United Way BC celebrates Okanagan wildfire volunteers
Many signed up within a day after United Way BC posted shifts on its iVolunteer website, helping evacuees receive donations and support resources.
- Over 100 people volunteered with United Way to assist evacuees during the Okanagan wildfire crisis, organizing supplies and providing essential support to those displaced by the fires.
- Many volunteers registered within a day of United Way posting opportunities online, as the Okanagan community united to offer time and donate essential supplies during the emergency.
- Magda Kapp, specialist, emergency response and partnerships at United Way, described the response as heartwarming, noting people offered specific skills like "I have a truck" or "I have first aid."
- Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy and Claudia Moore, who lived through the wildfire season themselves, helped receive donations and organize supplies for evacuees; Borzovoy said helping community members "can't be underestimated."
- Moore said, "We hear so much bad news," noting that volunteering lifted spirits and reinforced belief in humanity as United Way continues encouraging residents to register for future shifts.
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Okanagan volunteers step up for wildfire evacuees
More than 100 people signed up to help wildfire evacuees within 24 hours of United Way BC posting volunteer opportunities on its iVolunteer platform this summer. Among them were Laurie-Shawn Borzovoy and Claudia Moore, who spent their shifts in West Kelowna receiving donations, organizing supplies a...
United Way BC celebrates Okanagan wildfire volunteers - Vanderhoof Omineca Express
Over 100 people volunteered with United Way BC to help evacuees from this year’s wildfires in the Okanagan. Many of the volunteers signed up within a day of United Way posting volunteer opportunities on its iVolunteer website. “It was so heartwarming to see the response,” said Magda Kapp, specialist, emergency response and partnerships at United Way BC. “People were saying, ‘I have a truck,’ or ‘I have first aid,’ or ‘I have this particular skil…
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