KCR Holiday Office Closures
KCR is Closed December 23-27, 2019 & January 1, 2020 Emergency phone service will be available on December 23, 24 & 27 KCR is Open December 30-31, 2019 Back to normal operating hours on January 2, 2020
IGNITE Okanagan 2019 Employer Symposium – Wednesday, March 6
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 11:30 am – 5:30 pm Location: Coast Capri Hotel, 1171 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna Cost: $9.52 – $61.90 Registration Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2019, 12:00 pm Register Now KCR – Community Resources is excited to partner with the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce and the Central Okanagan Local Immigration Partnership (COLIP) in […]
GivingTuesday Stories: The Language of Friendship
KCR Presents GivingTuesday Stories: A series of heart-warming stories and a glance at our different programs we offer. Today Amate greeted me with a gentle hug and a smile. She laughed about me standing outside in the snow waiting for her last week. We took a bus to Peter’s Independent Grocer. I haven’t been on […]
GivingTuesday Stories: I Feel like I can do anything
KCR Presents GivingTuesday Stories: A series of heart-warming stories and a glance at our different programs we offer. The Family Friend Program is a mentorship program for isolated single mothers with young children. Volunteers are trained and matched with single moms for friendship, support, and resources. Volunteers and Participants find this program meaningful and fulfilling. […]
GivingTuesday Stories: Support for those in Need
KCR Presents GivingTuesday Stories: A series of heart-warming stories and a glance at our different programs we offer. The Crisis Line offers non-judgemental, confidential emotional support and crisis intervention. A caller communicated that they felt that their life was not worth living, and feeling hopeless, and they wanted to die. The Crisis Line Worker on […]
GivingTuesday Stories: Worth the Wait
KCR Presents GivingTuesday Stories: A series of heart-warming stories and a glance at our different programs we offer. After three long years of waiting for a domestic adoption placement and not knowing if it would ever happen for them, we were excited to be able to call an Okanagan family with the news that they […]
GivingTuesday Stories: Your Generosity has left me Speechless…
KCR Presents GivingTuesday Stories: A series of heart-warming stories and a glance at our different programs we offer. A single mom shares the impact her Sponsor’s generosity had on her family as part of the Sponsor a Family Program. From her words, we can learn that the act of giving goes way beyond the “stuff.” […]
GivingTuesday Stories: Hitting the Reset Button on your Career
KCR Presents GivingTuesday Stories: A series of heart-warming stories and a glance at our different programs we offer. One of the participants entering our Job Readiness employment program had recently moved to Kelowna for health reasons and to be with family. He was diagnosed with cancer 2 years ago and was finishing his treatments during […]
GivingTuesday Stories: Age Doesn’t Matter – Lourdes & Chelsea
KCR Presents GivingTuesday Stories: A series of heart-warming stories and a glance at our different programs we offer. Lourdes moved to Kelowna from the Philippines in 2001. She is now 78, active in her church and very independent, but wanted more support to help navigate the Canadian culture and assist her with using technology to […]
The Mobile Garden Project
The groundhog has spoken, it will soon be the gardening season and it is time to think about our mobile school/community gardens. This year our project is expanding to two elementary schools on the Westside and we are looking for your support. Sponsorship in 2017 was provided by The Telus Ambassadors (major financial contribution for […]