Money raised from the event will support programs, education and services in Kelowna and across B.C., as well as research into causes of and cures for dementia. Last year, the walk raised more than $813,000 across B.C. Teams that raise more than $250 by March 14 will be entered to win $500 in Air Canada gift cards.
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Loads to do for Family Day in Kelowna
There will be free skating, winter sport demonstrations and family soccer Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Capital News Centre, 4105 Gordon Dr. The Kelowna Speed Skating Club will have coaches available from 2 to 3 p.m. to give skating tips; people can try speed skates or use their own. The Kelowna Skating Club will have coaches on the leisure ice from 2 to 3 p.m. giving skating tips to children under six years old.
Blood donor clinic for Connor
Eligible blood donors in Kelowna are being encouraged to give the gift of life during the Courage for Connor blood drive that runs January 24-31 at Kelowna Blood Donor Clinic, 103-1865 Dilworth Drive. Connor Morcom is an eight-year-old boy from Kelowna diagnosed nearly a year ago with medulloblastoma, a form of brain cancer that starts at the base of the skull and can spread to other parts of the brain and spinal cord.