The SOS Café at the Penticton Regional Hospital has made a remarkable donation of $400,000 to the SOS Medical Foundation. This generous gift is from the total earnings from the Café’s last 5 years profits. The funds will directly support the much-needed upgrade of the...
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The Penticton Italian Club recently presented the Foundation with a cheque for $20,000. The founding members registered as a formalized Club in 1981. With a focus on promoting Italian culture and supporting Italian immigrants, social and cultural fundraising efforts...
Thank you to the leadership students at Princess Margaret Secondary School! With the support of their Leadership teacher and school, they raised $2,750 through cookie dough sales. They presented the SOS Medical Foundation the proceeds of their fundraising efforts....
CARE ON A SILVER PLATTER - That is the theme of this year's 25th Tees Up For Cancer Ladies Charity Golf Tournament, being held August 13, 2022 at the Penticton Golf & Country Club. This year the group has committed to raising $25,000.00 in celebration of their...
Thank you to our Penticton Hospital Auxiliary for their generous donation of $35,000.00 toward a much needed Ophthalmology Microscope at the Summerland Health Centre. Hospital Auxiliaries have been fundraising for hospitals for decades. Their goal; to improve the...
The Summerland Health Centre provides eye care surgeries to communities throughout the entire South Okanagan Similkameen region with the use of an ophthalmology microscope. Their current microscope needs to be replaced. The microscope has seen several failures and...
The SOS Medical Foundation welcomes Benedict Bono as the newest full time staff member. He is the SOS Café Kitchen Supervisor leading a team of volunteers through training, food preparation, catering and cleaning. Bono started a part time position at the SOS Café in...
Thank you to the Grade 8 Leadership Students at the KVR Middle School who donated $213.85. The students sold ice cream for two days and donated the proceeds. We appreciate your hard work and generosity! The students in the picture are Caleb McIntosh, Bradley...
Thank you PRH Gift Shop for your generous donation of $30,000.00 to our Cardiology Department! We appreciate all the hard work our volunteers do to raise support for the purchasing of new equipment and for patient comforts. In the picture from left to right: Karen...
Spring is in the air at The Care Closet Thrift Store! They will be doing their Spring Stock Changeover on March 19th. The store will be closed on the 19th and re-open with new stock on Monday March 21st.