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Registered charities operating
within the boundaries of
School District #23 can
contact the Foundation to
discuss their granting
needs and requirements.
Grant applications are only
available after consultation
with COF staff.

Please contact Grants
Coordinator Sandi Oloffs at
861-6160 or by email



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The following individuals, corporation and organizations have made donations to permanently endowed Funds held by the Central Okanagan Foundation:

642537 BC Ltd/Jones
William & Terry Alexander
Theresa Arsenault & Stuart Marshall
Brock Aynsley
Lyle & Valerie Bamford
Barrington Ranch Ltd
R.J. and Lois Bennett
Mary Jean Bennett
Berge Horn
Elaine Borden & Lorne Ettinger
Frank Brennan
Myles & Stephani Bruckal
Capri Insurance Services Ltd.
Eileen Cassidy
Karen Christensen
Karen & Tom Close
Rita Coe
Jay Corrado
County Management
Ferne Day
Wayne Dosch
James & Jean Dukelow
Louise Elliott & Geoffrey White
Dr. Robert Emslie
Diane Facciotti
John & Wendy Falkowski
William & Patricia Fennell
Jon Fennell
D Ross & Linda Fitzpatrick
Terry & Mary Jane Flannigan
Friends of the South Slopes
Geddes Construction Ltd.
Get Noticed Marketing
Beverley Gorman & Bill Reedy
Grant Thornton LLP
Marian Grimwood
John Harland
Dr. Clifford & S. Elaine Henderson
Janice & Mike Henry
William & Una Hoyle
Jacobsen Pontiac Buick GMC
Olivia Johnson
Kelowna Flightcraft
Kelowna Secondary School
Allan & Astrid Kleinfelder
Caroline Mary Lamb
Alfred & Ruby Larson
Katherine Lefebvre
Joyce Lindsay
Bret Loge
Don Makela
Robert F Marriage
Donald & Penny McConachie
Barbara McNair
George & Sylvia Melville
Donna Miller
Dona Moore
John W. Newson
Edward & Donna Nicholas
Dr. Daniel & Corinne Obedkoff
Shirley Ogelski
Okanagan Military Museum Society
Okanagan’s Finest Foods Inc.
Petraroia Langford Rush
Lesley & Wayne Pierce
Richard & Joyce Prowse
B. Lynne Rach
A.B. Reynolds
Michael Rigato
Rotary Centre for the Arts
Gladys Rowlett
Russel & Associates
Gordon Sahlin
Mary Jo Schnepf & Barry Lapointe
Allison & Marlin Schulz
Kevin Serwa
Donald Shapiro
Fiona Sherwood
Anne G. Smith
Corrine Sol
Tony Stewart
William & Carol Thompson
Frances Traunweiser
Scott Turner
Ulevog Financial Corporation
Vancouver Foundation
Victor Projects Ltd.
James H.Whiteside
Frank & Kathleen Williams
Dr. Gary & Trish Willis
Ailean Woinoski
John & Nancy Woodworth
YMCA-YWCA of the Central Okanagan
Ross A. Young

