Eye on Community

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 general manager Craig Brown, Auxiliary to Overlander Extended Care Hospital presiden

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 and cash for the Kamloops Food Bank. Kamloops RCMP Supt.

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 among the recipients is Royal Inland Hospital, which received $24,300.

Almost 100 people took part in the third annual Kamloops Multiple Myeloma March, which was held on Sept. 8 in Pioneer Park.

Members of the Kamloops Gurdwara Sahib Society raised $10,200 to be donated to the Guru Nanak Fund with the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation. The money will be used to buy-much-needed equipment for Royal Inland Hospital.

Community partners working together for seniors Earlier this spring, Kamloops Aberdeen Lions club donated $4,000 to benefit residents of Overlander Long Term Care.

Executive director Wanda Carisse (left) and foundation chair Gayle James joined many others at the recent Chris Rose Therapy Centre for Autism barbecue.

Pizza Hut restaurants raised $104,912 for the 2019 Sun Life Walk to Cure Diabetes, which benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

During each employee pricing period, Kamloops Ford Lincoln supports a local Kamloops charity. This summer, the North Shore dealership has chosen to partner with the Overlander Residential Care Facility in Brocklehurst.