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Donation will be music to their ears
The Kamloops Fiddlers branch 12, through the Kamloops Music Collective’s fundraiser, donated $1,000 to Parkcrest elementary to help in the purchase of new instruments to ...

Naturally, a donation to the Kamloops Food Bank
Nature’s Fare Markets Donated more than $48,000 to local food banks during the recent holiday season, including an $8,000 gift to the Kamloops Food Bank. In the photo, ...

Student companies aid Central American orphanage
On Dec. 6, middle school students from Kamloops Christian School held MarketDay, a craft fair that showcased their project-based learning and gave them the opportunity to ...

Raising funds for Operation Red Nose
Roxanna Ferguson (left), president of Daybreak Rotary Club of Kamloops, presents a cheque for $1,000 to Tara Holmes, KTW’s promotions director and Operation Red Nose ...

Chances are the money will help collar a criminal or two
Proceeds from 50/50 sales at Chances Casino on the North Shore led to $10,450 being donated to Crime Stoppers, the organization that solicits anonymous tips in an effort to...

Raising funds for Operation Red Nose
Interior Savings staff on the North Shore raised $1,020 for Operation Red Nose in Kamloops. Red Nose, the annual safe ride home service, forwards donations to ...

Filling the closet, one bag at a time
Employees of RBC Dominion Securities in Kamloops undertook a clothing drive for Lizzy’s Closet (Elizabeth Fry Society), collecting many bags full of business clothes, shoes...

A win for youth soccer
Save-On-Foods and Christie donated $1,000 to the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association. The Sahali location of the grocery store won a contest with Christie and was able to ...

Paying it forward
Bev Warner (left), the Rotary Club of Kamloops Daybreak Open Spaces project co-ordinator, joins Overlander Long Term Care manager Matt Renfrew, Kamloops Ford Lincoln ...

Cramming the cruisers and helping the Kamloops Food Bank
Kamloops residents answered the call on Saturday, Oct. 5, dropping by the Real Canadian Superstore in Sahali to help Mounties fill police vehicles with donations of food ...

TB Vets helping RIH and others
The TB Vets Charitable Foundation has donated $793,000 worth of respiratory equipment to 28 hospitals, universities and search and rescue foundations in B.C. Included ...

Marching for Myeloma research
Almost 100 people took part in the third annual Kamloops Multiple Myeloma March, which was held on Sept. 8 in Pioneer Park. Bob Trudeau, was determined to create awareness ...