Recent Thank You’s

Photo (left to right): City of West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom; Lena Charlton; Kelowna City Councillor Maxine DeHart; Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas; and Pathways Executive Director Alan Clay.

Pathways Abilities Society was pleased to participate in Launch Okanagan’s annual fundraising breakfast this week to celebrate Financial Literacy Month. Launch Okanagan helps people move forward in life by providing them with the financial knowledge and community support to take the next step towards greater independence and resiliency.

Part of the event included an expert panel discussion and Pathways’ Lena Charlton, Community Placement Developer, spoke about the challenges around inclusion in our financial system for individuals with disabilities. Lena did a great job outlining the hurdles faced by those designated as a Person with Disabilities (PWD) when it comes to accessing government programs, savings plans, and new tax credits. Lena’s personal stories brought a unique awareness to the roughly 200 participants gathered at Trinity Church. Thanks Lena for representing Pathways and the individuals and families we serve.

(Pictured from left to right: Liza Tough, Laryssa Rock, Darrin Trovato, Stacey Trovato AND on top: Sue Chapin)

Special thank you to The CanToy Divas, Liza Tough and Sue Chapin who took part in Rebelle Rally in October 2023 and won! Pathways was their charity of choice and we received a $2500.00 USD donation (which translates into $3,285.75 CAD) in memory of Adam O’Brien! Adam’s life was very unexpectedly cut short, and he is missed by all at Pathway’s who knew him. We are very grateful to have received this donation in his memory.

More information on them and the competition if you are interested: https://www.rebellerally.com/team-feature-cantoy-divas-liza-sue/

Pathways Abilities Society is very grateful for the support of Columbia Bottle Depot and making another annual donation of $46,495.92. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Cassan Family and the Depot!

We’d like to thank the following for their generous support!

Patricia and Chris Rantucci $200.00
Janet Billion $40.00
Chuck and Beryl Hopkins $500.00
John Edwards $500.00
Sharon and Hannu Tukkimaki $250.00
Terry and Richard Trager $1,200
Jock Craddock and Janis Wankling $200.00
The Binkley Family and Harmony Honda $500.00
Hulda Haines in memory of Cole Remin $200.00
Andrew Boisjoli $350.00
Sinead Scanlon $231.60
Patrick D’Vaz $2,400.00
Cyndy Omand $130.00
Rhonda Campbell $260.00
Charisse Daley $1,326.00
Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund $540.00

Special thank you to the extra special team that raced at the recent ‘Racing for a Good Cause’ event in honour of Adam O’Brien, who sadly passed last November. They won their event and so generously donated their winnings to Pathways!

We’d like to thank the following for their generous support!

Hannu and Sharon Tukkimaki $250.00
Centra Cares Foundation and Centra Windows $2,500.00
Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund $500.00
David Knapp $25.00
Shirley Lowe $500.00
Kettle Valley Stone Company and Ron Jorde for loads of landscaping rocks
OCCA Communities Association $100.00

HUGE Thank You To Centra!

… Specifically to Centra Cares Foundation and Centra Windows for their $2,500 donation!

Thank You Sport Chek!

… for generously donating 9 new diamond back mountain bikes to BikeWays. Pictured left right is our wonderful volunteer Nick Bond, who connected Sport Chek to Bonnie Fraser, Employment Manager (centre) and Aidan Lightfoot, right, Sport Chek Manager on the right! We are very grateful!

Thank You Columbia Bottle Depot!

Pathways Abilities Society is very grateful for their ongoing partnership with Columbia Bottle Depot and their very generous support. Pictured left to right is Kirsten Breau, Brooke Cassan, Clare Cassan and Drew Cassan presenting Charisse Daley and Bonnie Fraser with a cheque for $43,738.80! Thank you Columbia Bottle Depot and the Cassan Family!

We’d like to thank the following for their generous support!

- Knights of Columbus Father Delestre Council $500
- Sue Bauman $250
- Ray Blatter $100
- Audrey Pekrul $50
- Crazy Creek Hot Pools Resort 6 lounger chairs and 4 lawn chairs
- Kelowna Curling Club space to house our 2 C-Cans
- Shirley Lowe $500 on behalf of her grandson, Ethan
- Cyndy Omand $38
- Patricia & Chris Rantucci $150
- Nick & Virginia Pisio $100
- Okanagan Shuswap Century Ride $750
- Jim & Angie Greenlay $200
- Jean Yuros $1,000
- Okanagan Lifetime Networks Association DBA Plan Okanagan $25
- Lorna Quinn $100
- Jock & Jannis Craddock $200
- Chuck & Beryl Hopkins $500
- John Edwards $500
- Hulda Haines in memory of W. Schnider, Ursula Dohman, Don Fletcher and Doris McBean
- Terry & Richard Trager $500
- Sportchek for donating 9 new bikes in boxes
- Hannu and Sharon Tukkimaki $250

Thank you to the Sentes Automotive Group…

…for your generous donation to our society!

Thank you Interior Savings…

…for spending the afternoon of October 20, 2022, volunteering at Pathways! The hard-working volunteers did a complete yard clean-up and painted! We are very grateful they donated their time! Thank you.

Thank you Secure- Rite

…for make a donation and generously providing us with free bin storage. Pictured Right to left is Lucas Griffin, President of Secure-Rite presenting Charisse Daley with the cheque.

We’d like to thank the following for their generous support!

