Still more to celebrate in Kamloops this month!
The Kamloops Courthouse Gallery Artisan’s Co-Op is proud to announce the successful conclusion of “The Lost Earring Project,” an inspiring initiative that raised $4,058 for the Kamloops Y Women’s Emergency Shelter.
The Kamloops Chronicle collected Post-It Notes on a good news board at our booth during Canada Day! Here are some of the notes that were left by the kind passers-by!
• I have the two best sons in the world.
• Canada is an amazing place to live.
• All the rain will help our gardens.
• I graduated!!!!
• Promotion is official today!
• It’s mostly sunny in Kamloops all the time.
• So happy to have just moved back to Kamloops to be closer to family and fun here.
• On holidays from AB and checking out mobile homes to move out.
• Spending the week with my bestie! PS: from Abbotsford – Kaya
• So many volunteers. Well done Kamloops!
• You are loved!
• The Kamloops Chronicle has published 21 consecutive editions!
• Excited for Canada to win the World Cup!
• Canada is 159 years old!
• My tomato plants are huge this year!
• Going to high school soon!
• I got a new dog and his name is Luke.
• The rain season means that all our food will grow better so that everyone gets a lot of food.
• Outstanding event. Want more such.
• I’m with my friends in Riverside!
• I have so many friends and they are all amazing.
• Happy Canada Day!
• We’re fostering kittens!
• Excited for England to win the World Cup!
• I got my permanent residence. Next school year is my senior year.
• Great paper!
• I’m getting a tattoo. Spread kindness.
• Excited for high school!
• Bunnies are cute!
• We just bought a house!
• A neighbour took my garden prunings to the compost facility for me!!
• So many amazing local residents doing great things for the community! @loud_content @ryanfromkamloops @rebelroom @loopsyka
• Enjoying my first Canada Day!
• Got my dream job! And living life to the fullest! Happy Canada Day!
• I finished writing my play. On stage in October!
• England wins Cup!
• Have a great day!
• I got a dog!
• Mexico in February
• We just became Permanent Residents of Canada! Dency & Shanal
• I got a volunteering position.
• The Belgian Men’s National team managed a comeback against Senegal being two goals down in the FIFA Men’s World Cup
• I’m passing math! I’m not broke anymore!
• Be kind!
• I just graduated and I’m going to Nursing School at UBCO in the fall!!
• I get to see my long-distance sister this weekend!
• Together we are stronger!
• You are amazing!
• Happy Canada Day! It’s really hot.
• Yay Canada
• I drank Dr. Pepper!! Also, I graduated, I guess!
• Canada’s Men’s Soccer team is rockin’ it at FIFA World Cup! Almost as good as the Canadian Women’s team now!
• Soccer Camp for kids coming up
• Canada is the best country in the world! Happy 159th Birthday!
• I did not die.
Ellie de Haan, a champion highland dancer from Kamloops, represented BC at the ScotDance Canada Championship Series in Moncton, New Brunswick, in July. She placed in the top 10 against other provincial representatives, and fourth runner up in the Open Championship against dancers from around the world. Ellie dances with the Shalni Prowse School of Highland Dance.
Kamloops is an amazing community with a long-standing culture of kindness and looking out for one another. We need to talk about this more, give it more attention, and keep strengthening our collective goodness. We, at the Kamloops Chronicle, feel it’s so important to share good news regularly and that’s what this space is about. We encourage you to submit your good news by calling 250 851-9630, emailing us at [email protected] or sending us mail to PO Box 814, Station Main, Kamloops BC, V2C 5M8