Christmas came a little early this year for the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund via a whopping $12,000 donation from Surerus Murphy, the company hard at work building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
The donation came in the form of an oversized cheque appropriate for photo opportunities, as well as a smaller, more bank-friendly version.
The funds were raised internally through the company’s 50/50 draws.
With 440 people working in the area, the company has been able to raise a substantial amount of money.
“Since September we’ve raised over $80,000 alone in employee fundraising from these 50/50s that we’ve given back to the community,” said Adrian Wall, Indigenous and community affairs manager for the company.
With construction locally expected to be completed in October 2022, Wall believes there will be plenty more donations to come.
Wall said the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund is an obvious choice for financial support.
The company wanted to support something with a Christmas theme and Wall is very familiar with the fund, beng a Kamloops resident.
“I’ve heard and read about it ever since it came about,” he said, noting the opportunity to support multiple charities with one donation made it a great choice.
“Collectively, it just creates more spirit, more willingness for others to get involved,” Wall said.
Donations to the KTW Christmas Cheer Fund can be made directly at the KTW office at 1365B Dalhousie Dr., which is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Donations can also be made online at kamloopsthisweek.com/cheer, thanks to a partnership with the United Way Thompson Nicola Cariboo, which will also administer tax receipts to all donors.
THANK YOU, DONORS!
Amy Berard: $25
Susan & Ron Durant: $100
Stella Frame: $100
Anonymous: $50
Anonymous: $100
Debra McNichol: $50
Anna Evenrude: $50
Anonymous: $50
Neil Sarrasin, in memory of Gordon Sarrasin: $100
Phil & Cathy Holman: $100
Canadian Tire: $200
Barb Storms: $100
Darren, Sharlene & Kyle McIlwain: $158
Greg Harris: $50
Marg & Terry Bangen: $200
John & Val Kemp: $100
Twyla-Lea Jensen: $20
Milton & Anna Marie Mankowske: $100
David Whitson: $100
Kathy Kendall: $150
Loni Hamer-Jackson: $50
Norm & Sue McGowan: $100
By donation from BBQ at VW Turtle Race: $185
Tom & Sharon Moore: $100
Gladys & Ken Klepachek: $100
Kamloops Aberdeen Lions Club: $180
Mrs. M.I. Stewart: $100
Amy Regen: $100
Old Dogs Senior Hockey: $790
Donna Geefs & Ross Styles: $100
In memory of Mary Helem: $25
Sylvia Olson: $100
Anonymous: $100
In memory of Dave and Sandy: $100
In memory of Ruth Cooley: $50
In memory of Sarah McAlary: $150
Eleanor Nicoll: $500
In memory of Stan and Jack Tash: $50
Beth Dye: $50
Anonymous: $100
Lynne Totten: $100
Peter Humphrey: $100
Michael & Maureen McInnes: $100
In honour of Josie, Libbie, Eira: $150
Louise & Ron Oyler: $100
Gerald & Wendy Patrick: $50
In memory of Kelly Patrick: $100
Caitlyn Winter, in memory of Grandfather Walter: $50
Lance Weisser: $20
Tina Lange: $100
Anonymous: $100
Steven & Susan Baardsen: $100
Ken & Marylyne House: $100
Anonymous: $260
Harriett Chave: $100
Norio & Marie Sakaki: $100
Elizabeth Grice: $50
Butch & Sharon Beblow: $75
Colman & Teresa Byrne: $200
Pat Davies, in memory of
husband Bill Davies: $100
The Posse: $100
Anonymous: $150
Russ & Carol Dreger: $100
The Hausers: $100
Bob & Jo-Mary Hunter: $200
Doris Finlay: $20
Lorraine & family, in memory
of Noel Kirby: $100
M. Colleen Stainton: $200
Evelyn Meyer: $60
Marilyn & Marvin Peterson: $100
Graeme & Bev Hanes, in
memory of Brett & Bob: $100
Sharon & Fred Persello: $50
R. Wells: $50
In memory of George Wilmot: $100
Margaret Boehler: $100
Lorraine Harper: $50
Anonymous: $100
Twink & Wayne Murphy: $50
Anonymous $100
Anonymous: $10
Lynda Desrocher: $50
Margaret Sandulak: $100
Rachel Long: $100
In memory of Maxine and Auggie Gilliland, from the Gillilands: $125
In memory of Mike & Lou: $100
Shirley Holmes: $25
Preceptor Delta Beta Sigma Phi: $100
Pat & Jean Callahan: $100
Anonymous: $50
