The SO Health Care Auxiliary have donated $10,000.00 to help defray the cost of transporting cancer patients to and from Kelowna and beyond.
The donation made to the Free Mason’s Okanagan Cancer Car project.
Pictured Doris Gaines at right. Receiving the cheque Dave Auty and Erwin Weiler.
Provides a complimentary service to transport patients to and from treatment centers by Canadian Cancer Society and Grand Lodge of Freemasons of BC and the Yukon volunteers
– offered to patients with no other means of transportation
– clients must be able to get in and out of a car without assistance as the volunteer drivers do not have access to specially equipped vehicles
– clients must be willing to share rides two days advance notice is required, as well as flexibility in pick up and departure times.