Chuck and Beryl Hopkins $1,000.00
Lloyd Horton $120.00
Nick and Virginia Pisio $410.00
Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund $445.00
Charisse Daley $1,326.00
Rhonda Campbell $260.00
Cyndy Omand $130.00
Hulda Haines in memory of Geraldine Sheets, Bill Mellet, Peter Haines and Hany Ashbrook, $300.00.
Nick and Virginia Pisio $5,000.00!
Kaeden and Gage Christian $50.00
Charisse Daley in memory of James Wood $50.00
Dan’s Tire for helping out our stranded staff and donating a tire for our van!
Knights of Columbus Father Delestre Council $500.00.
The Hadgraft family for making another significant donation to our society!
Randy Christian for his ongoing donation support of $6, 556.50.

So thankful to Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union…

…for donating $8,333.00 to our society!

Picture 1: Paulo Araujo presenting Charisse Daley with the cheque. Picture 2: Paulo Araujo , Sheila Ehlert presenting Charisse Daley with the cheque.

A huge thank you to Columbia Bottle Depot…

…for making another donation to Pathways Abilities Society. We are grateful for their continued support!

Picture 2: Left to right Charisse Daley, Cara Heck, Brooke Cassan and Clare Cassan, Picture 3: Charisse Daley, Cara Heck, Brooke Cassan and Bonnie Fraser.

We would like to thank the following for their support over the past few months!..

– Thank you Budget Blinds of Kelowna for donating and installing blinds at our 2476 Main Street location in West Kelowna! The new windows and blinds look fabulous!
Knights of Columbus Father Delestre Council – $500.00
Kelowna Lioness Club: $800.00
Janet Billon – $40.00
Ray Blatter $100.00
Audrey Pekrul $100.00
Okanagan Self-Advocate Group $20.00
Okanagan Lifetime Networks Association DBA Plan Okanagan $25.00
Jim and Angie Greenlay $2,000.00
Sue Bauman $250.00
Nick and Virgina Pisio $100.00
Jock Craddock and Janis Wanking $300.00
Cyndy Omand $37.00
Patricia and Chris Rantucci $100.00
John Edwards $200.00
OCCA Communities Association $200.00
Sharon and Hannu Tukkimaki $300.00
Charisse Daley $50.00 in memory of Sandra Beamish

Thank you to the Salvation Army and Sonia Withers…

…for donating a basketball set to the Activity Services!

Special Thank you to Lawrence Berg!

Thank you Lawrence Berg for donating the Savaria Multilift (pictured to the left) to our not-for-profit organization!

We would like to thank the following for their recent support!..

– Charisse Daley $50.00 in memory of Ken Fontaine

– Jim and Angie Greenlay $200.00

– OCCA Communities Association $100.00

– Audrey Pekrul $50.00

– Ray Blatter $100.00

– Shelley DeCoste $35.00

– Nick and Virginia Pisio $100.00

– Patricia and Chris Rantucci $100.00

– Cyndy Omand $36.00

– Susan Bauman $250.00

– Jean Hadgraft $100.00

– Jason Abougoush $1,000.00

– Peter Scott $100.00

– Astrid and David Metheral $100.00

– Plan Okanagan $25.00

– Charisse Daley $100.00 (in memory of Cindy Lutz and Jeremy Armstrong)

– Chuck and Beryl Hopkins $1,000.00

– Forbidden Spirits Distilling for donating 18.9 litres of hand sanitizer!

– Leslie Munro: $1,050.00

– Mark Wengrowich; $90.00

– Cyndy Omand: $130.00

– Rhonda Campbell: $260.00

– Charisse Daley: $1,326.00

– Hulda Haines: $300

– Terry and Richard Trager: $1,200.00

– Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund $470.00

Thank you Secure Rite & Trinity Baptist Church !

During COVID Pathways Community Bottle Recycle program has encountered a significant increase in bottle donations. This has created a need for storage of product.

Secure Rite storage has donated the use of two storage bins to Pathways until the end of December 2020.

Trinity Baptist has graciously donated space to Pathways for the two storage bins to be placed and accessed during this time.

Great support from community members like Secure Rite and Trinity Baptist church, have provided us with the ability to continue to receive product donations, which in turn provides the income source for paid employment for many employees who work in the Social Ventures program.

Pathways would like to thank the following for their recent donations!

– Jim Hadgraft for making a significant financial donation toward the residents who will eventually move into the new apartment building at 555 Fuller Avenue! We truly appreciate all that Jim does for the society and the Fuller re-build project!

– Okanagan Self Advocates Group and Linda Youmans $20.00

– Joan and Wulf Gerhardt $150.00

– Janet Billon $30.00

– Margaret and Reg Lidster $50.00 in memory of Mary Brown

– Sharon and Rudie Harder $240.00

– The staff and home members of Bouvette for making a $100.00 donation in memory of Mary Brown

– Jean Hadgraft for donating $100.00 in memory of Mary Brown

– Gary Maekelburger $50.00

– Kelowna 8 Ball Association $181.00

Thank you to Tracy Gray!

We are very grateful for our local MP’s Tracy Gray’s support obtaining a Canada Summer Student grant. We were able to hire Ziggy Burnett pictured with Tracy.

