The business and general communities are being asked to unite and support those in need due to the wildfires affecting Okanagan communities.
Entrepreneurs91Ƶ Okanagan (EO) chapter members and their businesses have stepped up and made available drop-off centres throughout the Okanagan including Vernon, Armstrong, Lake Country and Kelowna.
91ƵMany people in our communities have been displaced as a result of these wildfires,91Ƶ said Steve Harvey of EO Okanagan. 91ƵWe are working in conjunction with emergency response organizations to provide these people with some of the various living requirements they are lacking.91Ƶ
Doated goods needed include:
91Ƶ New undergarments (in the original bag)*;
91Ƶ New pillows (in original bag)*;
91Ƶ Laundry soap, fabric softener;
91Ƶ Men and women91Ƶs razors and shaving cream;
91Ƶ Hotel-size shampoo and conditioner, dental floss, combs and brushes deodorant;
91Ƶ Small Kleenex package, cotton swabs;
91Ƶ Bath towels, hand towels, washcloths, kitchen linen;
91Ƶ Small stuffies.
(* The Public Health Agency of Canada does not allow us to distribute used undergarments or used pillows for sanitary reasons.)
Drop centres are located in Armstrong at Armstrong Machine Shop (2255 Kirton Avenue); Vernon at Piscine Energetics (1015 Fairweather Road); Lake Country at Bekins Moving and Storage (#1-18860 Jim Bailey Crescent) and in Kelowna at Business Finders Canada (1685 Pandosy Street).
A sign will be posted at each of these centres directing you to the drop-off spot.
91ƵWe ask that you please do what you can in support of this effort and drop off goods at one of the locations,91Ƶ said Harvey. 91ƵWe will make sure it gets to the people in need.91Ƶ
Entrepreneurs91Ƶ Okanagan is part of a support network of 14,000-plus like-minded entrepreneurs across 61 countries. EO Okanagan has approximately 30 members.
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