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WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO
  • The Bravery Foundation is a Canadian CRA registered charity located in Kelowna, BC
  • We provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine and support displaced Ukrainians, refugees and volunteers serving in Ukraine ​
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KELOWNA SALUTES UKRAINE EXPO!
​Join us February 25, 2023 at a special event to salute Ukraine and the displaced families who have made our community theirs.

We are a co-operative of local community organizations who have united to support Ukraine and displaced Ukrainians who've fled the war and made the Okanagan home. As the world marks the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, we invite you to meet our new neighbors and friends, and to express our admiration for the bravery of their nation.


This event has been organized by the Bravery Foundation to showcase what the Okanagan Co-operative for Ukraine (OCU) has collaboratively accomplished this past year, raise funds to support Ukraine and share how you too can get involved!

Admission is by donation, but we ask you to obtain tickets in advance, as space is limited.
 
Various Ukrainian delicacies and specialty items will be available for purchase, and a silent auction will help raise more funds to assist Ukraine.
 
To mark the one-year anniversary of Ukraine’s heroic resistance, we will hear from Ukrainian and Canadian community leaders, and observe a minute of silence for the fallen.​

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DETAILS
  • Date: February 25, 2023
  • Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • ​Location: Ukrainian Catholic Church
  • Address: ​1091 Coronation Ave. Kelowna
  • Tickets by Donation: Purchase Here​​
  • Ticket Holders No Wait in Line
  • Drop-ins Welcome - Wait in Line
  • Photo Booth/Ukrainian Costumes
  • Sale of Ukrainian Specialty Items 
  • 14 Interactive Displays 
  • Ukrainian Heirlooms
  • Handmade Quilts, Placemats etc.
  • Food Sales
  • Ukrainian Candy Sales
  • Online & Silent Auctions
SPEAKERS
  • 2:00 pm - Father Pavlo Myts
    • Blessing
    • Minute of Silence for the Fallen
    • Ukrainian National Anthem
  • 2:10 pm - Tracy Gray Kelowna-Lake Country MP
  • 2:20 pm - Mayor Tom Dyas
  • 2:30 pm - Speakers from OCU
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CO-OPERATIVE
Okanagan Co-operative for Ukraine (OCU) is a purpose driven, action orientated group of local organizations from the Okanagan that supports Ukraine and displaced Ukrainians who now call our community home. 
1.  Bravery Foundation
2.  We Help Ukraine
3.  Kelowna Stands With Ukraine
4.  Ukrainian Canadian Volunteer Association
5.  Slavic United Network
6.  Dolyna Ukrainian Dancers
7.  Nations First Immigration​
8.  Mamas For Mamas​
​9.  Kelowna Community Resources ​
10.  International Gateway Kelowna
11.  Kelowna S.H.A.R.E Society​​
12.  Argus Hospitality Group
13.  Service Canada
14.  WorkBC​
15.  Service BC

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​BRAVERY FOUNDATION

We are a non-profit, CRA registered charity based in Kelowna, BC that's partnered with the United WayBC. Through our connection to various Okanagan businesses and organizations we've been able to create resources for displaced Ukrainians settling in our community. We've facilitated emergency dental care through Kelowna's Gospel Mission Dental Clinic for those in immediate need. By connecting with Ebus we've secured free bus rides for Ukrainians arriving in Vancouver who want to come to the Okanagan Valley.

Our collaborations with 
Mamas For Mamas has allowed us to set up free shopping events and prepare Welcome Baskets for distribution by Kelowna Community Resources. Synergies with Kelowna Stands With Ukraine, We Help Ukraine, Ukrainian Canadian Volunteer Association, Kelowna S.H.A.R.E Society, Slavic United Network and Nations First Immigration ensure displaced Ukrainians receive much needed support like housing, clothing and food when first arrive and until they are integrated into our community.

Alliances with local hotels owned by Argus Hospitality Group helped us establish emergency housing and employment opportunities for displaced Ukrainians. Affiliations with International Gateway Kelowna, a local English language school connected to WorkBC and KCR, ensures Ukrainians have a safe place to learn English, become gainfully employed and connect with one another. 