We would like to send some special thank you’s to the following…

– Thank you Doak Shirreff for facilitating conference calls for the society during COVID 19 enabling the board of directors to continue to meet on a monthly basis!
– Thank you Okanagan Spirits for donating 125 personal use hand sanitizers to our society!
– Thank you Kelowna Gifts to Grandmother for donating 250 reusable cloth masks for Pathway’s staff and the people we support! (THIS IS NOW THE TOTAL AMOUNT)
– Thank you Don Brown and Doug Brown for honoring their mom, Mary Brown’s bequest, topping up the amount and donating $10,000.00 to Pathways! Mary and her husband Walter who predeceased her, were very active in the society for many years! We are thankful for their continued support!
– Thank you Charisse Daley for making a $50.00 donation in memory of Annaliis Autio.

Also special thank you’s to the following for making donations to Pathway’s in memory of Mary Brown:

– Lynn Simpson $50.00

– Nick and Virginia Pisio $100.00

– Ross Cowan $100.00

– Charisse Daley $50.00

A big Thank You to The City of West Kelowna for donating this beautiful bench for our Main Street West Kelowna location!

Thank you Columbia Bottle Depot for continuing to support Pathway’s in so many ways and this time by making a donation of $42,198.12!

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT…

Randy Christian: $6,000

Rudie and Sharon Harder: $250

Knights of Columbus –Father Delestre Council: $500

Shawn Talbot: $2,730

Linda Perry: $100

Hulda Haines in memory of Walter Remin and Eilene Boelke: $250

Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf: $100

Richard and Terry Trager: $1,200

Chuck and Beryl Hopkins: $1,000

Sharon and Hannu Tukkimaki: $250

Rudie and Sharon Harder: $250

Mark Wengrowich: $130

Cyndy Omand: $130

Leslie Munro: $1,300

Rhonda Campbell: $260

Charisse Daley: $1,326

Alida Penner and the Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund: $426

Samantha Matychuk: $96

Also…

Thank you Team BDO for serving lunch at our annual holiday party! This is the 5th year in a row that a group of BDO volunteers has helped make our party a success!

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WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE PAST SPRING AND SUMMER…

Janis and Jock Craddock: $250

Jim and Angie Greenlay $200

Nick and Virginia Pisio: $100

Plan Okanagan: $25

Barb Taylor: $20

Susan Bauman: $20

Patricia Rantucci: $20

Chris Rantucci: $20

(For donating a dollar per year for their year’s of employment with Pathways:)

Cyndy Omand: $35

Glenda Mallach: $25

Krasi Chakarova: $2

Jo-Ann Hegland: $2

…Thanks also to…

Charisse Daley: $50 in memory of Jeannie Wilson

Cyndy Ormond: $50 in memory of Jeannie Wilson

Linda Forlin: $60

Jean Hadgraft: $1,000

Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf: $100

Chris Gillam: $100

Gary Maekelburger: $50

Randy Christian: $6,000

David Wood: $100

Tangerine Orchid, Brian and Shannon Prodor: $150

Peter Smith: Donated a bike he purchased from BikeWays

Dianne Wirtz: $800

Kelowna Sunrise Rotary Club: $10,000

Okanagan Chinese Canadian Association $100.00

Kent Employment Law: $400

TO KICK OFF THE NEW YEAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK…

– Kent Employment Law: $420 raised through their annual outing to the Vancouver Canadian baseball game to our society via CHIMP!
– Jim Hadgraft: over $1,000
– Jean Hadgraft: $1,000
– Wulf and Joan Gerhardt: $200
– Touchstone Law Group LLP: Gently used computer and boardroom chairs
– Dianne Wirtz: $35
– Richard and Terry Trager: $1,200
– Chuck and Beryl Hopkins : $1,000
– Glenda Mallach, JoAnn Hegland, Ruth Dodds, Cyndy Omand, Maureen Shepherd, Lloyd Horton and Alaina Reiswig: A combined donation of $110
– The staff of BDO: Volunteering their time to serve at our annual Christmas Lunch
– Sharon and Hannu Tukkimaki: $200
– Leslie Munro: $1,300.00
– Cyndy Omand: $130
– Mark Wengrowich: $130
– Rhonda Campbell: $260
– Charisse Daley: $1,326
– Alida Penner via the “Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund”: $510.70
– Kaeden Christian: $25
– Gage Christian: $25
– Janet Billon: $30
– Hulda Haines: $50 in memory of Glenda Wielgosz and Bud Birch and an additional $125.00.
– Helen Polmear: $200
– Grant Cox and Fully Promoted: 15 customized Pathways Abilities Society t-shirts

Special thank you as well to Thank you David Knapp, Barb Knapp and Bettina Garry for continuing to volunteer in our community and participating in the TELUS Communications volunteer program. Because of their efforts, Pathways received a $73.50 donation from David Knapp, $129.50 from Barb Knapp and $539.00 from Bettina Garry! Thank you TELUS for continuing with the awesome program!

THANK YOU TO CENTURY 21 ASSURANCE REALTY AND ANNA & MAX CARBONE

We are so privileged to have Century 21 Assurance Realty partner with us on our Heroes of Diversabilities program this year again./b>

Thanks to Anna and Max and the whole team at Century 21 for all their support and their incredible $4,000 donation to help make our Heroes program possible!

Thank you is also extended to Kelownanow.com and their entire team who have helped above and beyond in delivering our Heroes message all year long!

