Kristin (Postill) Holomis and her team paddled the 18-km length of Kalamalka Lake in support of Okanagan College Sunflower Childcare Centre raising over $29,000 for the local charity.
“Stand Up For” is an annual local fundraising effort by Holomis and Brittney Page where they paddleboard the length of Kalamalka Lake in support of a chosen charity.
This year they paddled for the Okanagan College Sunflower Childcare Centre in Vernon.
Scheduled to open in September, the Sunflower Childcare Centre aims to address the critical shortage of affordable childcare spaces in the North Okanagan that can prevent parents from pursuing post-secondary education.
The centre will support 44 children, specifically 24 infants and 20 three- to five-year olds.
It will be run and managed by well-loved and respected Maven Lane, another local non-profit who have been providing high-quality care, education and recreational programming for kids since 1994.