As the weather grows colder, share your Holiday Spirit with the local Shelters and the humans they help. Giving, as a volunteer or a donor, will make a huge difference in your own life as well as the lives of our community’s most vulnerable.

Supplies Shelters May Need (please sort separately)

• Personal hygiene items: toothbrush & toothpaste, shaving cream razors, deodorant (mini size) and feminine hygiene products
• Outerwear Clothing (new or used): Shoes, boots, toques, scarves, gloves, long johns, pajamas, underwear and socks
• Blankets for single and double beds (thin, machine washable, new or used)
• Sleeping bags (new or used)
• Bus tickets, Gift Cards to Canadian Tire, Rona, Superstore, Independent, Wal-Mart, etc.

Stocking Stuffer Gifts

• Chocolate and Candy
• COVID-19 Mask (packaged or home-made)
• Mini Flashlights
• Hand Sanitizer
• Make-up
• Hand, Face or Body Creams
• Q-tips
• Nail clippers
• Gloves
• Chapstick
• Bus tickets
• Tim Hortons Gift Card
• Socks
• Note Pad Pen
• Cough Drops

Go to the shelter’s website or contact them directly to find out about how you can help. Some of the Central Okanagan Shelters include:

Cornerstone Shelter
425 Leon Avenue, Kelowna
Contact: cornerstone@jhsok.ca or 250.317.6678

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission Shelter
259 Leon Avenue, Kelowna
Contact: sonja@kelownagospelmission.ca or 250.763.3737

AG House
Contact: info@nowcanada.ca or 250.763.2262

Kelowna Women’s Shelter
Contact: info@kelownawomensshelter.ca or 778.478.7774

West Kelowna Shelter Society
Contact: wksheltersociety@gmail.com

Welcome Inn
Contact: info@welcomeinn.org or 778.940.6884

Ellis Street Supportive Housing
Contact: kelowna@cmha.bc.ca or 250.861.3644


To read more about different holiday activities you can participate in this year, check out our 2020 Holiday Activities Guide at www.kcr.ca/publications.