We would like to also thank the following donors who donated silent auction and raffle items for our Heroes event recently:

– Amici’s
– Kelowna Home Depot
– Kelowna Curling Club
– Charisse Daley
– Mabel Lake Golf & Airpark
– Player’s Choice
– Choices Market
– Kelowna Rockets
– Bikeways
– Nester’s Market
– T-Bones
– Smack Dab Restaurant
– Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand
– Picture Perfect
– Cedar Creek Winery
– Beyond Wrapture
– Prestige Beach House
– Tim Horton’s
– Indigenous World Winery
– Ultimate Hockey and Skate
– The Ultimate Hockey Centre

Thank you again to everyone who supported our ‘Heroes’ program this year and of course to our ‘Hero’ employment partners as well!

AS WE BEGIN APPROACHING THE HOLIDAY SEASON…

We would like to thank the following generous supporters who have helped make our work possible!/b>

– Steve Fast and Cascades: 30 Falcons Tickets
– Taylor Rogers and Mount Boucherie Secondary School: $81.90
– Charisse Daley: $100 in memory of Jim Champion
– Okanagan Chinese Canadian Association: $100
– Ken Laninga: $50
– Brad Grittner: $100
– Cyndy Omand: $34
– Barb Taylor: $10
– Nick and Virginia Pisio: $100
– Patricia and Chris Rantucci: $50
– Jim and Angie Greenlay: $200
– UBCO Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund: $1,500.00 to purchase 3 new recycling carts for the social ventures crew working on campus!
– Sharon and Rudie Harder: $250
– Jock and Janis Craddock: $200
– Mike Smith: directing his retirement donation to Pathways and Gorman’s in West Kelowna for matching his donation! In total we were fortunate to receive$1,000

MORE THANK YOUS TO RECENT PATHWAYS DONORS!

We are so appreciative of everyone who continues to support our society

– Randy Christian: $6,000
– Helen Polmear: $50
– Jean Hadgraft: $1,000
– Jack & Bonnie Houston: $50
– Terry Meyers: $25
– Virtual Data Corp and Cole Thompson for donating a computer tower For our SMARTboard!
– Cascade Recovery: $2,500
– St. Joseph Elementary PAC: $295
– Gordon Bennett: $100
– Mike Fischer: $50
– Roy Larson: $100

Pathways would also like to thank Jeff Steinman for donating over $2,000 worth of bike tools to BikeWays. We are extremely grateful for his donation!

OUR SINCEREST THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS & SUPPORTERS

A very big and special thank you to everyone who supported this year’s successful Vipond Charity golf tournament at the Kelowna Golf & Country Club!

– Maegs BBQ Boats: a boat rental for 2 hours for 10 people
– Ogopogo Parasial: tandem parasail for 2
– Delta Hotels and Christina Donovan: 2 nights stay at the hotel and breakfast
– Kelowna Curling Club and Jock Tyre: 8 person curling package, gift card and golf shirt
– Savoy Equipment: a battery powered weed trimmer
– Home Depot Kelowna: Drill Set
– Flannigan’s Liquor Store and Crystal Rolfes: Beer Gift bag
– Player’s choice: Mark Fleury sports card and puck
– Choices Market and Patrick Clancy: $35.00 Gift Card
– Goji’s Frozen Yogurt and Jane Hardy: $25.00 Gift Card

Also an other huge thank you to our own Jean Hadgraft for donating $1,000.00 to Pathways!

Having entered a new year at Pathways, we would like to give special thanks to the following people and organizations who have so generously donated to our society! Thank you to…

– Kelowna Sunrise Rotary Club $2,000.00. to assist people with diverse-abilities to attend the provincial Inclusion BC Self Conference!

– David Low, Dick Low, Tom Lowe and Howard Lowe for donating $6,000.00 to the society!

– Hildebrandt Homes, Allen Procure and Tom Jones for donating a beautifully constructed and painted Adirondack chair.

– Terry and Richard Trager $1,000.00

– Hulda Haines $150.00 to our society!

– Sharon and Hannu Tukkimaki $200.00

– Chuck and Beryl Hopkins $1,000.00

– Mark Wengrowich $90.00

– Leslie Munro $1,300.00

– Rhonda Campbell $260.00

– Cyndy Omand $130.00

– Charisse Daley $1,326.00

– Columba Bottle Depot $6,300.00

– Alida Penner via the “Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund” $508.84

– Kelowna Unitarians $50.00

– Bethesda Christian Association for donating a hospital bed for use at our new west Kelowna location.

– Community Connections $250.00

– Spider Agile Technology $200.00

– Kent Employment Law for directing donation funds of $400.30 raised through their annual outing to the Vancouver Canadians baseball game via Chimp!

…and finally, a special thanks to BDO volunteers for volunteering to serve lunch at our annual holiday celebration! Their support assists all Pathways staff and the people we provide services to, to enjoy and participate in the festivities!

(Pictured above from left to right – Kelsey Olsen, Madison Attwood, Lisa O’Reilly, Tiana Verigin, Jaydon Agar, Lee Lesack, Darryl Loewen, Scott Simpson, Ken Carmichael)

Christmas is just around the corner and we’d like to send out a special thank you to a few very generous people for whom the season of giving is year round! Thank you to:

– Jim Hadgraft $1,000.00

– Keith and Loretta Stutters for another very generous $25,000.00 to our society!

– Bill and Jean Yuros $50.00

– The Ultimate Hockey Centre in West kelowna for raising $500.00 for the society during their recent silent auction

– Gary and Jean Gould for donating loveseats and a recliner for use in one of our homes. The furniture is beautiful and very much appreciated by the home members.

– Sharon and Rudie Harder $250.00

– Kenny Laninga $50.00

– Protek Powder Coating $100.00

– Mark Wengrowich $50.00

– Systematic Mill Installations $700.00

– Gordon Daugherty and Syd Priest from the Men’s Shed for assembling our shed at Franklyn!