Pat & Linda Aldous
Dawn Antle
Edna & James Austin
Dr. Cameron & Shauna Bakala
Karen Barrett
Benefitlink Resource Group Inc.
William R. & Audrey Bennett
Birgit Bennett
Beyond Audio
Liz Borrett
Charlette Broadoway
Canadian Western Bank
June Carter
Central Okanagan Heritage Soc.
City of Kelowna
Jim Cobb
Mary Collins
Peter Corrado
Dr. Russell Currie
Maxine & Chris DeHart
Dr. W.J. Knox Chapter IODE
Donald & Majorie Dunahoo
June Emslie
Mary T & Paul F Chappie Fabris
Dr. Randall & Lynn Fairey
Mrs. Merle Fallis
Pam Fennell
First United Church
Hugh & Jacqui Fitzpatrick
Foster’s Seismic Technology
Mary Gardner
Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation
Ray Gilmurray
Gov. of Canada Canadian Heritage
Ian F. Greenwood
Ken & Gwen Harding
Jillian & Steven Henderson
Rita Henderson
Jennifer Hindle
Cynthia Hunter
Marcia Johansson
Bruce & Jacquie Jones
Kelowna Museum Association
Shirley Khan
Louise Lafreniere
Patrick & Charlotte Langmaid
Mike & Roberta Leevers
Walley & Marietta Lightbody
Ellen Link
Gordon MacLean
Joan M. Mann
Estelle Marshall
Stafford & Kim McKergow
Debbie McQueen
James & Sheena Menzies
L. Moore
Jennifer Nagle
Grant & Laurie Nicholas
Mark Oakley
Marla O’Brien
Okanagan Lifetime Network’s Assoc.
Okanagan Valley Newspaper Group
Dominic & Sharon Petraroia
Donald & Joan Pettman
Dr. Gail Plecash
Pushor Mitchell Lawyers
Miriam Reid
Patricia Richardson
Walter & Doris Ronaghan
Rotary Club of Lake Country
Dr. N.D. & Ilva Royle
Ron & Priscilla Russell
Werner & Teena Schmidt
Randy Schueler
Nelson Scott
Cliff & Lois Serwa
Dr. Mike & Sharon Shepherd
Dr. Ronald & Lane Shupe
Michael & Janet Smith
Dick & Rosemary Stewart
Dianna Syrnyk
Timberlee Construction Ltd.
Geralee Traunweiser
Michael & Cherald Tutt
United Way-Central & South Okanagan
Rustina Vataman
Lionel Wace
Ruth Whitson
Walter Williamson
Ken & Ruth Wilson
Sheri Wood
Celia Wynne
Newton & Helen Yoemans
S. Carl & Carol Zanon

Donations made to Establish the Ballet Kelowna Art Creation Fund:

Susanne Berger
Coreen Sol
Glenna Turnbull
Gov of Canada Canadian Heritage Ministry

Stephani & Myles Bruckal
Carol Taylor


Donations made to Establish the National Bank Financial Fund:

Financiere Banque Nationale
Steven & Belinda Hatch
Michael Mears
Coreen Sol


Sandra Genereux
Paul Heinrich
Ben Smit


Donations made to the Interior Savings Children’s Fund:


William Braam
Lola Allen
Gail Bottolfs
O.T. Brown
Roberta Caldow
W.H. Cole
Irmgard Epp
Andree Friesen
Charles Johnston
Diane Larkin
Len Ingram Infosystems
Barbara Mandau
Lillian Moss
Marjorie Murray
Huynh Nguyen
Elizabeth Rambold
W.M. Scheer
Renata Simonelli
Joe Steene
Tru-Wal Interiors (2001) Ltd.
P & C VanderGulik
Madge B. Walden
Ronald & Margaret Wells


Albert & Olive Mawhinney
Robert Annas
Alice Brideau
Caisse centrale Desjardins
Cariboo Chilcotin Helicopters
Durk Smid Construction
Greg & Odette Flower
Peter Gitz
Anne Jurome
Val Larson
Olive Louise Lueiw
Georgina McLeod
Cliff Moss
Michael Myers
Todd Parsons
Andrew Rambold
Victor Schiavon
Murray D. Spannier
J. Drake & S. Terry
Penny Turko
Mrs. Mary Veres
Cynthia Walker


Donations made to the Jack & Lorna Hambleton Memorial Scholarship Fund in Memory of Lorna Hambleton:

Margaret Bryenton
Mary Bull
Alfred & Verneta Davy
James & Joan Gordon
Jean Redl
William & Ursula Thiessen

Colin Anthony Bull
Shirley Clarke
Rodney Gagnon
Alison P. Moore
Audrey Speight


Donations made to the Dr. David Clarke Bursary Fund in Memory of Dr. David Clarke:

R.E. & M.J. Beck r
Mary Brown
Lucille Cameron
Alfred Daum
Helena Dyck
N.P. & M.E. Found
James Grindlay
Dr. Clifford & S. Elaine Henderson
Cynthia Hunter
Pearl Lo
Norman & Anne Loyd
Ronald Mattison
Barbara Naegele
Steven & Angela Oyer
Kathleen Pettman
Gladys Rowlett
Elizabeth Smith
Michael Webster
Ailean Woinoski
John & Nancy Woodworth