Anne Hallstein: $100
Eleanor Haner: $500
In memory of our parents, Tom & Gloria Stout, and Muriel & Norman Cooper: $100
Absorbent Products Employees: $300
Donna Sharpe: $100
Lois Hollstedt: $200
Louella Garner: $100
JR. Mason: $100
Tom & Pat Fair: $50
In memory of Rose Goar: $25
Anonymous: $50
Anonymous: $200
Anonymous: $100
Edie Pletzer: $100
Gerald & Wendy Patrick, in Memory of Kelly: $100
Don & Marlene Pattern: $60
Jane & Buzz Osterloh: $200
Ed & Dianne Barker: $100
Jennifer York: $50
Carol Gourley: $100
Chris and Angela de Haan: $500
Kayla Pepper: $50
Anonymous: $200
D. Neve: $35
Bill & Evey Chursky: $100
Robin Rosen: $50
L&B Sill: $100
Pam Turgeon: $25
Kelvin Barlow, in memory of Brother Morris: $100
Don Whyte: $200
Anonymous: $50
Judy & James Brennan: $100
Anonymous: $100
In memory of Harold Bedard: $150
In memory of Peter Howard: $150
Sue Peachey: $50
Jo Ann & Peter Hall: $350
In memory of Al Johnson: $50
Dick & Terry Taylor: $100
Anonymous: $500
A&G Morrissette: $300
Anonymous: $25
Jerry Neigel: $200
Anonymous: $100
Eileen & Rick Sevigny: $100
Dale & Noeline Kerr: $100
Krishna Parghi: $101
Beth & Chris Tanner: $100
Mary Jordan: $50
Taya Berkhout, in memory of Tony Berkhout: $190
Rick & Judy Collinge: $100
Stanley Fike: $100
Anonymous: $100
Sharon Langland, in memory of Sharon & David Frampton: $50
Anonymous: $50
Sandra Dever: $50
Hondzel family: $100
Karen Harvey: $50
Don & Debby Erickson: $100
Sally Tupholme: $50
Victor & Nicolette Hamm: $100
Tracey Pointer: $50
Vic & Sally Mowbray: $100
Steven Shavers: $75
Dean & Debbie Nicholson: $250
Wendy & Evan Lichlyter: $150
Teri Young: $250
Ken Featherstone: $100
Karin Sykes: $100
Anonymous: $50
Julia Wells: $100
Patricia van Rhyn: $50
In honour of Laurel Raffan: $66
Sigi White: $20
Anonymous: $25
Tiah De Marni, in honour of Bruce & Della Campbell: $150
Samantha Kinniburgh: $50
Lori Nelson: $100
Abstract Registry Services Ltd.: $1,000
Gordon Harris & Gwen Watson: $400
Wayne Houston, in memory of Devon Blackmore: $25
In memory of Diane Rolin: $100
Albert Dale Merrett: $100
Linda Inglis: $100
Phil & Verne Churchill: $100
Paula Gardner: $500
Anonymous: $25
Maureen Lepin, in memory of Joe McGuire: $100
Ed & Angela Stewart: $100
Mel & Wilda: $100
Kathleen Ayotte: $200
Beverley Turner: $50
John Torda: $50
Bryan & Glennis White: $50
Country Auto: $2,000
In memory of David Smith and a thank you to Carmen, Jul, Butch, Sharon, Debbie, Joanne & Michele: $500
Bea Prehara: $50
Dan & Penny Stobbe: $30
Lorna McMillan & Robin Johnson: $75
Tivola Howe, in memory of my cousins, Ian Duck, Grace Hopgood & Dorothy Evans: $100
Harm & Deb Fransen: $50
Sharon Elvers: $50
Anonymous: $100
Anonymous: $30
Della Huhn: $20
Joan McQuillan: $100
In memory of Nona Rorison & Rick Rorison: $1,000
Wesley, Vanessa & Christina Mah: $150
Diana Christianson: $4,000
Bryce Herman: $100
Nat Jackson: $100
Anonymous: $50
Anonymous: $50
In memory of Julio & Marsia: $200
In memory of Douglas Blakely: $100
Anonymous: $100
Allison and Darko Filipic: $100
IG Wealth Management Men’s Slo-Pitch Team: $300
Sean Campbell: $50
Marco Coyle: $500
Barbara and Humphrey: $100
Cal & Pat Moulton: $100
Marie Kabus: $50
Chris Nagle: $100
Nolan Pastoor Personal Real Estate Corporation: $1,000
Anonymous, in memory of Ed & Bobbie Barry: $100
James Doan: $1,000
Anonymous: $100
Shirley & Gene Sanderson: $50
Terry Simpson, in memory of Sharon Simpson: $100
Anonymous: $20
Victoria Pitt: $25
Anonymous: $20
Valerie Brown: $100
Ellen deBruyn: $100
Geoff Gibbard: $100
Linda Rollins: $50
Anonymous: $400
Anonymous: $50
Anonymous: $100
Nadene Fraser: $100
Runners Sole, in honour of Lisa Imeson: $150
Dave Decker, in honour of Pat and Tom Decker: $50
Allan & Shari Cosco, $500
Hank & Eileen Hackett: $50
Gordon Martin: $200
Anonymous: $50
Robin Roesen, in memory of Fraser Forster: $100
Anonymous: $250
Fiona & Terry Clare: $100
Rhianna Jacometti, in memory of Meta Young: $100
Jeff Worsfold, in honour of Western Karate Academy: $100
IG Wealth Management: $500
Surerus Murphy: $12,000
TOTAL TO DATE: $49,645
