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How co-workers are supporting a Vernon nurse still recovering from accident
TWO NURSES WENT OUT ON A LATE NIGHT COFFEE-RUN FOR CO-WORKERS. ONE RETURNED IN AN AMBULANCE VERNON — The night shift nurses in Vernon Jubilee Hospital’s bustling Unit C—a section of the emergency room—have long taken turns going out on their break and bringing back coffee for the team. In the early morning hours of...
Raising awareness for those living on the street
KAMLOOPS - With less than a month to go the organizer of a local fundraiser aimed at raising awareness for those living on the street is hoping at least another 200 walkers will sign up for the event. Carol Paulsen says she is hoping to have 300 walkers take part in the Coldest Night of...
Vernon’s Light a Bulb campaign needs a boost
VERNON - The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is extending its annual Light a Bulb campaign in the hopes of reaching its $250,000 goal. Despite raising $235,721, the campaign is $14,279 short. Money raised will go toward equipment and furnishings for the Tower of Care’s top two floors. “We hoped to have the campaign wrapped up...
Penticton’s Tree of Dreams fundraiser goes above and beyond
PENTICTON - As the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation's ninth annual Tree of Dreams campaign winds down executive director Janice Perrino is hopeful the fundraiser will continue to exceed its goal. “We were concerned that this year’s Tree of Dreams campaign would not be as successful as in past years,” Perrino said, noting this year’s...
Okanagan College gets $500,000 Christmas present
KELOWNA – One of the Okanagan’s most successful companies has decided to give Okanagan College an early Christmas present in the form of a $500,000 donation for the Kelowna campus trades training complex. Kelowna Flightcraft CEO and chairperson Barry Lapointe has handed over a cheque to the Bright Horizons Building for Skills fundraising campaign which...
Large SPCA fundraiser ready to roll
KAMLOOPS - One of the key fundraisers for the local SPCA branch is less than three weeks away and organizers say they have faith the people of Kamloops will once again come through for the shelter. “They always seem to go smoothly, you have to have faith,” Michelle Virdee says of fundraisers. “The people of...
Locals help SPCA achieve $40,000 goal
KAMLOOPS - The branch manager of the local SPCA is grateful for the outpouring of support from the community for the City Challenge, especially on the heals of a break-in that threatened any hope of reaching the $40,000 goal. After a year of multiple major surgeries, vandalism and ringworm the local shelter was itching to...