Join a great group of guys who’ve donated more than $247,000 to support important causes in our communities!
NEW! Meeting dates for 2026
- March 10 @ The Standard Space (Theme: Supporting Children with Neurodiversity)
- May 12 @ OROLO Restaurant (Theme: Seniors Wellness)
- September 15 (location TBD)
- November 17 @ The Standard Space
Meetings take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Our history
100 Men Who Care launched in 2016. The program belongs to its members, with the Community Foundation acting as host and providing administrative support and charitable sector expertise.
Our members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and share a commitment to giving back to help our communities thrive.
How it works
- Members meet four times a year, enjoy some food, drink and social time, and most importantly, learn about the great work of three local organizations.
- The amount raised for each meeting ($100 per member) is shared between the organizations, according to a member vote.
- The result: a fun way to bring small individual contributions together to make a BIG impact!
Our goal is to have 100 members (or more!), but we’re not quite there yet. Just imagine: if we have 100 members paid up for the year, we will donate $10,000 per meeting!
Membership payment
New members: There is a one-time commitment fee of $100, which is added to our 100 Men Legacy Fund. There is also a $400 annual donation ($100 per meeting) which is distributed to our presenting organizations over the course of the year.
When you make your payment, please enter your contact information in the “Additional Notes” field so we include you in our membership roster and issue your tax receipt.
Returning members: we encourage you to pay your annual donation in full ($400 for the year). This will reduce our administration significantly and help us know the size of our donation pool in advance of each meeting.
Event Sponsorship
In addition to making their quarterly donations to support local organizations, members are encouraged to sponsor an event. Sponsors can be individuals or companies, and a sponsorship can be shared by two or more members.
Sponsorship means we can host fun and engaging events. Better events attract more members, and more members means more donations to local organizations!
Sponsorship Rates
Sponsorship is $600 per event. Click this link to sponsor.
Sponsorship Benefits
Sponsors will be offered five minutes at the event to introduce themselves and (if desired) their business. They can also place brochures and other marketing material on the tables. The names of sponsors will be shared in our communications both pre and post-event.
Our History of Support
Thanks to our members’ generosity, we have donated $247,090 to organizations from across our region! Click on the arrow on each block below to learn more about the events we’ve held so far:
May 2026 @ OROLO Restuarant – $5,000
We enjoyed presentations from three organizations supporting the health and well-being of seniors in our region:
- Lower Similkameen Community Services Society: $3,000
- OneSky Community Resources – Cycling Without Age: $1,000
- South Okanagan Recope Society: $1,000
March 2026 @ The Standard Space – $5,350
Our theme was “Supporting Children with Neurodiversity” and we heard from the following organizations supporting timely assessment, learner-focused education planning,and family and sibling support:
- South Okanagan Assessment Program (SOAP): $3,210
- The Penticton Centre for Exceptional Learning Society: $1,070
- Dragonfly Pond Family Society: $1,070
November 2025 @ The Standard Space – $6,700
We revisited our theme of “Helping for the Holidays,” and supported three organizations that will make the season brighter for those in need in our communities:
- Penticton Secondary School Leadership Students: Toys for Tots and Teens: $4,020
- South Okanagan Women in Need Society: Share Your Spirit Campaign: $1,340
- Princeton Family Services Society: Christmas at The Nook: $1,340
September 2025 @ Abandoned Rail Brewing – $5,000
We heard how Queens Park Elementary’s hockey program, Agur Lake Camp Society, and Similkameen Elementary Secondary School are reducing barriers to participation in sports & outdoor recreation for kids of all abilities.
