Community Involvement
Easter Seals is sponsored on a national scale by Century 21 Canada. Locally, there is a camp in Winfield,BC located 15 minutes north of Kelowna,BC in Lake Country. Having personally visited this camp really has had a profound impact on my life. I take walking, talking and many other things for granted each and every day. At the Easter Seals Camp Winfield there are children who cannot take anything for granted. The funds that are raised by all the agents in our office help to fund a week of camp for children with mental and/or physical disabilities would not be able to go. This free week of camp takes some financial burden off of the families that are already burdened financially as it is. To see the smiles on the campers faces and hear them talk about coming back "next year" when their week has barely gotten under way really says it all. I am proud supporter of the Easter Seals and look forward to a long relationship with them. A goal that I have over the next year is to raise $2,100 or more to send as many children to camp next summer. If you wish to donate to this very worthy cause please go to: Century21KidstoCamp.ca Thanks for your generosity!
On a personal note another local charity that I love to support is the Kelowna Community Foodbank and in particular their No Hungry Children Program. In an earlier blog post I had a very sobbering conversation with Lenetta Thoradson the Associate Executive Director of the KCFB. In our discussion I learned much to my utter shock that babies in my own city were suffering from malnourishment. Having a newborn baby myself this really struck home for me and right then and there I vowed to do whatever I could to help eradicate this from Kelowna families. Cash donations are best when it comes to the buying power that the food bank has with the baby food manufacturers. The food bank has approximately 4-5 times the buying power that an individual walking into a local grocery store does. Will you join me in the fight against child hunger?
To make an online donation please visit: Paypal Donations
Drop your donation off at the Kelowna Community Food Bank at 1265 Ellis Street (Downtown Kelowna) Between 9-5 Monday-Friday.
Mail in your donation to: Kelowna Community Food Bank at 1265 Ellis Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 1Z7 Phone: 250 763-7161 Fax: 250 763-9116.
Remember every can of food and every dollar collected is one step closer to helping feed the hungry in the city of Kelowna,BC. It all makes a difference!
Sincerely,
Jason Neumann
Posted by Jason Neumann
on July 30, 2010