Choices chooses Bridge Youth
Choices Markets has donated nearly $62,000 to a collection of B.C. organizations, including Kelowna’s Bridge Youth and Family Services. Through their annual Star of the Season campaign, Choices Markets asks its customers to donate to less fortunate communities. These donations then go directly to local neighbourhoods, community organizations and food banks. This year’s fundraiser raised […]
Pathways seeks board members
Penticton’s Pathways Addictions Resource Centre is looking for new board members. The organization specifically needs a new treasurer and a social media specialist. Pathways’ mission is to “foster the well-being of the whole person and their connectedness to self, family and community when dealing with substance use and addictions.” Anyone wishing to join the Pathways […]
Wine sales reward OneSky
OneSky Community Resources, a large non-profit multi-service agency, received a donation from Hillside Winery and their winemaker, Kathy Malone, after the winery ran an initiative over the holidays to sell OneSky branded wine and donate a portion from each bottle. Malone also matched the winery’s total sales donation at the end. “I match the donation […]
Chamber AGM coming soon
Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce will be conducting its annual general meeting on Wednesday, March 24. The meeting will be held via Zoom from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at which time the chamber will determine its board of directors for the ensuing 12 months. The nomination period for board members is now open […]
Couple supports HSC
A Kelowna couple recently donated $30,000 to Okanagan College’s Health Sciences Centre. Jim Hodgson and Joy Bianco made the mighty donation because they have a passion for the Okanagan and understand the need for quality health-care professionals. “Kelowna is a beautiful place,” Bianco said in a press release. “We’ve seen so many changes here for […]
Callahan supports stroke care
Kelowna General Hospital has received a $10,000 gift from Callahan Property Group which will go towards the advancement of stroke care for patients and families in the Southern Interior region of B.C. Last year, there were more than 1,500 cases of stroke in the Interior Health region. Despite advancements in acute care, treatment and rehabilitation […]
Big donation for health workers
A longtime Penticton resident has donated $100,000 to Penticton Regional Hospital in recognition of health-care workers during this difficult time. “I think it’s important for all of us to do whatever we can to support each other and especially the caregivers in the medical community,” donor John Pankiw said. “They’re dealing with so many more […]
CIBC helping Indigenous students
CIBC and Indspire have teamed up to help Indigenous students enter health and social development programs at Okanagan College. CIBC has donated $25,000 along with funding from Indspire, a national Indigenous charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, to create a $44,000 award fund. Five students per semester for […]
Couple donates to PRH oncology
A couple with almost lifelong ties to Penticton and Summerland has made a major donation to Penticton Regional Hospital, supporting the oncology department through the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation. Ross and Evelyn Axworthy were high school sweethearts who raised children in the area and found it an easy choice to donate to the PRH. […]
Sally Ann felt lots of love
The Kelowna and Lake Country community raised a record-breaking $929,000 for The Salvation Army through its 2020 Christmas fundraiser, exceeding its target of $700,000. “We are so blessed to live in a community that cares for one another and that strives to Give Hope, especially in challenging times,” said Captain Darryl Burry, lead pastor and executive […]
