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Recreation and Wellness Centre

Give a gift to transform lives

Success thrives here

Imagine a place that helps òòò½ÎÑ students thrive, both academically and physically. A Recreation and Wellness Centre will help make this a reality.

With state-of-the-art fitness facilities and a multi-purpose gymnasium for intramural sports, students will enjoy better health that will benefit their studies. Plus, active students are more engaged and more likely to stay on track toward graduation.

Currently òòò½ÎÑ’s Kelowna campus has 8,000 students attending annually but does not have a gymnasium for intramurals, team sports or community events.

You can help Success Thrive here by supporting a Recreation and Wellness Centre at our Kelowna campus. 

Your donation will create a space where students excel and our community grows stronger. òòò½ÎÑ students are our future workforce, changemakers and community leaders. 
 

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Serwa Spirit Match - Your gift is doubled!

Cliff and Lois Serwa are generously matching all donations to the Thrive Here campaign up to $500,000. Double your impact for òòò½ÎÑ students and our wider community.

Ways to give

Give a gift of any size using your credit card and instantly receive your charitable donation receipt from CanadaHelps. Click on the donate button below.

You can make a donation by phone at 250-862-5630.

Cheques can be mailed to:

òòò½ÎÑ Foundation:
1000 KLO Road
Kelowna, B.C.
V1Y 4X8

Please indicate your support of the Thrive Here campaign in the Subject/Memo line.

Shares and mutual funds are also eligible for tax credits. Click the button below to learn how to transfer shares.

Help us build one of our most important classrooms

Benefits of campus recreation

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Higher GPAs

Campus rec participants are more likely to report higher gpas.

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Better retention

Participation in recreation facilities positively influence retention.

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Engaged students

Campus recreation participation strengthens student engagement.

'Sports gave me my confidence'

“From that first experience on the track, throughout my years focusing on my family and my career, sports was always with me. 

It gave me the confidence to pursue opportunities and work hard. Those lessons have always stuck with me.â€

Read Paula Quinn's story about the transformational role sport played in her life. 

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'Baseball taught me dedication'

"Being on the baseball team while going to school has taught me about dedication while helping improve my time management and leadership skills.

These skills are not only important for success in school and baseball but for my life after I am done at òòò½ÎÑ.â€

Ryan Powers, òòò½ÎÑ Coyotes baseball player who is taking the Bachelor of Business Administration.

 

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Your gift strengthens our community

Our more than 60,000 alumni use their skills and education to power our local communities. You can find our grads building homes, fixing cars, caring for loved ones and contributing to our business and nonprofit sectors. We challenge you to go through a day and not encounter an òòò½ÎÑ grad.

òòò½ÎÑ has a vital role to play in our region as we look ahead over the next decade. Provincial labour market analysis continues to highlight increasing demand for professionals who have career focused, integrated education and training.

When you give to the Thrive Here campaign, you're supporting students' physical, emotional and social wellbeing, and that sets them up for success in school and their career.

Be the MVP in reaching our goal

Generous donors have already stepped up to the plate to support the $14-million Recreation and Wellness Centre Thrive Here campaign, through generous leadership-level gifts. Through their incredible giving, the òòò½ÎÑ Foundation has already built a fund of $10 million.

Now, we need to take this effort across the finish line and as a community, raise the remaining $4 million together.

Cliff and Lois Serwa: Honorary Chairs

When approached to support the campaign to build a much-needed Recreation and Wellness Centre at òòò½ÎÑ, not only did Cliff and Lois step forward and contribute financially, they agreed to become honorary chairs for the campaign.

Without basketball, I would've quit school early and driven a tractor and been quite happy. If I had done that then there may not have been a Big White and I certainly wouldn't have been in politics. It was education that enabled me to be able to get involved in a variety of different fields - but it all started as a focus from my activity in sports."

~ Cliff Serwa

Team òòò½ÎÑ Foundation

Contact us to transform lives and communities

Phone: 250-862-5630
Email: foundation@okanagan.bc.ca

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Together, let's thrive