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By Aaron Schulze

Disaster Relief

BC Interior Community Foundation commits more than $300,000 in disaster relief

Dec 7, 2021 | 4:17 PM

KAMLOOPS — BC Interior Community Foundation announced it’s received $300,000 to create a disaster relief fund for communities in the Interior that were severely impacted by heat, wildfires, and flooding in 2021.

The foundation says more than $300,000 has already been committed by other members of our national network of Community Foundations, including $250,000 from the Calgary Foundation and $50,000 from the Vancouver Foundation.

The BC Interior Community Foundation is based in Kamloops, but it serves communities throughout the Thompson, Nicola, and South Cariboo regions. It says donations will be distributed in partnership with the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and in consultation with representatives of the affected communities.

The purpose of the fund is to assist with needs that cannot be met through existing funding programs.

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Donations can be made online, by cheque mailed or delivered to the office at 2–219 Victoria St., Kamloops, BC V2C 2A1, by phone at 250-434-6995, in cash in person.

Office hours are Tuesday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Charitable donation receipts for income tax purposes will be issued for donations of $20 or more.