2024 CHRISTMAS CHEER
Patricia & Masaaki Kitamura $125 • Free Radicals Hockey $5815 • Sue Turner $300 • Amy Elliott $100 • Ed & Dianne Barker $200 • Heidi Coleman & Glenn Hilke $118 • Susanne Sharpe $100 In Memory of Jerry, Dave, Sandy and Lori • Mary Dmytriw $300 • Arjun Singh $10 • All Nations Trust Company $500 • Patricia Willis $100 • Dorene Radmacher $100 • MJL Law Corp. $500 • Fulton & Company LLP $650.50 • Evan & Wendy Lichlyter $200 • Jeanne Callahan $110 • Yvonne Reddick Art Studio $500 • Susan O'Shaughnessy $300 • Anon - Canada Helps $100 • Alixandria Horwill $100 In Honour of Todd Mason • Katy Michell $110 • Anon - Canada Helps $23 • John Dittrich $50 • Marilyn Bartlett $300 • Rose Roy $55 • Kevin Mihalicz $15 • Richard & Terry Taylor $100 • Robert Smillie $250 • Judy Collinge $50 • Pat Davies $200 In Memory of Bill Davies & Thomas Jay Finnen • Bill Rublee $100 • TRU - Marketing & Communications $130 • Anon - Canada Helps $1500 • Kennell's Shoes $64.40 • The Ruby Room $50 • Alan Bogetti $50 • Tracey Mourre $10 • Pat Moulton $110 • Anon - Canada Helps $100 • Miriah Oswald $50 • Anon - Canada Helps $100 In Memory of Mike & Quay Jules • Anon - Canada Helps $50 • Rick & Maureen Nakashimada $100 • Cara Gates $200 • Joan Robertson $100 • Anonymous – Canada Helps $50 • Anonymous – Canada Helps $100 • Karl Willms $100 • Doug Herbert $55 • Trina Radford $100 • Natalie McNichol $50 • Gisela Ruckert $100 • Strategic Dynamics $100 • Anonymous – Christmas Cheer $221.30 • Gordon Harris & Gwen Watson $500 • Shirley Stans $100 • Linda Barr $100 • Tony Ehrlank $1000 • Preceptor Delta Beta Sigma Phi $100 • Verita Van Diemen $500 • Anonymous – Canada Helps $100 • Kathy & Bob Costerton $200.00 • Vivid Orthodontics $2000 • Main Street Clothing Co. Ltd. $400 In support of the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter • Rachel Long $100 • Shannon Mitchell $100 • Al Bouillon $100 • Larry & Brenda Sill $100 • Libby Denbigh $40 • Alana Frymire $20 • Kamloops Krampus Parade $115 • Andrew Halvorsen $100 In support of the Y Women’s Emergency Shelter • Diane Mikalishen $40 • Cora Jones $1500 • Dean Kopp $25 • Lois Hollstedt $250 • Christine Cross $250 • Gloria Luthe $100 • Wilson M. Beck Insurance $250 • Diana Hauser $100 • Patti M. Phillips $20 • Monica Macaulay $100 • Arthur & Myrna Bepple $100 • Marg Montalbetti $500 • McAllister & Howard Clothiers Ltd. $1000 • Sharon Cooley $50 In Memory of Ruth Cooley • Fratelli Foods $305 • Elaine Jephcott $50 In Memory of Lilian Hale • M. Colleen Stainton $200 • Diane Cooper & Tom Stout $100 In Memory of our parents Tom & Gloria Stout, Muriel & Norman Cooper • Wayne Houston $25 In Memory of Devon Blackmore • Silvana Rennie $35 • Chris Town $100 • Denise Caldwell $50 • Regina Bittner-Rothbart $100 • Jenifer Norwell $40 • Tiffany Hornbeck $25 • Naomi Kaufman $50 • Philomena Churchill $50 • Karen Klassen $250 • D. Anne Wade $50 • Kathryn & Brian Andriashyk $100 In Memory of Verna Wasylnka • Phil & Cathy Holman $100 • Richard, Diane Forde $100 • Dana Napier $20 • Roger & Elaine Parkes $75 • Tish & Eric Schweizer $200 • Pat & Dave McDonald $100 • Thrive Clinical Counselling & Consulting $80 In Honour of Jesse’s Journey • Vic & Sally Mowbray $150 • Shanna Findlay $104 • Heather Bain $20 • Rick Musgrove $100 • Bryce Herman $100 • Helen Ferguson $50 In Memory of deceased Liddy family members • Twyla-Lea Jensen $50 • Lorna McMillan $75 • Lisa Lizzi-Davidson & Mike Davidson $20 • Albert & Gaye Morrissette $200 • Diane Wells $50 • Diane Jackson $50 • Surander Singh $100 • Andrea Ciccone $50 • Nathaniel Jackson $100 • Kaz Dufficy $200 • Sonja Bryson $25 • Debra McNichol $100 • Hannah Van Genne $20 • Lance Weisser $45 'You are bringing cheer and restoring lives. God Bless You!' • Tiernan Buchan $50 • Roseann Dahl $1000 • Morelli Chertkow $177 • Chris Nagle $100 • Sacred Grounds $400 • Terri Young $250 • Soria & Jesse Harding $50 • Sandra Sponaugle $100 In Memory of Ross Millar • Jacques Lam $100 In Memory of Clint Anderson • Isaiah Ducharme $5 • Lynne Totten $100 • Margo Waithe $1,000 'Happy to help such a great cause.' • Jacquie Brand $50 • Joslyn Conley $50 • Dianne Jackson $25 • Brogan Fire & Safety $180 • Tim Webber $20 • Alan Gozda $250. • Jaana Kastikainen $10 • Janet & Spence Bryson $250 • Gold Leaf Pastries $200 • Ken & Marylyne House $100 • Lyn Lecuyer $25 'Thank you for doing this.' • Sharon Moore $100 • Joan Hughes $100 • Marie Kabus $100 In support of the Y Women's Emergency Shelter • Reeve Harrison $37 • Lorrie Smith $25 • Bonnie Klohn $20 • Fraser Stewart $30.00 • Kathy Kendall $50.00 • Kathy Sinclair $50.00 • Margaret Patten $100 • Evelyn Meyer $120 • Carly Harding $50 • Fearon Blair $50 • Anonymous $40.00 • Paddy Harrington $50 • Cam & Aiden Murray $100 • Wenda Noonan $53 • Edith Pletzer $100 • Ron & Susan Durant $100 • Helen Olson $20 • Brenda & Ian Harding $30 • Sarah Palmer $50 • BC Old Time Fiddlers' Association, BR#12 - $100 • IG Wealth Management (Head Office), $406

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