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Volunteers
Unique volunteer opportunity in Penticton: parade float driver
Penticton Peach Festival has a rather unique volunteer opportunity. Organizers of the annual event, which…
North Okanagan seeking volunteer RCMP recruits
VERNON – If you want to be a part of making your community a safer…
Kelowna Elks plan to keep giving despite diminished community presence
KELOWNA – A shortage of parking was the final blow that drove the Kelowna Elks…
Once mighty Kelowna Kinsmen Club trying to rise from the ashes
KELOWNA – There was a day when service clubs were about the only choice for…
Grant application writing one of the most vital skills needed by non-profits
KELOWNA – The very survival of hundreds of non-profit organizations in the Okanagan depends on…
Central Okanagan search and rescue crews put in 3,500 hours in 2018
KELOWNA – The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue wrapped up a busy year in 2018.…
Penticton Santa Claus parade accepting floats; volunteers
PENTICTON — Planning has started for Penticton's Santa Claus parade and organizers are accepting participant…
Volunteers step up to save the Vernon Legion from closure
VERNON – A last minute call for help to keep the Vernon Legion open has…
These Kelowna RCMP elves got your back while you’re shopping
KELOWNA – Santa Claus isn't the only one paying attention to who's naughty or nice.…
Vernon Legion to hold crucial meeting amidst falling membership, lack of volunteers
VERNON – The ranks of the Vernon Legion are shrinking. Ron Heuman, legion president, says…
Volunteers still needed for B.C. Winter Games in Penticton
PENTICTON – Organizers of the B.C. WInter Games in Penticton are looking for volunteers. A…
HELSTON: The Canadian Ski Patrol’s legacy is something that’s never leaving
It takes a certain kind of person to be a volunteer, and we’d be lost without them. From the search and rescuer who misses dinner with his family to help find a missing hiker, the listening ear on the other end of the crisis hotline, or the ski patroller who spends her weekend not knowing what kind of emergency she might be called to next — they are here for us, not for money, not for credit, but to help.