FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
WednesdayDecember 8th
CHRISTMASCHARITY CHALLENGE TWO DAYS AWAY
PENTICTON, BC ?$34,500 will be given to local charity if 4,000 fans show up to the ChristmasCharity Challenge at the South Okanagan Events Centre on Friday night.
Wednesday saw two new pledges to the ?Challenge? with ProPhysio offering $500 to the Summerland Asset Development Initiative, and thePenticton Kinsmen – K40 Club adding $1000 with their commitment to the SouthOkanagan Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team.
Over a dozen charities and 17 community-minded individuals,groups, and businesses have partnered up to challenge Pentictonites to floodthe SOEC on Friday.
The Vees will be hosting the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in amatch-up that features the top two teams in the Interior Conference vying for asingle first round bye.
?Two-for-one? tickets for the games are available with adonation of a non-perishable food item to the Salvation Army Food Bank at theSouth Okanagan Events Centre box office.
Here is the list ofthe local individuals, groups, and businesses involved; and the charities they?vechosen to support:
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Pasta Factory |
$1,000 |
Okanagan Similkameen Neurological Society |
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CIBC Wood Gundy |
$7,500 |
Big Brothers and Big Sisters ($5,000) Kidsport (2,500) |
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The Mortgage Centre |
$1,000 |
Be An Angel Fund |
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Underwriters Insurance |
$1,000 |
Penticton Soupateria |
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Brian & Joni Cutler: Coldwell Banker |
$1,000 |
South Okanagan Women in Need Society |
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Sherwood Trophies |
$1,000 |
Dragonfly Pond Respite |
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Canadian Tire |
$1,000 |
Jumpstart |
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BC Hockey Hall of Fame |
$1,000 |
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