On a rainy Saturday afternoon in Kelowna, two groups came together to shine a light and help those experiencing homelessness at KelownaB次元官网网址檚 Tent City.

Around 14 volunteers from Mission Villas retirement home and JohnB次元官网网址檚 Angels came together and arrived at Tent City around 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 27 to hand out care packages, clothes, food, hot coffee, and more to those who live in the area.

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Around 40 people from Mission Villas donated, and on top of the money raised, they made and handed out 150 baked mac and cheese meals. Three seniors who donated even came to Tent City to help hand out the meals and care packages, which consisted of water, juice, snacks, socks, rain ponchos, toothbrushes, chapstick, and more.

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Carman and Leighton from JohnB次元官网网址檚 Angels brought some of the volunteers as well as coffee, donuts, clothes, and blankets that were handed out.

In total, it took 10 days for them to plan out this event and plan to do it again later this winter.

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The day meant a lot to Holliday, not only for her and making a difference to help those in need in town but also for her two daughters, who were helping at the event.

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