Agency News

Mar 30

COVID19 – How Can I Help?

Interested in helping those who need us most during COVID-19?Many of you have reached out to ask how you can help. First of all “thank you”. We are doing the best we can to ensure our children, youth, and families and staff are safe and healthy. As the challenges of this time continue, we have...
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Mar 24

Resources For Families During COVID-19

During this tough time we want to be there as a resource for children, youth, and families in our communities. With the help of Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, we have compelled a list of resources that range from educational material to mindfulness resources to simply having fun while isolating.This is an ongoing list...
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Mar 23

JaysCare Foundation Challenges

Be Unstoppable! Get involved in JaysCare's daily Unstoppable Kids Challenges and have fun while gaining new skills at home!Here's how it works:1.) Who are these challenges for?They are for children and youth ages 4 to 18 who live in Canada.2.) How do you complete them?Work through as many of the challenges as you can in...
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Mar 18

What To Do When Isolated?

In times like this we need to stay calm, comfort those around us, and practice compassion. Take a look below for things to do with the family during isolation, mental wellness resources, and educational tips about limiting the spread of COVID-19. Things to do While Isolated: Meditate: Take even 5 minutes to be still and...
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Mar 13

Updates on COVID-19

Oct. 4, 2021, As we continue to provide services and programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, BGC Okanagan does so with the safety of our Club families, staff and communities as the top priority. We ask you to please review, and speak with your child about, the updated (as of Oct. 1, 2021) health guidelines that...
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Feb 06

Climb for a Cause

In 2019 one of our wonderful staff members by the name of Victoria Schermel started a fundraiser for Journey Home and the Upstream Project which brought it over $8,000 for the program! The only catch was, this wasn't your average fundraiser. Along with a group of 15 people from charities all over the world, they...
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Jan 31

The Upstream Project Comes to the Okanagan

In collaboration with A Way Home, Journey Home, Raising the Roof, Arc Programs, The Bridge Youth & Family Services, and Foundry we are proud to introduce The Upstream Project. This collaborative project is overseen by Raising the Roof, A Way Home Canada, and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is something that we have been itching...
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Oct 11

#BreakTheFake with Media Literacy Week

Have you ever been scrolling through your news feed and come across a post that makes you say - "That can't be real...". You sit there reading through the article and the more information you read, the more you start to believe the story, only to find out a week or two later that the...
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Aug 12

Local Social Justice Stars

Back in September of 2018, we had the pleasure of meeting with a group of young leaders from Immaculata Regional Highschool who were enrolled in a social justice class. This class wasn't exactly a walk in the park as these dedicated students attended this special class an hour prior to that dreaded start of school...
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