Shiela Guinan, branch manager of the downtown Maple Ridge Westminster Savings location, along with fellow staff members Kim Borthwick and Parita Patel, handed Ineke Boekhorst, with the Meadow Ridge Rotary’s Starfish Pack Program, a cheque for $2,300.
The Aldergrove and Abbotsford Starfish Pack programs are each $5,000 stronger thanks to a donation from the LiUNA (Laborers’ International Union of North America) local 1611 Construction and Specialized Workers’ Union.
The Roster Sports Club and Grill’s Dish Out the Kindness fundraiser raised $5,000 that will be split between the Upper Room Mission and Kalamalka Starfish Pack Program.
For the second year in a row, Penticton’s Deckside Pool & Spa has made a huge splash in the community by donating $4,200 to the Penticton Starfish Pack Program.
Vernon Starfish received a donation of almost $6000 from The Great West Equipment’s Christmas Silent Auction. Because of this, 11 children in Vernon will be fed for the year!
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Brown’s Social House in Vernon, raised $3000 for Starfish through donating a portion of their brunch sales for the month of September.
Sandra Selbaraja was a daughter, wife, mum, grandma, aunt and friend who cared deeply for others and for her community of Mission. In lieu of flowers, 129 of Sandra’s friends and family raised enough money to pay for 24 backpacks that will feed children for a full year in Sandra’s memory! Click the read more button below to see for yourself exactly how much was raised!