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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: February 7, 2016

Food banks using text for donations

Food banks are always looking for ways to increase their donations while providing convenient ways for their community to support them. Valley First, has added donation by text to the Feed the Valley program. Feed the Vall...

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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: November 6, 2015

Feed The Valley Holiday Program

Valley First and Enderby & District Financial will support local food banks with their annual Feed the Valley Holiday program November 16-December 12 in all locations. Members, staff and the community are encouraged to tak...

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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: October 28, 2015

Soil Mate Family Picnic

Sunday, October 18th, 2015, saw the first Soil Mate Family Picnic held at Eastwood Organics Farm in Kelowna. An overcast but dry day saw a couple of hundred adults and children join us to celebrate the harvest and our local farmers. We are so grateful to Jim and Lorena for opening their farm up to us and our guests. Our guests enjoyed a var...

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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: September 1, 2015

Farm Bag Fundraiser

Having recently raised over $940,000 and collected almost 65, 000 pounds of food, Valley First's Feed the Valley program will continue to increase efforts in raising awareness through partnerships such as Farm Bag fundraiser. &...

Appears in: Community, Farmers, News, Recipe

Author: Matt Gomez • Date: August 12, 2015

Valley First Challenging Health and Hunger

Annual Penticton Peach Festival Parade and Feed the Valley – Saturday, August 8 As a silver sponsor of Penticton Peach Festival Valley First participates in the Grand Parade annually handing out candy to the thousands of spe...

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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: July 8, 2015

MRI Scans of Vegetables and Fruits

Scanning an orange to test his machine's settings, Andy Ellison, an MRI tech at Boston University School of Medicine, was amazed by the resulting image. And so began scanning more and more fruit, vegetables and plants. Here'...

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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: July 1, 2015

Feed The Valley - Summer Concert Series

During the summer months, Valley First, Enderby & District Financial and Feed the Valley support a number of free community concerts throughout the Okanagan Thompson communities they serve. While admission is free, donations are enc...

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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: May 4, 2015

Healthy Recipes when you are struggling to make ends meat

Healthy eating from locally sourced growers is all good and well. But what about when you are struggling financial? Healthy, wholesome meals seems out of reach, with cheap calories a more cost effective option. Well we have a solution. An awe...

Appears in: Community, News, Recipe

Author: Matt Gomez • Date: April 16, 2015

Valley First and Soil Mate strengthen community roots

Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union, has entered into a partnership with Soil Mate, an online platform that harnesses the power of the web and social media to connect local communities with their local farmers, raisers and pro...

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Author: Matt Gomez • Date: February 27, 2015

Soil Mate Wins Big in BC

At a glamorous award ceremony in the Crystal Ballroom of the Pan Pacific Hotel, Kelowna, BC based Soil Mate (soilmate.com) was award the Best Concept in BC 2015. The 12th Annual Small Business BC Awards are ...

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