Kelowna Mayor Colin Basran and Westbank First Nation’s Chief Christopher Derickson are joining Okanagan College’s fundraiser for health-care students.
They’ve promised to shave their self-isolation heads, once they’ve both reached $10,000 in donations. The funds will be donated to Okanagan College’s new state-of-the-art Health Sciences Centre at the Kelowna campus.
Derickson says the fundraiser is a special one for him and his family. “I’ve seen first hand the difference front-line health-care workers make in people’s lives.
The current pandemic has only highlighted the important role these professionals play in our communities,” said Derickson, who sits on the college’s board of governors, and served as board chair in 2018/2019. “Okanagan