– Knights of Columbus – Father Delestre Council $500.00

-…and a special mention to thank Jean Hadgraft for making yet another $1000.00 donation! The Hadgraft family has been extremely generous making regular donations for many years. Pathways and the people we serve are extremely grateful! Thank you!

HEROES SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS – THANK YOU!

Pathways Abilities Society would like to gratefully thank and acknowledge the following businesses and individuals for their generous donations to support our Heroes of Diversabilities silent auction. Your support is enormously appreciated!

• Image One MRI, Mike Large donated an autographed hockey jersey and two hockey game tickets

• Indigenous World Winery, Ryan Walley donated a box of wines

• Rom Houtstra, Century 21 Realty a bottle of wine

• Brent Pay, Century 21 Realty 2 $50.00 T-Bones gift certificates

• Prestige Hotels and Resorts, Denise Marsh, donating gift certificates for accommodations for two people at any Prestige Hotel and Resort • Boston Pizza, Jim Thitchener $50.00 Boston Pizza gift certificate

• Colleen McMillian, McMillian Pumpkin Patch, 10 pumpkins

• Bubbles Car Wash and Detailing, Natasha Toffoli $50.00 Bubbles Car Wash and Detailing gift certificate

• Gymnastic Center, Anita Orr a hoody

• Player’s Choice, Dean Dragula a framed Ovechkin picture and autographed hockey puck

• Delta Marriot Grand Okanagan, Sherry Avery two nights stay at the hotel which including breakfast

• Freddy’s Brewpub a gift certificate for a six person bowling party and shoe rentals

• Kelowna Curling Club, Jock Tyre a gift certificate for ice time and rentals for seven people and a $50.00 gift card

• Kelowna Golf and Country Club, Cheryl Stecko a gift certificate for a tasting tour for four from the Gray Monk Estate Winery and a gift certificate for tasting for four at the Summerhill Winery

• Buckerfields outdoor thermometer

• Home Depot, Steve Ng $50.00 gift card

• Kelowna Green Clean , Patricia and Chris Rantucci 2 bottles of wine

• Century 21, Anna and Max Carbone 2 gift certificates for moving van usage for one day

• Mr. Mozzarella, Henry Schenk 4 $25.00 gift certificates

OUR HEROES!

On behalf of Pathways Abilities Society thank you Anna and Max Carbone the new owners of Century 21 for hosting the second annual Heroes Reception at the Kelowna Golf and Country Club, October 12, 2017! This year’s event raised $8,560.00! We’d also like to extend a huge thank you to both Myrna Parks and Jason Abougoush, each of whom generously donated $1,000 at our Heroes reception! Thank you so much

THANK YOU TO…

With Fall arriving, we’re so grateful to so many who have generously given their support to Pathways over the past few months and we would like to thank a few of them here. Thank you to…

– Keith and Loretta Stutters for another very generous $25,000.00 donation to our society!

– Cyndy Omand $33.00

– Janet Billon $25.00

– Okanagan Korean Culture and Knowledge $100.00

– Jim and Angie Greenlay $100.00

– Nick and Virginia Pisio $100.00

– Jean Hadgraft $20.00

THANK YOU TO THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY!

Thank you to the Christian family for donating $14,800.00 to our society in memory of their mom, Barb Christian. We truly appreciate the generosity the family has extended to Pathways throughout the years!

THANK YOU STUTTERS AND THE GLORIA DIO FOUNDATION!

Pathways Abilities Society would like to graciously thank Keith and Loretta Stutters (Stutters Disaster Klean-up) and the Gloria Di Dio Foundation for their very generous $25,000.00 donation to our not-for-profit society. We were very fortunate to be a recipient of their philanthropic giving and their commitment to helping and supporting their community.

IT’S SUMMER IN THE OKANAGAN (Well, just about). SO MANY PEOPLE WE WANT TO THANK FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, INCLUDING…

– Bettina Garry for continuing to volunteer in our community and directing the TELUS Dollars for Doers proceeds to our society. We received another $500.00 donation!

Also to Barb Knapp for continuing to volunteer in our community and also directing the TELUS Dollars for Doers proceeds to our society. We received another $100.00 donation!

– QHR Technologies for hosting a staff fundraiser BBQ and donating the proceeds of $456.10 to our society.

– Co Dependents Anonymous $25.00

– Jean Hadgraft $1,000.00

– CoDA-Steps to Recovery $50.00

– Kaeden Christian and Gage Christian $40.00

– Maria Goret $482.50.00

– UBC Okanagan and students Solomon Kabyemera, Alexandria Littlejohn-Regular, Yufeng Zhou, Minju Yu and Maria Plimley for generously volunteering their time to help local charities through the United Way Day of Caring® Program. Thank you for cleaning our windows, vacuuming and helping tidy our Franklyn location.

– Cole Thompson, President & CTO of VDC Virtual Data Corporation for donating 3 much needed computer desktop towers to our society!

– The Low Family (David Dick, Tom and Howard)$5,000.00

– Charisse Daley for donating $50.00 in memory of Regg Borne and $50.00 in memory of Cynthia Forbes.

