Shoe Bank Canada held a press conference last week to kick off the April 2017 Shoe Drive, with a goal of collecting at least 30,000 pairs of shoes. Last year, 22,000 pairs of shoes were collected in the Okanagan. Daily Courier photographer Gary Nylander dropped by the press conference and took these photos.
A cheque for $10,000 from Rotary Club of Kelowna Sunrise was presented to Shoe Bank Canada. From left are Jim Belshaw, founder and chair of Shoe Bank Canada, Pat McAllister, president of Rotary Club of Kelowna Sunrise, Sonya Barker, Heidi Miller and...
Helping with donated shoes are Dannika Makara and Alyssa Kantymir, with First Black Mountain Brownies, and Cali Kantymir and Rhea McNair, with First Black Mountain Girl Guides.
From left are Bea Carignan, Bev Lauder, Don Lauder and Betty Vogl, all volunteers with the shoe bank.
Sean MacMillan and Lise Dallien MacMillan of Orthoquest show shoes that they donated.
From left are Ron Cannan, with Interior Savings, Rick Pogue and son Brendan, who have taken containers of shoes to Cuba.
Andrew Greer is a board member with Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Nigel Hart is co-ordinator of the shoe drive.