​Our relationship with Value Village through their 
Get to Give program allows the Bravery Foundation to provide bulk items like school supplies, winter jackets and sports equipment for community initiatives designed for larger groups of displaced Ukrainians. The Bravery Foundation together with Value Village's FUNDrive program, help Ukraine and the environment. We encourage local people to drop off used clothing and small household items to Ukrainian organizations in the Okanagan who distribute them to displaced Ukrainians in need. The Bravery Foundation next gleans back items Ukrainians cannot utilize and in turn drops them off to Value Village who pays the Bravery Foundation cash. We in turn use the money to help displaced Ukrainians purchase other necessities, like food and personal care products. This not only keeps things out of the landfill, it helps those in need! For info on various Ukrainian Free Store drop off and shopping locations in the Okanagan Click Here​!​


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*Did you know the official flower of Kelowna is the "Okanagan Sunflower". Each spring the hillsides of our beautiful Valley are covered with the bright yellow flowers of Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata). It is indigenous to our region and was used by the First Nations peoples in the Okanagan as a food source. Its heart shaped leaves and golden heads raised to the blue Okanagan sky is a perfect reminder of our solidarity with Ukraine and their fight for freedom.

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AUCTION - HEIRLOOM EMBROIDERY
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Link: https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/106041/auctions/139084?r=1&t=all 
Various heirloom embroidery on hand woven canvas from late 1900's, donate by Tatiana Arendarchuk from Rivne, Ukraine.  
FLOWERS DONATED BY:

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EXPO GOALS​
  1. Salute the spirit of Ukraine by sharing the story of displaced Ukrainians and the organizations helping Ukraine
  2. Engage the larger Okanagan community to connect with Ukrainians so relationships are built and trust is created
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  • Vision: To create a community *murmuration 
  • Mission: To support Ukraine & displaced Ukrainians
  • Mandate: To build a stable & resourceful co-operative
  • Values: Community, Connection, Purpose
​*A group movement of community behaviors through a multitude of individual responses to one another; a breath taking spectacle of order, connection and change, often seen in nature through starlings flocking in the sky or fish schooling in the ocean.

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AUCTION - VARIOUS ITEMS
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Link: https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/106041/auctions/139084?r=1&t=all
Donated1st Edition antique collectors Porsche and Volkswagen manuals, pysanka hand blown and painted Ukrainian eggs, official Ukrposhta (Ukrainian Postal Service) merch, shadow boxes with official Ukraine badges and stories signed by International Legion of Ukraine soldier, hand embroidered jewelry, and so much more!

OUR FAMILY
​The Bravery Foundation helped the first displaced Ukrainian family settle in Kelowna and we encourage others in our community to do the same. Ivanka is now working, living independently in her own home and supporting her two children. A success story others can replicate with the support of our Okanagan community!​​
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Vision: Freedom for ALL!
Mission: We Support Refugees & Displaced People
Mandate: People, Planet, Protect
Values: Serve, Educate, Respect
Constitutional Charitable Purposes
  1. To relieve poverty by providing necessities of life, including food, clean water, clothing, medical supplies, medicine, protective gear and/or shelter to victims of war in Ukraine.
  2. To relieve poverty by providing necessities of life, including food, clean water, clothing, protective gear and/or shelter to needy immigrants and Ukrainian refugees and their families as well as offering financial assistance necessary for their relocation and settling in Canada and referring them to the appropriate resources, if necessary.
  3. To relieve poverty by providing financial assistance, to be used for necessities of life, to poor families of volunteers who quit their jobs to travel to Ukraine to help victims of war.
  4. To provide education, counseling and other support services to needy immigrants and Ukrainian refugees including job search programs, translation services, accompaniment and referral service during administrative procedures and information programs on Canadian culture and life in Canada.

Charitable Status 
  1. Status: Registered
  2. Type of Qualified Donee: Charity
  3. Designation: Private Foundation
  4. Charity Type: Relief of Poverty
  5. Category: Organizations Relieving Poverty
  6. Charitable Tax Number: 742323207 RR0001
  7. BC Incorporation Number: S0076173​

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​The user assumes all responsibility and risk for the use of our website and the internet generally. We accept no liability or responsibility to any person as a consequence of any reliance upon the information contained in this site. Under no circumstances, including negligence, shall anyone involved in creating or maintaining this website be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or loss profits that result from the use or inability to use the website and/or any other websites which are linked to this site. Nor shall they be liable for any such damages including, but not limited to, reliance by a member or visitor on any information obtained via the website; or that results from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, viruses, errors, defects, or failure of performance, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access. States or Countries which do not allow some or all of the above limitations of liability, liability shall be limited to the greatest extent allowed by law. We not accept any liability through association with other groups or organizations. The Bravery Foundation is not a social welfare agency, and we will not manage, advise or act in such a manner. We are strictly connecting parties to independently explore commonalities with one another. The Bravery Foundation does not accept any liability or responsibility to any person, business or association as a consequence of any reliance upon the information contained in an email, on our website or other means of communication.

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