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Chip Vatamaniuck
Contributed - Apr 02, 2020 - Community

Name: Chip Vatamaniuck What business or organization are you involved with? The Bistro at The Castle at Swan Lake in Vernon. What is your role with that organization? chef/managing partner What’s your favourite thing about living in the Okanagan? Seeing our wildlife and enjoying the many lakes the Interior has for us. If you could […]

Order takeout, raise money
Glacier Media - Apr 02, 2020 - Community

Two Story Robot, a small web app development company based in Kamloops, is delivering it forward. They’re asking locals to send in a picture of their delivery or takeout receipt. Two Story Robot will then match the total (up to $25 per person) and donate that money to the Kamloops Food Bank. Team co-ordinator Paige Whitson tells […]

Big donation for The Bridge
Miriam Halpenny - Mar 31, 2020 - Community

The Bridge Youth & Family Services in Kelowna is celebrating a $30,000 anonymous donation towards its Youth Recovery House. The donation will help people under 19 years old who are struggling with addiction. In B.C., there are fewer than 50 publicly funded beds for youth treatment. In the Okanagan there are no treatment options for people […]

Realtors aim for 1,000 pounds
Chelsea Powrie - Mar 31, 2020 - Community

In light of the COVID-19 crisis causing dwindling donations to food banks, the Chamberlain Property Group in Penticton has set a goal of raising 1,000 pounds of food to donate to the Penticton Salvation Army, even offering to pick the donations up in accordance with physical distancing guidelines. The group started their drive Saturday, and will be […]

Soup kitchen forced to close
Chelsea Powrie - Mar 31, 2020 - Community

Penticton’s downtown soup kitchen has closed its doors indefinitely in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. The Soupateria, which offers a free lunchtime meal to over 100 people a day, closed its dining room mid-month in favour of offering takeaway lunch bags. But that move ultimately was not enough to ensure the safety of volunteers and clients, […]

Give back if you can
Okanagan Edge Staff - Mar 26, 2020 - Community

The Association of Fundraising Professionals Okanagan is asking area residents to consider donating what they can to charities and non-profit groups. The COVID-19 pandemic is stretching services thin, and AFP Okanagan is hoping once people have their own affairs in order they might be able to offer some financial help to those groups who need […]

Big donation for food bank
Laura Brookes - Mar 24, 2020 - Community

The Clique Group has announced it will donate $10,000 to the Central Okanagan Food Bank during what has become a critical time for the charity during the COVID-19 outbreak. The food bank was named the charity winner of the Trellis Sprout a Fundraiser challenge, which asked contestants to raise money for their preferred cause. Local resident Cody Pollard hosted the Fork […]

Teresa May
Contributed - Mar 23, 2020 - Community

What business or organization are you involved with? Teresa May Agency What is your role with that organization? Founder and director, helping talent find roles in films, commercials and events What’s your favourite thing about living in the Okanagan? The recreation and culture. Okanagan Lake is a passage that links three cities together, and it’s […]

Choices nearly sold out
Okanagan Edge Staff - Mar 19, 2020 - Community

If you want to isolate in a larger house, you might want to grab one of the few remaining tickets of the 2020 Choices Lottery. The BC Children’s Hospital Foundation announced Thursday that 94% of tickets have already sold for its annual fundraiser, which offers eight grand prize options for the winner. One of those […]

Fly high with OneSky
Okanagan Edge Staff - Mar 18, 2020 - Community

OneSky Community Resources is looking for new board members. The Penticton-based community support organization provides services to children and families, youth, adults and seniors throughout the South Okanagan and Similkameen. It is looking for anyone with backgrounds in human resources and business, advocacy and government relations, information technology, finance and accounting, law, fundraising or marketing. […]