WE START A NEW YEAR WITH A SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE FOLLOWING RECENT DONATIONS…

– Dwendy Lamont $25.00

– Charisse Daley $100.00 in memory of Barb Christian

– Terry & Richard Trager $1,000.00

– Hanru, Sharon & Kaija Tukkimaki $200.00

– Bob Herron Electric $300.00

– Mayne Real Estate Services $250.00

– Bridgeport The Floor Store LTD $150.00

– Accent Curb Appeal $100.00

– Jest Ventures LTD $100.00

– GC Glass $100.00

– Rob & Debbie Kushneryk $45.00

– Alex Hanna $50.00

– Chuck & Beryle Hopkins $500.00

We especially wish to thank James and Sandy Zelnick and Jazel Homes for making a $5,000.00 donation to our society and for encouraging their friends and supporters to also donate to our society.

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE RECENT DONATIONS…

– Knights Of Columbus Father Delestre Council #6233 $500.00

– Jean Hadgraft $1,000.00

– Mary Brown $100.00

– Abe Kroeker of Auction World for waiving the commission on the sale of our 2001 Ford Windstar van

– Overeaters Anonymous $480.00

… and thank you to all those who donated to the recent Pathways Gala of Hope including:

– BC Growers/ gift basket
– Watermark Beach Resort/ one night getaway
– Buckerfields/ garden bird feeder and seeds
– First Class Auto Glass/ windshield gift basket
– House of Rose Winery/ gift certificate for wine
– Me. Mozarella/ gift certificates
– Okanagan Gymnastic Centre/ backpack and fleece hoody
– Kelowna Green Clean/ dinner gift certificate and a bottle of wine
– Kelowna Curling Club/ shirts and 2 hours of free ice rental
– City of Kelowna/ etched wine glasses
– Sun Rype/ gift basket
– Home Depot/ gift card
– Proteck Powder Coating/ gift certificate
– Delta Grand/ one night getaway
– Kelowna Jaguar/ Jacket
– Sandhill Wines/ bottle of wine

THANK YOU BOB!

A very special thank you to Bob Ford for your extremely generous donation of $10,000.00!

THANK YOU TEAM FORTISBC!

Thank you team Fortis for donating time to complete a landscaping project at Pathway’s 123 Franklyn location! Thanks to: – James Wiebe – Trail – Grant McLean – Trail – Geoff Gawne – Penticton – Ken Valuck – Kelowna – Mike Murdoch – Kelowna – Darryl Sarin – Kelowna – Paul Kropp – Kelowna – Kent Levang – Kelowna – Barry Smithson – Kelowna (Director, Operations) – Chris Hyland – Kelowna (Regional Manager, Operations) – Darrel Rahier – Vernon

Your support is very much appreciated! The landscaping looks fantastic!

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE RECENT DONATIONS…

– Cool Arts $50.00

– Marie Goyet donation $67.45

– Ken Laninga from Crusader Signs $50.00

– Audrey Pekrul $50.00

– Darlene Hass $50.00

– Patrick and Maria D’Vaz $500.00

– Okanagan Valley Deaf Association $200.00

– Charisse Daley $50.00 in memory Of Geoff Paynter

– Nick and Virginia Pisio $100.00

– Jim and Angie Greenlay $100.00

– Okanagan Korean Culture and Knowledge Society $100.00

– Cyndy Omand $32.00

– Mark Wengrowich $20.00

– David and Laurie Paynter $100.00

HUGE THANK YOU TO VIPOND AND KELOWNA GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB!

The 31st Annual Vipond Golf Classic was held at the Kelowna Golf and Country Club, June 3, 2016.

Pathways would like to graciously and profusely THANK the sponsors, prize and silent auction donors, team sponsors and the teams that played!

In addition, we would like to thank the Vipond Tournament Committee, Wayne Pawulski, Rob Anderson, Oscar Faoro, Bill Feist, Steve Hatch, Darren McClelland, Brad Gritner, David Walker and retiring member Denis Gates. Denis participated and was an active member of promoting and supporting the tournament for 30 years. We are indebted and grateful for all Denis has done to support the society and people Pathway’s serves.

We would also like to kindly thank the Kelowna Golf and Country Club and the members who give up their course for the day and enable this tournament to be held annually.

All proceeds raised are donated to our society and without their support this annual event would not be held! Congratulation to tournament winners, Jim Greenlay, Rob Leguilloux, Scott, Baldwin and Carl Grittner.

Download the full program by clicking here.

SPECIAL THANK YOU RECENTLY…

To all the restaurants who participated in Dine for Diverse Abilities and raised money for Pathways, including…

– The Table Cafe at Codfathers: $248.78

– Kelowna Springs Golf Club: $101.57

– La Petite Maison: $180.00

– Jitterbug Diner $75.00

– El Taquero $250.00

– L’Oven $100.00

– Arby’s Kelowna $187.25

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE RECENT DONATIONS…

– Herb and Phylis Dow for donating a beautiful washer and dryer for the upstairs laundry room at our Franklyn location!

– Patrick and Maria D’Vaz $500.00

– Leslie Munro and Charisse Daley each made a $90.00 donation to Pathway’s to commemorate volunteer Jean Hadgraft’s 90th Birthday!

Herb and Phylis Dow for donating a beautiful washer and dryer for the upstairs laundry room at our Franklyn location!

– CoDA – Steps to Recovery $145.00

– Douville Construction LTD $200.00

– Jean Hadgraft $1,000.00

– Overeater’s Anonymous $240.00

– Jan and Johanna Grootwassink, $1000.00 donation in memory of Jim Gilchrist

– Maureen Burr 30 pounds, donation in memory of Jim Gilchrist

– Dale Godson $100.00 in memory of Jim Gilchrist

– Donna Dent $50.00 donation in memory of Jim Gilchrist

– Thomas Tiedje $200.00

THANK YOU CLOVERDALE PAINT!

