Excerpt from PRESS RELEASE: March 20,2020 In Kamloops, BC nearly one in four Canadian women struggles to provide period products for themselves or for their children. This is Period Poverty and it exists here in Kamloops. United Way TNC collaborated with over 40 sponsors and collected over 21,000 menstrual products (Tampons, Pads, Diva Cups) in [...]
OUR RESPONSE TO COVID-19 In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. The United Way is continuing to work hard remotely to support our community despite closing the Xchange and our local office as a safety measure. The Local Love in a Global Crisis campaign is one [...]
It took over a year, but the wall is finally up at Kamloops Sexual Assault Counselling Center (KSACC) and now a new office and safe space for clients is finally open! This great project wouldn't have happened without the incredible Chris O'Dwyer, Greg Buffel and their team from Service Master who worked closely with talented [...]
Written and Shared by: Dawson Group Dawson Group staff were thrilled to have the chance to enhance the play spaces at the Chris Rose Centre for Autism in Kamloops with the addition of a custom-built sandbox designed to fit perfectly alongside the school next to its playground. Several Dawson workers got together at our workshop [...]
On a brisk morning in late November, five members of the Tenisci Piva LLP Chartered Professional Accountants team rolled up their sleeves to freshen up the hallways at the Henry Leland supportive housing complex - a project of ASK Wellness. As the days (and especially nights) turn cold, it's even more important to support the [...]
Even the first snow of the season dusting the peaks of Aberdeen couldn’t stop five courageous employees from Fulton and Company from venturing over to the North Shore to help Interior Community Service; instead, they adjusted to the circumstances! On the morning of October 8th, Dawn and her team moved their Day of Caring for [...]
At United Way TNC we know that no one is more filled with local love than the USW Local 7619. These faithful folks come out time and time again to support our community. Most recently, 5 local Steel Worker volunteers met us to spread crush, donated and dropped off by Hardy Equipment Services, and then [...]
Harvest time is a beautiful thing It's harvest time and once again Interior Community Savings was up for the challenge. On Sept. 18th from 8:30am – 3:30pm 8 volunteers came together to weed, harvest and clean up the amazing garden space known as Gardengate in Brock. As the group first gathered around some coffee and [...]
Together with Marc Major from Major Resolution Renovations, the team at Kelson Group embarked on a two-day Day of Caring project at a local women’s shelter where they took down an old wooden playground and in its place, built an updated, brand new one! Over the two days, 16 members from Kelson Group volunteered their [...]
On a cool and wet August afternoon a team of 9 volunteers from All North arrived at the offices of Interior Community Services with shovels in hand ready to work. The task… shoveling rocks, not something most would do with a smile on their faces but this group of dedicated folks seemed to truly enjoy [...]
