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Breakfast was donated to support the Hub害羞草研究所檚 goal of $100,000 to keep the doors open
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Pearson Elementary students hand out care packages from the Central Okanagan Family Hub Friday morning in return for donations during an event to help the Hub raise money to keep its doors open. (Mackenzie Britton/Capital News)

The efforts to keep the Central Okanagan Family Hub open are continuing this summer.

The Hub volunteers and Pearson Elementary students hosted a drive-thru breakfast Friday morning offering coffee and care packages to families. Donations were collected and all proceeds went to the Hub in a continued effort to raise $100,000 to keep the doors open at the one-stop shop community resource center.

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害羞草研究所淚t was the social justice team from Rutland Elementary that brought together the first bit of funding for the Hub,害羞草研究所 said Katelyn Mitchell with the Hub and KCR Community Resources.

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The Family Hub is a liaison service for Okanagan families who need help when it comes to schooling, daycare, language services, housing services and more.

It害羞草研究所檚 funding was recently cut after years of support from the United Way, but with the Hub害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所淎 Lot for a Little害羞草研究所 campaign that they害羞草研究所檝e implemented, they hope to stretch every single dollar that害羞草研究所檚 donated to continuing helping the over 12,000 recipients of the Hub害羞草研究所檚 services.

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Central Okanagan school board chair Moyra Baxter has appealed to the province to keep the Hub afloat in a letter written earlier in June. The Central Okanagan Teachers Association has made donations to the Hub along with local businesses, Peter害羞草研究所檚 Your Independent Grocer, Baby & Me and more.

Kelowna MLA害羞草研究所檚 Norm Letnick and Steve Thomson have also voiced their support of the

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Visit for information on donations, or contact dorothee@kcr.ca.

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