Cloverdale Paint for donating four 18.9 liter pails of paint to our society!

THANK YOU TO DALLAS GRAY FOR PUTTING OUR NAME IN LIGHTS!

Special thank you to Dallas Gray, new owner of the Electronic Billboard on Bridge Hill! Dallas was generous enough to offer Pathways a FREE month of advertising on the board to get our message out 24/7 to inbound drivers into Kelowna every day throughout February!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE KELOWNA CHAPTER OF 100+ MEN WHO GIVE A DAMN!

On Tuesday night, Pathways was selected to receive a staggering donation exceeding $20,000.00 from a the local chapter of 100+ Men Who Give Damn. The donation will allow Pathways to continue its efforts launching the society’s Customized Employment Program and assist in creating many more jobs for people with diverse abilities in our community. These men are saints and we can’t thank them enough for their kindness!

Pathways Executive Director Charisse Daley and Shelley DeCoste at the 100+ Men event Tuesday night.

THANK YOU TO JAZEL HOMES!

Thank you James and Sandy Zeleznik and Jazel Homes for raising and donating $4,483.50 to Pathways Abilities Society”!

THANK YOU TO COLUMBIA BOTTLE DEPOT!

Clare Cassan and Columbia Bottle Depot, $6300.00 donation. Pathways is very fortunate to continue to partner with Columbia Bottle Depot-not only do they employ people we support they also support the organization financially-thank you!

THANK YOU TO CASCADES RECOVERY!

We want to extend a big thank you to Cascades Recovery for their generous donation of $2,500.00!

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE RECENT DONATIONS…

– Thank you to BDO (Sinéad Scanlon for thinking of Pathways) for allowing their staff to participate in community volunteering. Pathways was very fortunate to have Khristian Koulev, Jeanette Newman, Robyn Van Norman, Kahlua Darin, Brett Wike, Lacey Manz, Kristin Jeckel, Amanda Price and Jozef Vogel (lead) serve and clean-up at our annual Christmas party. This group worked very hard! They made it far easier for people with mobility issues and reduced the cost of clean-up! Everyone had a fabulous time. Thank you again BDO and the group that volunteered!

– Thank you Randy Christian and Barb Christian for making another $4,765.84 stock donation to Pathways! We truly appreciate the family’s annual support of our society!

– Thank you Bettina Garry for continuing to volunteer in our community and directing the TELUS Dollars for Doers proceeds to Pathways. We received another $500.00 donation! Thank you Team TELUS for supporting your communities!!

– Thank you to Crusader Signs for their $50.00 donation and the Okanagan Chinese Canadian Association $100.00 donation towards an AED for our Fuller Avenue location.

– Thank you to Kenny from Crusader Signs!!! Fuller now has a new exterior paint job completed. Kenny volunteered his time to complete the project!

– Heather McCullough $100.00

– Mary Brown $100.00

– Dianne Kapty for donating $28.95 towards the multi-sensory room.

– Kelowna Green Clean $250.00

– CoDA for donating $150.00

– Cool Arts for donating $50.00 towards an AED for 555 Fuller Avenue

– Alida Penner for donating $523.31 via the “Alida Penner Charitable Giving Fund at the Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation”

– Overeaters Anonymous $220.00 ($100.00 towards an AED for 555 Fuller Avenue)

– Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf $200.00 towards an AED for 555 Fuller Avenue

– Mike, Freia and Tyrell Smith $50.00

– Sharon and Hannu Tukkimaki $150.00

– Leslie Munro $1,000.00

– Rhonda Campbell $200.00

– Charisse Daley $1020.00

– Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf for donating $200.00 towards the purchase of a AED machine for 555 Fuller Avenue.

– Sharilynn and Ed Upsdell for donating a fridge, stove, dishwasher and over-the-stove microwave

– Beryl and Chuck Hopkins $500.00 donation.

– Gary and Jean Gould for donating goods to the society and thank you to Terry and Richard Trager for making another $1,000.00donation to the Pathways!

– Also Peter Schultz for donating a fridge and a computer office chair to Pathways!

– Thanks also to Knights of Columbus Father Delestre Council for their donation of $500.00.

THANK YOU TO VOLUNTEERS FROM PUSHOR MITCHELL VIA THE UNITED WAY DAYS OF CARING

Thank you to the volunteers who cleaned up the Franklyn yard, dug an irrigation trench, moved rocks and put the summer furniture away. These folks worked extremely hard! THANK YOU!

Picture: From Left: Josie Lingren, Cynthia Brasileiro, Vanessa Carle, Paul Tonita, Stacie Spring, Brent Coyne, Elise Everest, Brian Dewar,and Charisse Daley. Brad Cronquist also volunteered however he missed the photos as he stayed outside working too hard!

THANK YOU TO INTERIOR SAVINGS

Thank you Interior Savings for volunteering and doing a yard clean-up at our home on Bouvette, October 15, 2015! From far left Malcom Dunn, Shad Shoranick, Ryan Redekopp, Shawn Schellenberg, Audrey Caralson and Darlene Sherman.

