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2018Share-a-Bear cheering up children this holiday season
Comforting a child and bringing a smile to their face while they are sick during the holiday season is a priceless gift. BC Liquor Stores’ annual Share-a-Bear campaign has been bringing joy to children all over British Columbia for nearly 30 years. The Share-a-Bear program began in 1989 and has gifted almost 700,000 stuffed bears to charities throughout the province. Customers purchase stuffed bears to…
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2018Postal Strike Effects Light A Bulb Results
The 31st annual Light A Bulb Campaign launched on November 7th and is off to a slow start, raising $44,000 of the $275,000 target, due to the rotating postal strike. The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation is raising funds for critical equipment at VJH. The goal of the campaign is to give VJH surgeons the equipment needed to perform more surgeries, ultimately reducing wait times and…
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2018Bottle Recycling supports VJH Foundation
We all have them – empty bottles sitting around the house, waiting to be taken to the bottle depot for recycling. Most of the time, they hang around for months until something must be done! Have you ever thought of using the money earned from your recyclables to support your community? Desert Cove Homeowners Association is taking a proactive and philanthropic approach with their bottle…
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2018Bannister GM Vernon deliver smiles to VJH staff and patients
Bannister GM Vernon graciously donated 1,000 Tim Hortons Smile Cookies to VJH Foundation be distributed to VJH staff and patients. The generous donation brought life to the ‘Give a Smile, Get a Smile’ slogan of the annual, much-loved Smile Cookie campaign. The cookies were distributed to various departments hospital wide and offered to patients. “The Smile Cookie promotion from Tim Hortons is a great way…