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Youth Activities April Calendar To register please email OKIB Youth Activities at activities@okanagan.org

April Community shuttle April 10, 17 & 24pick up begins at 10. pick up fromBluebird, Fire hall, Whitemans creekand round lake. Shuttle will stop for 1 hour at Walmart, Superstore and the Village Green Mall. Walmart: 11:30am Village Green Mall: 12:30pm Superstore 1:30pm Returns home at 2:30pm Riders must register, seating is limited. Riders bound to a wheelchair must have

Friday, April 12th at 5pm @ Head of the Lake HallOKIB Health has asked our local pharmacist to come and answer all of your pharmacy questions.There will be Dinner and Door prizes! Inquiries please Contact:Chelan McKenzie (250)241-1377lpn2@okanagan.orgorCandace Wilkinson (250)309-0137eac2@okanagan.org

April 4th, 2024 Drop in open house from 4pm – 7pm at Head of the Lake Hall Join us for an open house to learn more about the RMHS Project There will be Information booths, door prizes, and to-go dinner.

Thursday, April 4th following regular luncheon @ Bluebird building. Meeting purpose: -To get feedback from Elders for program planning -What activities would you like to see for the upcoming year? -advice on various issues

Monday April 22 – Thursday April 25th 9:00am – 4:00pm You are invited to join a free 4 day in-person course where we will learn and share about supporting the sacred end of life journey. This course is for First Nations people wanting to deepen their understanding of how to help people who are on their journey to the Ancestors.

April 16th – Vernon Vernon Public Library 2800 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 8S3 Registration: https://cnib.tfaforms.net/4882386?tfa_7=701ON0000092OgzYAE The CNIB – The Canadian National Institute for the Blind – Mobile Hub is coming to Vernon and Kamloops in April 2024. The CNIB Mobile Hub is a new program delivery model where we visit your community to deliver inperson programming at no cost

(Second class on April 8th) Way’ Members, here’s a message from the Elder’s activity coordinator: “We will be doing woodwork planter boxes tomorrow at the bluebird from 2:00-4:00. This is part one of making a planter box and then the second class on April,8/24 is when we will be finishing them and planting herbs and flowers in them.”

Please be advised Westside Rd is closed in both directions at Udell Rd (33km east of West Kelowna) due to downed lines and trees. BC Hydro and AIM Roads are responding and are on site. Expect delays, next update 10am. 10 AM update: no change as of 10am, road is still closed.

Please click to see the funeral notice for Antoine “Tony” Qualtier.