- Similkameen Elementary Secondary School: $3,000
- Agur Lake Camp Society: $1,000
- Queen’s Park Elementary: $1,000
May 2025 @ Yellow Dog Brewing – $6,000
Our theme for this meeting was “Supporting Penticton’s Unhoused Community.” Our members agreed to share their donations equally with our three presenting groups:
- Penticton and Area Overdose Prevention Society: $2,000
- Penticton Lived and Living Experience Table: $2,000
- Penticton Youth Action Table: $2,000
March 2025 @ The Standard Space – $6,000
For our first meeting of 2025, our theme was “Men’s Wellness.” When the votes were counted, and for the first time in our history, we had a three-way tie! Our members’ donations were shared between these three deserving organizations:
- Penticton and Area Access Centre: $2,000
- Penticton Men’s Shed: $2,000
- Penticton Recovery Resource Society (Discovery House): $2,000
2023 – 2024 Recipients
November 2024 @ The Standard Space – $6,635
Neighbourlink Summerland: $3,981
Desert Sun Counselling and Resource Centre: $1,327
Society of St. Vincent de Paul: $1,327
September 2024 @ The Standard Space – $7,700
Our theme was “Supporting Student Success.” Member donations were shared between three impactful bursary programs helping students realize their education goals:
Penticton Secondary Schools Scholarship and Bursary Foundation: $4,620
Okanagan College Foundation: $1,540
Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen: $1,540
May 2024 @ The Nest Penticton – $7,500
Animal Lifeline Emergency Response Team (ALERT): $4,500
Critteraid Animal Sanctuary: $1,500
Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society: $1,500
March 2024 @ Palmer Steakhouse Casual – $6,000
ASK Wellness Society: $3,600
Okanagan Similkameen Stewardship Society: $1,200
Bethel Church Penticton: $1,200
November 2023 @ The Barley Mill Pub – $6,000
Penticton Centre for Exceptional Learning Society: $3,600
Summerland Kinsmen: $1,200
Penticton Youth Centre: $1,200
September 2023 @ Dragonboat Pub – $6,000
Our members voted to share this quarter’s donation total equally between wildfire relief funds held by the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen ($2,000), the Central Okanagan Foundation ($2,000) and the Shuswap Community Foundation ($2,000).
Our thoughts continue to be with the many individuals and families across our province who have been impacted by this year’s devastating wildfire season.
May 2023 @ Tin Whistle Brewing – $6,000
Penticton Community Fridge and Pantry: $3,600
Okanagan Fruit Tree Project: $1,200
Salvation Army Penticton Food Bank: $1,200
February 2023 @ Tin Whistle Brewing – $5,800
Foundry Penticton: $3,480
Penticton & Area Access Centre: $1,160
Ooknakane Friendship Centre: $1,160
2021 – 2022 Recipients
November 2022 @ Cannery Brewing – $6,800
South Okanagan Similkameen Mental Wellness Society – $4,080
YMCA Okanagan – $1,360
Boys and Girls Clubs Okanagan – $1,360
September 2022 @ Summerland Heritage Cider Co. – $7,800
Penticton Speedway Foundation – $4,680
Big Brothers Big Sisters Okanagan – $1,560
South Okanagan Loss Society – $1,560
May 2022 @ Match Restaurant – $7,100
Mamas for Mamas – $4,260
Agur Lake Camp Society – $1,420
Pathways Addictions Resource Centre – $1,420
February 2022 IN PERSON MEETING @ Neighbourhood Brewing – $5,700
South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society – $3,420
South Okanagan Women in Need Society – $1,140
Penticton & District Community Arts Council – $1,140
September 2021 Zoom Meeting – Total Donations – $5,500
Lower Similkameen Community Services Society: $3,300
Oliver & Osoyoos Search & Rescue – $2,200
Penticton & District Society for Community Living – $0
PDSCL presented to the group, but declined to accept a grant in favour of allocating more grant money to the other two charities.
