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Thank You Card Artwork Contest – 2024
We're looking for new art for our Thank You cards! Send your submissions to trish.shirra@cw.bc.ca and check out the rules above. Get creative and have fun!
Hello 2024!
The last quarter of 2023 was marked with notable change and unwavering support. In October, we bid a sad, but friendly farewell to our administrator/organizer extraordinaire of over 5 years, Marissa Dunbar. In her place, we welcomed, Trish Shirra, who you will come to...
Bye Summer, Hello Fall!
The seasons are inevitably changing again, and with that we look back at a fun and busier-than-usual summer for Balding for Dollars, while we're currently in a packed September for Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and are looking ahead to fall fun as...
Summer Volunteers Needed!
🔥Summer Volunteers Needed🔥 Attention bursary recipients for this year, or anyone wanting to get involved; we have 4 volunteer opportunities upcoming. Please get in contact with the Balding for Dollars Administrator Marissa Dunbar (marissa.dunbar@cw.bc.ca), if...
Teen Adventures are BACK! Join us in Whistler in July.
Have more questions? Email sdunbar@cw.bc.ca Apply Now!
24th Balding for Dollars Main Event raises nearly $75,000 & counting!
We are still coming down from the excitement of our homecoming 24th Annual Balding for Dollars Main Event at the BCCH Foundation Saturday May 6th, 2023! We hadn't had the event on site at the foundation since 2018, and 5 years away, was 5 too many! 2019 saw us at a...
Bands, BBQ, Beers, & Balding 2023 Raises Incredible $80,000+
Bands, BBQ, Beers, & Balding is an event that truly lives up to it's name. Saturday April 15th had the Laurel Packinghouse in the heart of downtown buzzing for more reasons than one. The food prepared by Okanagan College and the Chefs Association of Kelowna was...
Salon Glam Extends Community Love to Youth Going Through Cancer
Owner of Salon Glam, Rosanna reached out to us through her friend, our committee member and community outreach specialist, Jessica McCready (@mama.mccready on instagram) at the end of last year to let us know she was wanting to extend her community giving profile to...
Jayden’s Run Impact Still Rippling a Year Later
One year ago today Jayden's Run was well underway and the impact is still rippling through the oncology ward and the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. Let's take a look back at what led up to this monumental event, the incredible run, and the successful aftermath....
Hope for Children Thrift Store Extends Their Giving
Hope for Children Thrift Store has been donating funds to BC Children's Hospital for several years as part of their giving back initiative to their community and abroad. The store manager approached us at Balding for Dollars last March of 2021, with a desire to...
