Emergency Community Support Fund

Emergency Community Support Fund

Did you know we were a part of the Emergency Community Support Fund?  This great initiative is a $350 million fund implemented with Community Foundations of Canada, the Canadian Red Cross, and United Way Centraide Canada, in partnership with local community foundations across the country. Its goal is to provide support to charities and non-profit organizations serving vulnerable Canadians.  Through our partnership with CFC Canada, the BC Interior Community Foundation was able to fund 22 local organizations in our region with $219,490.00 over 2 rounds of funding.  You can check out the details here: Emergency Community Support Fund

Supporting our Critical Care Organizations – Kamloops Hospice Association

Supporting our Critical Care Organizations – Kamloops Hospice Association

Big thanks to Hospice for their wonderful support of the Kamloops Area. What a great visit our new President Rob Lemire & Board Member Hugh Fallis had with Kamloops Hospice Association’s Board Chair Fred Legace & Executive Director Wendy Marlow this past week when we dropped off a cheque to support this essential community service!

 

Rob Lemire, Hugh Fallis, Fred Legace, Wendy Marlow at Kamloops Hospice Association.

BCICF President Rob Lemire & Board Member Hugh Fallis with Kamloops Hospice Association’s Board Chair Fred Legace & Executive Director Wendy Marlow.

Our sincere thanks as well to CFJC Today, Castanet Kamloops, & Kamloops This Week for providing some wonderful local media coverage for Hospice to remind people of the great work they do.  You can find the articles linked below:

CFJC-Today – https://cfjctoday.com/2020/07/23/kamloops-hospice-association-receives-donation-from-bc-interior-community-foundation/

Castanet Kamloops – https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloops/306020/Kamloops-Hospice-Association-recipient-of-8-500-from-BC-Interior-Community-Foundation

Kamloops This Week – https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/donation-comes-at-critical-time-for-kamloops-hospice-association-1.24175156

A Visit with Peter Olsen – 92.5 CFBX

92.5 CFBX – “The X” is the Campus and Community Radio at Thompson Rivers University.  Did you hear our Executive Director Rob Miller on “the X” with Peter Olsen this morning? Big thanks to Peter for having Rob on the show to talk about the Colombo Lodge Take Home Dinner coming up on March 18th – http://www.colombolodge.com/colombo-cares/

BCICF Executive Director Rob Miller and Peter Olsen of CFBX 92.5 |
We truly appreciate Peter’s continued support of the BCICF and our communities!