The Kasugai Chamber of Commerce and Industry today gifted $1,000 to the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce to go toward alleviating the effects of the 2023 wildfires. The Chamber handed over the funds to the Kelowna Firefighters Association to be used in their ongoing efforts to assist those impacted by last August’s wildfires. The Kelowna-Kasugai Sister City Association also contributed to the funds.
L to R: Stacey Young, Captain, Kelowna Fire Department; Kyle Jacobsen, Vice President, Kelowna Professional Firefighters; Caroline Miller, Policy & Government Relations Advisor, Kelowna Chamber; Naruki Nishimuri, representing the Kasugai Chamber of Commerce
“The Kelowna Chamber is grateful for the efforts of our sister city Kasugai Chamber,” said Dan Rogers, CEO of the Kelowna Chamber. “We are impressed by the ongoing generosity of the people of Kasugai in thinking of Kelowna and, and bringing us their good wishes for 2024, as well as this welcome donation to our first responders, who have been at the forefront of fundraising efforts in the wake of last summer’s fires.”