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United Way

Kelowna start-up has social conscience built right in

KELOWNA - Local non-profits are jumping on a new interactive web platform called Volinspire, the product of a new local start-up created as one of the province’s first community contribution companies. Volinspire unveiled their new interactive web platform in Kelowna yesterday, Dec. 4. “The idea began with wanting to help young people find volunteer opportunities...

TimeDrive lets young professionals donate their skills to local charitable groups

KELOWNA - Proving millennials are not all about themselves, TimeDrive 2015 goes tonight. It's an event which connects young professionals with non-profit organizations in need of their skills or services. “The younger demographic, from early 20s to late 30s is generally who we appeal to,” says organizer Victor Narynskyyi, a member of Gennext which is...

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...