May 2021 Live ZOOM Meeting – Total Donations – $4,300
Boys & Girls Club – South Okanagan: $2,580
Summerland Montessori School: $860
Ooknakane Friendship Centre: $860
January 2021 Live ZOOM Meeting – Total Donations – $5,300
Village By the Station (Good Samaritan Society): $3,180
Princeton & District Community Services Society: $1,060
BC Epilepsy Society: $1,060
2019 – 2020 Recipients
September 2020 Live ZOOM Meeting – Total Donations – $5,900
Critteraid: $3,540
Osoyoos Museum Society: $1,180
South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society: $1,180
May 2020 ONLINE – $5,800
COVID-19 Didn’t Stop Us!
The Covid-19 pandemic has made it necessary for groups to re-think how they meet. As a result, the decision was made to cancel the regularly scheduled May meeting and instead members were encouraged to donate to the Community Foundation’s Community Response Fund. This fund was established to provide support to local charities that are either struggling themselves or supporting prople who are struggling as a result of the pandemic. Once again, members of 100 Men stepped up and donated $5,800 to this cause, bringing the total contributions to date to $107,900!
February 2020 at Tug’s Tap House Pub & Eatery – $7,800
Okanagan Gleaners: $6,240
Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society : $780
St. John Ambulance: $780
November 2019 hosted by Okanoggin Barbers – $7,200
Penticton & Area Access Society: $5,760
Kaleden Community Association: $720
Friends of the Penticton Museum & Archives: $720
September 2019 hosted by Slackwater Brewing – $7,100
Summerland Food Bank: $5,680
Vermillion Forks Field Naturalists: $710
Princeton Search & Rescue: $710
May 2019 hosted by Topflight Helicopter Training Centre – $7,400
Highway to Healing $5,920
Canadian Red Cross: $740
Osoyoos & District Arts Council: $740
January 2019 hosted by TIME Winery and Kitchen – $6,700
Osoyoos Desert Society: $5,360
Okanagan Falls Heritage and Museum Society: $670
Princeton Community Arts Council: $670
2016 – 2018 Recipients
October 2018 @ Penticton Vees Game hosted by SOEC – $7,700
Okanagan Boys & Girls Club: Community Kitchen Program $6,160
South Okanagan Women In Need Society: Sexual Assault Support Services $770
The Penticton Soupeteria Society: Hot Meals Program $770
June 2018 @ Bar One – $7,000
First Baptist Church: International Youth Project $5,600
Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society: ECOmmunity Place $700
Okanagan School of the Arts at the Shatford Centre: $700
April 2018 @ Tug’s Tap House Pub & Eatery – $8,200
Henning Emergency Clinic of Kindness (H.E.C.K.): $6,560
Habitat for Humanity South Okanagan: $820
St. Ann’s Parish: $820
January 2018 @ Bogner’s of Penticton – $7,600
South Okanagan Raptor Rehab Centre (SORCO): $6,080
AlleyCATS Alliance: $760
United Way of Central & South Okanagan: $760
October 2017 @ Match Bistro – $7,100
Penticton Rotary/Boys & Girls Club: $5,680
South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation: $710
Osoyoos Desert Society: $710
June 2017 @ Penticton Firehall – $6,100
Okanagan Similkameen Conservation Alliance: $4,880
Penticton Academy of Music: $610
Summerland Community Arts Council: $610
April 2017 @ SS Sicamous Museum – $6,400
Discovery House: $5,120
Penticton High School Scholarships: $640
Neil Squire Society: $640
January 2017 @ Penticton Senior’s Drop-in Centre – $6,200
Special Olympics BC – Penticton: $4,960
Penticton Branch of the Okanagan Historical Society: $620
Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Coalition: $620
September 2016 @ HNZ Topflight Helicopter Training Centre – $5,900
Penticton & District Hospice Society: $4,720
Canadian Cancer Society: $590
Oliver/Osoyoos Search & Rescue: $590
Inaugural Meeting: June 2016 @ The Cannery Brewing Company – $3,700
Saviour’s Anglican Church: $2,96
Learning for Little People Preschool: $370
Similkameen Trails Society: $370
