Donations to the Community by The Kelowna Kinsmen
The Kelowna Kinsmen Club has much to be proud of, as it has given much in physical and monetary contributions to its community. The following is a list of monetary donations in the past 5 years.
5-Year Summary: (2005 – 2009)
Cystic Fibrosis $64,885
Minor Sports $18,991
Kinsmen Foundation of BC & Yukon $17,000
Financial / emergency assistance to various families or individuals in crisis $15,369
Boys & Girls Club $12,000
Crimestoppers $11,000
Sundry donations $10,067
Black Mountain Elementary PAC - playground $10,000
Cadet corpe - purchase of uniforms $9,807
George Menzies - Kelowna Kinsmen Bursaries $9,219
Community Safety Net - purchase of Safety Guide books for Kelowna area schools $6,150
Space Camp for the Blind BC & other camps - tuition costs $5,500
Silver Lake Forest Education Society - campground maintenance $5,000
Kelowna Community Foodbank $4,500
Kin Canada Bursaries $4,000
Kin Canada National Disaster Relief Fund $4,000
Scouts Canada - Best Chance fund $3,750
Rutland Senior Secondary PAC - portfolio building program sponsorship & other $3,400
KGH Volunteer Auxillary - comfort of pediatric ward patients $3,000
Lady of the Lake - pageant sponsor $2,525
Okanagan Gymnastics Centre - assistance towards purchase of equipment $2,500
Parkinson Rec Centre - purchase of chairlift in pool area $2,500
Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society $2,000
Rainbow of Opportunities $1,750
Scouts Canada - 1st Glenmore pak - assistance towards purchase of tents $1,557
Cadet corpe - purchase of riding helmets $1,000
Children's' Wish Foundation $1,000
Okanagan Visually Impaired Society $ 860
Reach Out Youth Counseling $ 500
Royal Canadian Legion - Remembrance Day wreaths $ 420
Canadian National Institute for the Blind $ 400
  $234,650
This adds to a Grand Total of $234,650 and when combined with a metropolitan population of 165,596 for the city of Kelowna it equates to $1.42 dollars donated per capita. Now that’s, “Serving the Community’s Greatest Needs