Charity and Donations

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Balding, beers and bands to support Kelowna’s sick children

Balding for a Cause raises money for childhood cancers and blood diseases

 

Dress for Success three day sale from March 31-April 2. (File/pixabay)

3-day thrift shop in Kelowna to help women reach career goals

The Dress for Success three day sale will raise money for social programs and career help

 

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 Central Okanagan Food Bank serves 6,000 local individuals and families every month.

With demand up, Central Okanagan food bank gets creative to help keep the shelves full

Food, Funds or Time – make a difference today!

  • Mar 20, 2023
The Central Okanagan Food Bank serves 6,000 local individuals and families every month.
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

Ishadiah Flores, Okanagan College electronics engineering technology student, works on equipment in class. (OC image)
Russian-Canadians supporting their brothers and sisters in Ukraine. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Ukrainian vigil and expo in Kelowna to raise funds and boost morale

Photos of the Kelowna ceremony will be sent to those fighting on the front lines in Ukraine

Russian-Canadians supporting their brothers and sisters in Ukraine. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
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)

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)
First Link® Dementia Helpline can provide you with the support and answeres you need.

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
First Link® Dementia Helpline can provide you with the support and answeres you need.
Vernon’s 100+ Women Who Care group recently donated more than $7,700 to the Silver Star Adaptive Snow Sports organization. (Facebook photo)

Okanagan women care about adaptive snow sports

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

Vernon’s 100+ Women Who Care group recently donated more than $7,700 to the Silver Star Adaptive Snow Sports organization. (Facebook photo)
(Photo/The Bravery Foundation)

Kelowna foundation urges support for Ukraine orphanage

Donations to Beehouse Love Orphanage can be made through the Bravery Foundation

(Photo/The Bravery Foundation)
A donation matching campaign through Big White Ski Resort will benefit the Central Okanagan Food Bank. (Big White/Submitted)

Big White Ski Resort piles up more than $30,000 to benefit food bank

The resort launched a dollar-matching campaign earlier this month

A donation matching campaign through Big White Ski Resort will benefit the Central Okanagan Food Bank. (Big White/Submitted)
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)
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)
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)
(Submitted photo)

Okanagan outreach ‘swamped’ trying to help all

All Are Family Outreach hoping to raise $5,000 to get them through first six months of 2023

(Submitted photo)
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