (Morning Star - file photo)

Vernon dance group brings taste of Ukraine to table

Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble hosts Fall Harvest Ukrainian Dinner/Dance Saturday, Nov. 26

Vernon’s Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble hosts the Fall Harvest Ukrainian Dinner and Dance Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Eagles Hall. (Morning Star - file photo)
A movie night at the Vernon Towne Theatre will raise funds for the Bring Sveva Home project Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Movie night raising funds to maintain late Vernon artist’s paintings

A screening of Sveva Imprisoned will support the Caetani Centre’s ‘Bring Sveva Home’ project

A movie night at the Vernon Towne Theatre will raise funds for the Bring Sveva Home project Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
The Vernon Father-Daughter Ball was a huge success on Oct. 14, 2022. (Flash and Frame photo)

Father-daughter ball raises $10K for North Okanagan causes

The sold-out event saw more than 225 people fill the Vernon Lodge

The Vernon Father-Daughter Ball was a huge success on Oct. 14, 2022. (Flash and Frame photo)
Devon and his daughter. (Devon Foster/GoFundMe)

Fundraiser for family of Shuswap man killed in Kelowna stabbing

Devon Foster died on Oct. 9, after being stabbed

Devon and his daughter. (Devon Foster/GoFundMe)
The Cycle Cycle program in Vernon is holding a fundraiser Nov. 4 to raise funds for a new facility to operate out of. (Cycle Cycle image)

Program gearing up for bigger Vernon facility

Cycle Cycle hosting fundraiser for new space since outgrowing cramped quarters

The Cycle Cycle program in Vernon is holding a fundraiser Nov. 4 to raise funds for a new facility to operate out of. (Cycle Cycle image)
The Vernon Towne Theatre. (Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce photo)

Movie night in Vernon raising funds to fight polio

Rotary Club hosting a showing of Breathe at the Towne Theatre Oct. 26

The Vernon Towne Theatre. (Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce photo)
The North Okanagan Hospice Society offers a workshop in May in Vernon, Armstrong and Lumby designed to start a conversation about what matters most if life were short. (Photo submitted)

Donations needed to keep Vernon hospice house running

Society hosts first drive-thru fundraiser this weekend

The North Okanagan Hospice Society offers a workshop in May in Vernon, Armstrong and Lumby designed to start a conversation about what matters most if life were short. (Photo submitted)
Gord Portman and his dog Zippy sit at Marina Way Park while holding a picture of a bench he would like to have installed in memory of those who have lost their lives to an overdose. (Mark Brett photo)

Penticton hero’s dog ingests cocaine and meth while working outreach

Gord Portman’s dog Zippy is still in serious condition and needs help

Gord Portman and his dog Zippy sit at Marina Way Park while holding a picture of a bench he would like to have installed in memory of those who have lost their lives to an overdose. (Mark Brett photo)
Among the teams taking part in the return of the Literacy Society of the North Okanagan’s Adult Spelling Bee Team Challenge were the Laurie Postill Cross Pollinators (front), Okanagan Regional Library (yellow shirts, rear) and Vernon School District (rainbow hair) Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Prestige Vernon Lodge. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Teams spell support for North Okanagan literacy

Society’s annual Spelling Bee sees 14 teams compete

Among the teams taking part in the return of the Literacy Society of the North Okanagan’s Adult Spelling Bee Team Challenge were the Laurie Postill Cross Pollinators (front), Okanagan Regional Library (yellow shirts, rear) and Vernon School District (rainbow hair) Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Prestige Vernon Lodge. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
The Horsey Ladies will be back raising funds for Okanagan charities with an in-person event in 2022. The date is Nov. 18 at the Spallumcheen Golf Course north of Vernon. (Contributed)

UPDATE: Sold-out fundraiser seeks North Okanagan beneficiary

Annual event closed up by COVID returns with in-person gathering, looking for a cause to support

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The Horsey Ladies will be back raising funds for Okanagan charities with an in-person event in 2022. The date is Nov. 18 at the Spallumcheen Golf Course north of Vernon. (Contributed)
The Silver Star Freestyle Club will hold a fundraiser Oct. 18 at Alexanders Beach Pub to help continue its Dry-Slope to Airbag Project. (Contributed)

Vernon freestyle ski club project continues

Club hosting sponsors night to help raise funds as its continues working on year-round training site

The Silver Star Freestyle Club will hold a fundraiser Oct. 18 at Alexanders Beach Pub to help continue its Dry-Slope to Airbag Project. (Contributed)
Is Vernon’s historic Towne Theatre truly haunted? The Okanagan Screen Arts Society is giving one lucky person and 15 guests a chance to find out with a ‘ghostly’ fundraiser. (File photo)

