Eye on Community

Missaugh Manshadi of Manshadi Pharmacy made donated $5,000 to the Gardengate Training Center’s new commercial kitchen space, a donation was accepted by David Hoar on behalf of Open Door Group.

Due to the pandemic, the Cops for Kids charity will not have its usual 30-member team pedalling across the region this September, instead opting to designate a few local riders to complete each leg of the 10 days on behalf of the team.

On June 30, Dan Latin, Brian Wornstaff, Brett Greenman, Dakota Nettles and Greg Lind golfed a total of 369 holes as part of the annual Golfathon for ALS. Playing from 4:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., the quintet also recorded 300 pars, 39 birdies and one eagle.

The Kiwanis Club of Kamloops celebrated the last day of spring — June 19 —with a spring yard clean-up at the Kamloops Child Development Centre in North Kamloops.

BC Interior Community Foundation executive director Rob Miller (left) and director Kathy Humphreys present Kamloops Brain Injury Association executive director Dave Johnson (right) with a cheque for $35,569.76. The donation will see $1,063.

Members of the Bible Truth Church donated 500 pairs of socks, 1,000 granola bars and 1,000 juice boxes to the Mustard Seed Kamloops, the social agency on West Victoria Street that helps the city’s marginalized community.

BC Interior Community Foundation director Kathy Humphreys (left) and executive director Rob Miller (right) present Kamloops Symphony Society executive director Daniel Mills with a cheque for $41,588.55.

The annual CanGo Grannies Plant Sale at Gaglardi Square had to be cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bernadette Siracky, executive director of Kamloops Food Bak (left), receives a cheque for $13,094 on behalf of the Stollery Foundation through BC Interior Community Foundation past-president Hugh Fallis and executive director Robert Miller.

Kamloops Toys R Us/Babies R Us staffers deliver baby essentials to the Kamloops Food Bank as part of national program worth more than $60,000 to support local charities and Canadian parents.