stories - Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen

Marielle Brule: “Let’s start with yes”

Even after more than a decade of serving on the

Foundation grants call for applications!

Registered charities and qualified donees are now able to apply

Block party celebrates flood homecoming

After months of rebuilding, cleaning up and hardships, a couple

Knights in for the long-haul when it comes to supporting local charity

Over 30 years of running a used newspaper collection program,

Fire prevention on Finnerty

With a Neighbourhood Small Grant, neighbours on Finnerty in Penticton

Generations mix at Woodlands Dr. block party

Christine and Ian, and their 9-month-old hosted their first block

Paris Street Water Party

It was a hot day on Paris Street, which made

Forestbrook Place’s Event: Focus on Safety

Thanks to a Neighbourhood Small Grant, a Penticton neighbourhood gathered

Mexican Fiesta on Redlands Road

When Donna applied for a Neighbourhood Small Grant, she wrote,

Neighbours learn nsyilxcn while painting

In July, Yutelx Franchesca Raven Bell invited neighbours to learn some

Established in 1991 the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen has been giving choices and funding change to make our local communities better places to live.

We acknowledge that we live, work, and learn within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Syilx Nation.