Tour of Vernon’s ‘haunted’ theatre up for grabs in October raffle

Okanagan Screen Arts Society will host tour of historic Towne Theatre as first prize

Is Vernon’s historic Towne Theatre truly haunted? The Okanagan Screen Arts Society is giving one lucky person and 15 guests a chance to find out with a ‘ghostly’ fundraiser. (File photo)
A cancer researcher conducts lab work for the BC Cancer Foundation. On Wednesday (Sept. 21), the foundation announced the launch of a $500 million fundraising campaign. (Photo courtesy of BC Cancer Foundation)

BC Cancer launches $500M fundraising campaign as patient numbers projected to grow

Estimated 37,000 British Columbians will be diagnosed with disease annually by 2030

A cancer researcher conducts lab work for the BC Cancer Foundation. On Wednesday (Sept. 21), the foundation announced the launch of a $500 million fundraising campaign. (Photo courtesy of BC Cancer Foundation)
Lise Maurier (left) and friend were applauded for their bravery after rappelling down the side of the 18-storey Landmark office building in Kelowna in support of Easter Seals on Sept. 20, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)

Superheroes of all forms; Easter Seals Drop Zone on now in Kelowna

All funds raised support the Easter Seals House and Camps

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Lise Maurier (left) and friend were applauded for their bravery after rappelling down the side of the 18-storey Landmark office building in Kelowna in support of Easter Seals on Sept. 20, 2022 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)
Sixty riders turned out the Rex Gill and Mike Courtney Memorial Ride on Sept. 25, with thousands raised for charities close to Rex’s heart. (Submitted)

Annual Rex Gill memorial ride returns to Penticton and Kelowna

Police have said Gill’s unsolved murder in 2019 was a case of mistaken identity

Sixty riders turned out the Rex Gill and Mike Courtney Memorial Ride on Sept. 25, with thousands raised for charities close to Rex’s heart. (Submitted)
Cops for Kids concluded their 2022 ride with closing remarks in the parking lot of Kelowna’s Ramada Hotel on Sept. 18 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)

Cops for Kids rolls into Kelowna to finish the ride

Over $375,000 was raised in the 2022 ride

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Cops for Kids concluded their 2022 ride with closing remarks in the parking lot of Kelowna’s Ramada Hotel on Sept. 18 (Brittany Webster - Capital News)
Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP officers and mascot tended to vehicles at the Vernon location of the Armstrong Regional Co-operative during Fuel Good Day Tuesday, Sept. 15. As a result, the Cops For Kids charitable foundation will receive a portion of the funds collected from the annual event. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)

Fueling up feels good for North Okanagan-Shuswap charities

Armstrong Regional Cooperative hosts fundraising Fuel Good day Tuesday, Sept. 20

Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP officers and mascot tended to vehicles at the Vernon location of the Armstrong Regional Co-operative during Fuel Good Day Tuesday, Sept. 15. As a result, the Cops For Kids charitable foundation will receive a portion of the funds collected from the annual event. (Jennifer Smith - Morning Star)
Santa Claus (Rod Mallett, at rear) led more than 100 bikes and riders on the 34th annual Santas Anonymous Society North Okanagan Motorcycle Toy Run Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Kal Lake Lookout. The event this year was held in memory of Mallett’s wife, Judy, a founding society member who died in 2020. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

PHOTOS: Vernon toy run hit among riders

34th annual Santas Anonymous Society North Okanagan Motorcycle Toy Runs raises $6K, toys, books

Santa Claus (Rod Mallett, at rear) led more than 100 bikes and riders on the 34th annual Santas Anonymous Society North Okanagan Motorcycle Toy Run Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Kal Lake Lookout. The event this year was held in memory of Mallett’s wife, Judy, a founding society member who died in 2020. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Const. Nick Reimann and dispatcher Kathryn Ahvenus are among four members of the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP taking part in Cops for Kids 2022. (RCMP photo)

Four North Okanagan cops ride for kids

The annual ride across southern B.C. raises funds for kids facing illness, disability or trauma

Const. Nick Reimann and dispatcher Kathryn Ahvenus are among four members of the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP taking part in Cops for Kids 2022. (RCMP photo)
Vernon’s Allan Brooks Nature Centre will hold its Mega Garage Sale Sept. 16-18. (Morning Star file photo)

Garage sale gives back to Vernon nature centre

Three-day event Sept. 16-18 is a major fundraiser for the Allan Brooks Nature Centre

Vernon’s Allan Brooks Nature Centre will hold its Mega Garage Sale Sept. 16-18. (Morning Star file photo)