Okanagan College SIFE team gives back

Penticton SIFE team members work to bring awareness to the needs of the community.

Steve Kidd
Apr. 12, 2012 3:00 p.m.
Business

Kaci Sawri, a Penticton member of Okanagan College’s SIFE business team, sorts through some of the donations they collected for the Salvation Army Food Bank during a recent drive at Wal-Mart. Working in co-operation with Campbell’s Let’s Can Hunger program, the group said it is a good way to bring awareness to the needs of the community and another way for the team to become involved in the community.

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