Fred & Dianna Behrne
Tony Bull
Dr. Howard Cameron
James & Jean Dukelow
Bryan & Heather Emslie
Ian Greenwood
John Harland
Doris Holmes
Robert Ledingham & Robert Lemon
Francis Lowe
Harold & Ruth Magel
Maria McCallum
Martin & Nicola O’Connor
Murli Pendharkar
Audrey Robson
B.K. Shiosaki
Dr. Gerald & Ellen Stewart
Sandy & Mary Welbourn
Sheri Wood


Donations made to the Daryl Cochran Legacy Fund in Memory of Daryl Cochran:

Audrey & Fred Ammann
Norman & L. Joan Beirnes
Jacki Bissillion & Ken Roberts
Robert Bissillion
P & T Bogaard
Richard Brown
Bert Chapman
City Centre Shoppes
Emma & Ronald Clark
William Cotterill
Ronald & Fay Cummings
Neil & Carmen Denby
Paul & Margo Fahlman
Sharon Ferrier
Bill & Cathy Fry
Lillian & Harold Guy
P. Hammett
Martin Hayden
Donald & Cathy Howland
Teri Jack
Michael & Debbie Kandert
Brian & Barbara King
Edward & Patricia Leson
Melinda-Rae & Colin Lyse
R. Marrinier
Cory McCaig
Dean & Shirley Mulschlegel
Mas & Ruby Okamura
Art & Diane Pederson
Thomas Potter
G.W. & Carmene Rawlings
Don Roach s
Royal Lepage Flemmer & Assoc
Scott Smith
Susan Smith
Richard & Lily Spencer
Richard & Alice Tataryn
Mark & Gail Tennant
Peter Volk
Kenneth & Tammy Watson

Cathy Anderson
Robert Bissillion
Scott & Carolina Bissillion
Darrel & Alice Boden
George Boldick & Margaret Seymour
Glen & Marlean Chambers
Elven & Gladys Christensen
Harold & Maxine Clark
D.G. & L. Clark
Kenneth Cowie
Mary & D. Keith Davidson
Henry & Josephine Dyck
Jake & Cheryl Fehr
Albert Freiermuth
Andrea Gormick
Lou Haidamaka
Dennis Harris
Blair & Wendy Hoffman
Stephen Hynes
Susan, Avi & Sarah Kagan
Kathy King
Linda Lavers-Erickson
Warren Lyse
Gerald MacPherson
Brian & Michelle Martin
Donald & Joan McFarlane
Catherine & Peter Nichita
Linda Peaker & C.R. Rolston
Phillips Hager & North
W.J. Prebushewski
James & Roberta Richards
Thomas & Eileen Robert
Sandra Simpson
Brenda Smith
Tanis Smith
Michael & Aurora Stevenson
TD Canada Trust–72nd & 120th St Branch
Terry & Kim Topolewski
Rudolf Volk
Wicklow West Holdings Ltd.


The Central Okanagan Foundation has been made aware of the following
gifts of life insurance:

Anonymous
A.B. Reynolds
Ron & Priscilla Russell
Carol Taylor
Henry/Stewart/Russell


Cynthia Hunter
Rosalind Robertson
Norman & Ann Scothorne
Kenneth Wilson

Memorial Contributions In the past year, gifts were received in
memory of:

Eileen Hough
Mary Ens
Madge Bannister
Daryl Cochran
Dr. David Clarke
Gardie Shaw

Al Marceau
Bill Tidball
Walden John Hindle
Margaret McNair
Douglas Funnell
Lorna Hambleton


Estates
By including a gift for Central Okanagan Foundation in their estate
plan, individuals can create substantial legacies after they pass away. The Foundation received a distribution from the following estates in 2006:

Estate of Frances Beeston
Estate of JW Hughes


Estate of Carmela Gallucci
Estate of Madge Bannister-Walden


A number of other people have advised the Central Okanagan Foundation that they have made arrangements for bequests through their estates. The COF gratefully acknowledges these generous donors.


“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”

– Albert Schweitzer




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