stories - Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen

Grant helps newcomers move ahead

It can take as many as 15 years for newcomers

Remembering a community builder

When I met up with John and Bob Armstrong to

Bursary established to honour former Keremeos editor

New fund will help graduates at Similkameen Elementary Secondary School

Charity keeps on cooking with new kitchen

In the Spring of 2022, after 12 years in the

Planting seeds of hope

Community foundations throughout the Okanagan are collaborating to offer social

Funding to advance gender equality at local organizations

The South Okanagan Women in Need Society (SOWINS) was a

100 Women award $5,600 to local charities

Penticton’s 100 Women who Care group was back at it

Neighbourhood BBQs and block parties!

If you’ve seen a neighbourhood block party pop up around

AUD Project helps Princeton woman find success

A series of stories related to the Community Foundation’s AUD

Grant to Arts Council keeps on giving

If you were out and about last year, you probably

Established in 1991 the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen has been giving choices and funding change to make our local communities better places to live.

We acknowledge that we live, work, and learn within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Syilx Nation.