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Gospel Mission looking for help to stuff a bus
KELOWNA – A sign winter is just around corner, the annual Stuff the Bus clothing drive for Kelowna’s less fortunate goes Saturday. “Although the weather is unseasonably warm right now, it still is very cold at night,” the Kelowna Gospel Mission’s Randy Benson says in a media release. “We have already seen an increase of...
HALLOWEEN 2014: Zombie walks and monster bashes
PENTICTON - Zombies, monsters, ghouls and goblins are getting ready to stalk the streets of Penticton this Halloween, but if you haven’t yet decided how to celebrate the spooky holiday on Friday, here are some ideas. The Halloween Howler Charity Drive is being held at the Penticton Lake City Casino at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20 each and...
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...
Lost, confiscated and forgotten at the Kelowna airport
KELOWNA - Wallets, passports and designer bags—among hundreds of other lost items—are collected, meticulously logged and stored by the Kelowna International Airport each month. Only some find their way back home. Reuniting items with their owners is always the goal, says airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes, it’s just not always the reality. Some items are given...
Walk to fight Ebola at Mission Creek this weekend
KELOWNA – A local non-profit is on the front lines battling a microscopic foe that threatens tens of thousands of West Africans. Hope for the Nations is a Kelowna-based charity that focuses on empowering at-risk children around the world. They are currently in 20 countries, including Liberia, the country hit hardest by the Ebola virus....
Kelowna philanthropist looking for 100 women who care
KELOWNA – The woman behind Rose’s pub, Hanna’s restaurant and the Wild Woman Wise Woman Foundation, has started another organization with plans to raise at least $20,000 a year for local charities. “We’ve put on a fundraiser every year in support of women and children and it was a lot of work,” Rose Sexsmith says. “I kept...
West Kelowna school gets last stop on cross Canada tour
WEST KELOWNA – Students in West Kelowna will be treated to a special presentation Friday as a reward for their help in getting a school built in Kenya. Mt. Boucherie Secondary will host the final performance of the Spencer West “We Create Change” tour. The tour includes a presentation by humanitarian Spencer West, a performance...
West Kelowna councillor arrested (for charity)
WEST KELOWNA – A West Kelowna councillor was placed in handcuffs Monday morning for uttering threats of retiring. The “arrest” took place ahead of a Cops for Kids fundraiser where members of the public can file a summons, forcing them to pay bail that will be donated to kids suffering from medical, physical or traumatic...
Barenaked Ladies, Chantal Kreviazuk to play CedarCreek
KELOWNA – Two iconic Canadian music acts will perform at CedarCreek Estate Winery’s Vineyard Pavillion this summer. Two-time Juno winner and model Chantal Kreviazuk and Barenaked Ladies will take the stage July 17 and September 5 respectively as part of a charity event benefitting the Rotary Centre for the Arts. CedarCreek Estate Winery manager Scott...