IN HONOUR OF A LOCAL ADVOCATE FOR THE VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY

Earlier this year, our community lost an amazing, gracious, kind and selfless advocate for vulnerable individuals. Peter Chau dedicated his life to helping build a community where all were accepted. In honour of Peter’s remarkable contributions Charisse Daley made a donation to Pathway’s in Peter’s memory.

THANK YOU ROTARY CLUB OF KELOWNA AND THE ROTARY CLUB KELOWNA FOUNDATION

Thank you the Rotary Club of Kelowna and the Rotary Club Kelowna Foundation for donating $6,530.00. towards the installation of sidewalks at our 123 Franklyn location! Thank you Rotarian, Stuart Dickson for coordinating the projects!

THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AT TENZING

Thank you to Tenzing staff members for volunteering through the United Way Days of Caring to do yard clean-up at Franklyn on April 17. Pictured above (from left to right and back to front), Taylor Drescher, Kurt Thompson, Nathan Tang, Jodie Watts, Kevin Scott, Brett James, Jason Manning and Myself, Donna Ouimet.

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE RECENT DONATIONS…

– David and Laurie Paynter $100.00

– Hulda Haines $100.00

– Jean Hadgraft $1,000.00

– Overeater’s Anonymous $120.00

– Rhonda Campbell $100.00 in memory of Janice Williams

– Cool Arts $50.00

– Okanagan Deaf Association $200.00

– Mary Brown $50.00

– Okanagan Korean and Culture and Knowledge Society $100.00

– David and Laurie Paynter $100.00

– Jim and Angie Greenlay $100.00

– Nick and Virginia Pisio $100.00

– Cyndy Omand $31.00

– Darlene Hass $23.00

– Audrey Pekrul $50.00

– Ken and Beverley Laninga $50.00

– CoDA-Steps to Recovery $150.00

– EmbroidMe for donating another 23 Pathways t-shirts!

– David and Astrid Metheral $75.00

– Jean Hadgraft $1,000.00

– Overeaters Anonymous $120.00

– Sharon and Rudie Harder $250.00

– Co-DA Steps to Recovery $75.00

– Ron Jorde $75.00

– Kettle Valley Construction $75.00

– Helen Polmear $50.00

– Linda Little $100.00

– Helen Polmear $50.00

– Linda Little $100.00

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE RECENT DONATIONS…

– Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Unit 376 for donating $500.00 towards the purchase of a defibrillator

– Alister McIntosh for his very generous donation of $2,500.00

– The Christian family for donating $5,000.00 worth of stocks to the society!

– Overeater Anonymous donation of $120.00

– Jean Hadgraft $1000.00

– Charisse Daley $150.00

– David Knapp and Bettina Garry for continuing to volunteer in our community and directing the TELUS Dollars for Doers proceeds to our society. We received another $200.00 donation from David and $400.00 from Bettina!

– Overeaters Anonymous $120.00 donation

– CoDA Steps to Recovery $60.00 donation

– St Joseph’s Elementary for holding a toonie pancake breakfast, raising $532.50 and donating the proceeds to our society to purchase a new computer tower!

– The John Stewart Family Fund for a $3,000.00 donation via the Central Okanagan Foundation.

– Alister McIntosh $200.00

– Chuck Hopkins: $200.00

– Sharon and Hannu Tukkimaki $125.00

– Mike and Freia Smith 50.00

– Charisse Daley $250.00

– Hulda Haines $7.00

– Cool Arts $50.00

– Ken Laninga: $50.00

– Alida Penner $100.00

– Sharon and Rudie Harder $250.00

– David and Laurie Paynter $100.00

– Mary Brown $100.00

– Terry and Richard Trager $1,000.00

SPECIAL THANKS FOR THESE RECENT DONATIONS…

– Jean Hadgraft $1,000.00

– Okanagan Valley Association of the Deaf $100.00

– Helen Polmear $30.00

– Audrey Pekrul $50.00

– Jim and Angie Greenlay $100.00

– Virginia and Nick Pisio $50.00

– Juanita and Ron Pellizzon $90.00

– Cyndy Omand $22.00 in memory of Tina Caruso and $30.00 dollar general donation ($1 for each year of her service).

– Thank you Jack Clark for continuing to volunteer in our community and directing the TELUS Dollars for Doers proceeds to our society. We received another $200.00 donation!

– A great big thank you to Taylor and Caroline Sebastian for donating “tons” of apples to the society for our apple crisp fundraiser!

THANK YOU INTERIOR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION

Thank you to Interior Savings Credit Union for donating time to clean up the yard at 123 Franklyn Road! Thank you!

THANK YOU IGA GLENMORE

Thank you to all the support from our friends at IGA Glenmore.

THANK YOU TO THE STOMP IN THE MISSION BBQ FUNDRAISER

A great big THANK YOU to the auxiliary RCMP for organizing the “Stomp in the Mission” and BBQ fundraisers with the proceeds going to our society.

Thank you to…

Committee Members: Darryl Hazel, David Biagi, Jackie Kuntz, Nicole Brown, Melissa Butler, Cathy Maas, Donna Jansons, Ross Jeffries, Christine Silver, Caycee Zimmerman and Agnes Zimorski High Brown Boots Band Members: Richard Choy, Maureen Choy, Cindy McKay, Nick Bellamy, Cory Kilborn, Fraser McInnis, Bill Finney and Stu Smith for donating their time to play this fabulous music.

TO SEE A MORE COMPLETE LIST OF THE PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE GENEROUSLY DONATED THEIR TIME, MONEY AND SERVICES TO OUR SOCIETY, CLICK HERE.