Maxine DeHart, left, gives the thumbs up following the 17th annual Drive-Thru Breakfast she organizes. Credit: Contributed

DeHart does it again for the United Way

KELOWNA – The Maxine DeHart Drive-Thru Breakfast for the United Way keeps getting bigger and better.

The 17th annual event Thursday morning raised over $53,000 for the Central Okanagan United Way, about $13,000 more than last year’s total.

Since it’s inception in 1998, the DeHart Drive-Thru Breakfast has raised over $500,000.

This year Lake City Casino donated over $6,200 to the event.

The Valley First Credit Union sponsored fundraiser saw more that 1,200 people make a donation and pick-up breakfast bags at the Ramada Hotel in Kelowna between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Credit: Contributed

To contact the reporter for this story, email Howard Alexander at halexander@infonews.ca or call 250-491-0331. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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