Good deeds in the community

Firefighters in West Kelowna couldn’t go door to door this year for their traditional food drive. So the community came to them. More than 9,000 pounds of food and $2,650 in cash was left at fireballs by kindhearted individuals.

This was the firefighters’ 23rd

year sponsoring a food drive.

“Due to provincial health orders, we were unable to go door to door this year, but the community’s holiday spirit shone through with residents dropping off donations at our fireballs,” chief Jason Brolund said in a release.

“Each pound of donated food is valued at $2.60, so the drive resulted in an extra $23,600 worth of groceries for the Central Okanagan Food Bank,” says the organization’s community development officer, Tammy Watson.

Above: Chuck Clark of the Peachland Sportsmen’s Association Executive and Membership, recently gave a $500 donation to the West Kelowna food bank.

West Kelowna firefighters gather donations in this year’s food bank drive.

Below: Al Springer of the Peachland Sportsmen’s Association Executive and Membership, gave a $500 donation to the Peachland Food Bank.