OKANAGAN EVENTS GUIDE
September Events
Pihl & Associates Swing into Action Golf Marathon - Brain Injury Prevention
- Friday September,12 2008 - Dusk til dawn
Shannon Lake Golf Course
762-3233
www.braintrustcanada.com
A full day of golf from dusk until dawn at Shannon Lake Golf Club - players take on 100 holes in a single day for a great cause. This year’s goal is to raise $65,000 with all proceeds to brain injury education and prevention programs in the Okanagan coordinated by not-for-profit BrainTrust Canada. Up for grabs are $70,000 in hole in ones and Grand Prizes include a trip to Victoria to golf at Arbutus Ridge Golf Club and a trip to Vancouver to see a Canucks Game. Call or visit the website to register as a golfer or help support the cause as a sponsor.
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12th Annual Okanagan Family AIDS Walk
- Sunday September,21 2008
250.862.2437
info@lprc.caorstissot@lprc.ca
The 12th Annual Okanagan Family AIDS Walk is presented by Interior Savings at Waterfront Park in Kelowna and hosted by the Living Positive Resource Centre and the Okanagan Aboriginal AIDS Society. The money raised helps to continue public education programs that focus on prevention and awareness here in the Okanagan region and funds support programs that work towards ensuring the health and quality of life those dealing with HIV, AIDS and hepatitis. Join in the three-kilometre walk along Kelowna's waterfront, from Waterfront Park to City Park and back again. There are great prizes for Top Individual and Top Team Fundraisers, great entertainment and lots of fun!
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Harvest Your Family Tree Seminar
Friday September 26 to - Sunday September,28 2008
Saturday seminar and marketplace at Okanagan College, 1000 KLO Rd., Kelowna
250.764.5188
claireburns@telus.net
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs
Presented by the Kelowna & District Genealogical Society.
Friday, September 26 – Dinner & Keynote Address, hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: $10;
Saturday, September 27 – Seminar & Marketplace – nine speakers and 24 concurrent sessions to choose from (Okanagan College, 1000 KLO Rd., Kelowna): $60 (includes refreshments and syllabus of all presentations);
Sunday, September 28 – Walking tour of historic downtown Kelowna; Kelowna & District Genealogical Society Library open: FREE
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