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Porsche hosts 100 men
Contributed - Aug 14, 2017 - Get Involved

More than 100 men will gather at the newly opened Porsche Centre Kelowna tomorrow to give back to the community. The Kelowna chapter of 100+ Men Who Give a Damn will hold its ninth quarterly meeting at the newly completed dealership Aug. 15, as members come together to support a local charity. The group has […]

Swinging for a cause
Madison Reeve - Aug 14, 2017 - Get Involved

Golfers teed off for a good cause at the eighth annual Kelowna Golf and Country Club Charity Golf Tournament. Funds from the event will benefit the Okanagan YMCA’s Strong Kids campaign through 2019. “We are so incredibly grateful that the tournament committee selected the YMCA’s Strong Kids campaign as the recipient of the tournament proceeds,” said the […]

Sandcastles support charity
Chantelle Deacon - Aug 11, 2017 - Get Involved

The 37th annual Penticton Peach Festival sandcastle building competition Thursday had an even stronger turnout than expected. Held every year at Skaha Beach during Peachfest, the event attracts impressive sandcastle building skills, while raising money for local charities. Last year the Penticton-Okanagan Rotary Club raised about $5,000. “This year was exceptionally good because we sold […]

Store to match donations
Contributed - Aug 10, 2017 - Get Involved

In response to overwhelming support and feedback from its customers, Urban Fare has announced it will match donations collected by former Hollywood executive and producer Larry Sugar for the victims of the BC wildfires. Sugar, a long-time Urban Fare customer, decided last week to setup a table outside the Yaletown grocery store and start collecting donations for […]

Okanagan Feast of Fields
Kate Bouey - Aug 10, 2017 - Get Involved

Local food and drink will be the focus of the Okanagan Feast of Fields celebration and fundraiser. The event highlights the contribution that local chefs, restaurants, farmers, ranchers, fishers, food artisans, vintners, brewers and distillers make to the local food economy. Feast of Fields will be held at Caldwell Heritage Farm on Sunday, where guests are […]

The generous Dorcas Ladies
Chantelle Deacon - Aug 09, 2017 - Get Involved

The Osoyoos Dorcas Ladies are giving $30,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation’s campaign to supply the medical equipment for the Penticton Regional Hospital expansion. The Dorcas Ladies run a thrift store, located in the basement of Osoyoos United Church, and donate all profits to charity. The thrift store, which has been operating for more than 50 years, generates about […]

Authors give to food bank
Okanagan Edge Staff - Aug 04, 2017 - Get Involved

The authors of Moving To Kelowna, BC: A No-Nonsense Guide are donating $2 from each of the books they sell to the Central Okanagan Food Bank. The guide was penned by Tim Young and Hugh Philip, two “enthusiastic but realistic” Kelowna residents, who drew on their 25 years of experience raising families and operating their […]

$10K for Start Fresh Project
Contributed - Aug 03, 2017 - Get Involved

On Saturday, July 22nd,  Quails’ Gate Winery hosted a special A Midsummer Night’s Dream Fundraising Dinner in collaboration with Vancouver’s renowned West Restaurant and Opera Kelowna, resulting in over $10,500 being raised for the Start Fresh Project. Appropriately tailored to the Midsummer Night’s Dream theme, the group of 70 guests were treated to a private […]

Operaton 200 a success
Contributed - Aug 01, 2017 - Get Involved

For the third consecutive year, Kelowna Hyundai and Buy Direct Truck dealers have made a sizeable donation to the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre at Kelowna General Hospital. Operation 200 kicked off this past May and together, the two dealerships accomplished this year’s goal of selling 200 vehicles to raise $20,000. The donation is part […]

A scoop of care
Okanagan Edge Staff - Jul 31, 2017 - Get Involved

JOEY Restaurants are kicking off their second annual summer philanthropy program, Scoop of Care tomorrow, on Aug. 1. The program will see  $1 from from the sale of each special dessert donated to a local charity, selected by JOEY employees. “What’s great about this program is that it is our employees who are choosing which […]