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

 

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

 

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)
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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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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)
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)
Briana Greer (left) in Terrace with her mother, Sheila Myshrall, who urgently needs a kidney transplant. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard) Anyone wishing to donate would need to call Vancouver General Hospital and mention Sheila Myshrall’s name. (Black Press Media file photo)

Daughter hopes for ‘Christmas miracle’ as B.C. mom’s kidney fails

Briana Greer hopes to save mom on B.C. kidney waiting list

Briana Greer (left) in Terrace with her mother, Sheila Myshrall, who urgently needs a kidney transplant. (Michael Bramadat-Willcock/Terrace Standard) Anyone wishing to donate would need to call Vancouver General Hospital and mention Sheila Myshrall’s name. (Black Press Media file photo)
Indie, a two-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd cross from Nanaimo, is being featured with 14 other pets from across Canada in Bosley’s by Pet Valu’s 2023 calendar, which raises money to help homeless pets. (Brittni Panter photo)

Vancouver Island dog is ‘Miss August’ in national fundraiser calendar

Bosley’s by Pet Valu chooses photograph of Indie taken in Nanaimo

  • Dec 12, 2022
Indie, a two-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd cross from Nanaimo, is being featured with 14 other pets from across Canada in Bosley’s by Pet Valu’s 2023 calendar, which raises money to help homeless pets. (Brittni Panter photo)
Penticton Starfish backpack program chair Tracy Van Raes accepts a cheque for over $1,500 from The Bay’s general manager Christine Adams. (Submitted)

The Bay in Penticton held a charity gala raising over $1,500 for Starfish program

The funds raised will go to feed 2 families on weekends for the rest of the year

Penticton Starfish backpack program chair Tracy Van Raes accepts a cheque for over $1,500 from The Bay’s general manager Christine Adams. (Submitted)
The hot breakfast team at the Toys for Tots and Teens event at Pen Hi on Thursday morning. (Monique Tamminga Western News)

Photos: In 2 hours, Toys for Tots and Teens exceeds their 1,000 goal at Penticton Secondary

In exchange for a gift donation, Pen Hi offered hot breaksfast and festive entertainment

The hot breakfast team at the Toys for Tots and Teens event at Pen Hi on Thursday morning. (Monique Tamminga Western News)
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)
Cpl. Laurie Rock (left) and Const. Kate Hansen pose in front of a Crammed Cruiser full of food donated to the local food bank in 2018. (Brennan Phillips - Penticton Western News file photo)

Help Penticton’s first responders Cram the Cruiser this Saturday

RCMP, bylaw and Sherrif’s Service will be at Cherry Lane parking lot

Cpl. Laurie Rock (left) and Const. Kate Hansen pose in front of a Crammed Cruiser full of food donated to the local food bank in 2018. (Brennan Phillips - Penticton Western News file photo)
14 members of Whonnock Roofing and Gutters shovelled walks on Nov. 30 for donations to the family of Savanna Gervais. (Clay Gagnon/Special to The News)

B.C. company shovels driveways to collect donations for 4-year-old cancer victim

Whonnock Roofing collected more than $6,000 for family of Savanna Gervais

14 members of Whonnock Roofing and Gutters shovelled walks on Nov. 30 for donations to the family of Savanna Gervais. (Clay Gagnon/Special to The News)