The Owners of Park Place Strata thank the people of the Town of Oliver and district for their generous help in our time of need.

We sincerely appreciate all that has been done for us during this time when our lives have been turned upside down. So many responded as if it was they who had also received the notice to evacuate their home due to structural damage resulting from a seismic event.

Our community cares. Our community has empathy. Our community reaches out.

So much help came in practical ways – there was little talk and much action.

Thank you especially to those who organized the fundraiser at N’kMip golf course, to Sarren Wolfe and the entire crew of the Wolfe’s Den, to those who donated through the silent auction, and those who bought tickets to the dinner. You gave us joy and hope, and you focused the community.

Thank you especially to the Churches that Care and to all who donated to the fund that they established and expeditiously distributed to individual Owners in need. You gave us cash when wallets were empty.

Thank you to all who helped Owners to pack and to move: especially WOW, Valley First Credit Union who provided a truckload of new boxes and packing paper, the Kiwanis, Sarren Wolfe and his crew, and the congregation of the Park Drive Church. You preserved and protected our precious possessions that might otherwise have been abandoned.

Thank you also to The Oliver Chronicle and to the Oliver Daily News for your assistance and service to the community by accurately reporting the facts and by telling the stories of individual Owners. You spread our burden across many shoulders.

There are two individuals that deserve public recognition: Linda Gergely, an Owner, who was the centre of coordination, communication, and wise counsel for Owners and Volunteers alike. Beth Garrish, citizen of Oliver, who brought the community together and facilitated the volunteer effort, and who moved unseen through the chaos applying effort to need.

We at Park Place have spread upon the winds in all directions to find accommodations. We will not forget. We will be back.

 Thank you, Oliver

 Joy Vangen, President, on behalf of all the grateful owners at

Park Place Strata K669