Share the Spirit of the Season with Local Shelters

Holiday Activities Guide 2020 - Share the Spirit of the Season with Local Shelters

Share the Spirit of the Season with Local Shelters

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.
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