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Thank you Saratoga Beach Golf Club for hosting a fantastic weekend of Golf for YANA and raising over $600!!
Did you know that $600 can provide 12 nights of accommodation at a YANA apartment near BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver?
Every dollar raised in the community helps provide financial support and accommodation to Comox Valley families who need to travel to access medical care for a child or pregnant mother. 
Thank you to our big-hearted friends at The Royal Canadian Legion #28 in Cumberland for donating $2000 to help YANA families. We are so grateful for all the support you provide to YANA, and to the entire Comox Valley community!
Comox Valley Gives Back
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Originally published by the Comox Valley Record, June 11, 2024.
Terry Farrell – Comox Valley Record
On May 4, a group of ladies held a YANA fundraiser dance at the Fallen Alders Hall . We raised $4,493 for YANA. We would like a big shout out thank you to: Thrifty Foods, Panago Pizza, Barb Mareck for her amazing artistry, and the band Rock Party.
A great big thank you to GP Vanier’s Rotary Interact Club for donating $500 to support YANA families! We are incredibly grateful for the amazing support we receive from youth in our community! Keep up the good work!
Choose Your Challenge for the 2024 Comox Bike Co YANA Ride
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The YANA Ride brings all ages, abilities and disciplines of riders together in one massive community-wide event raising funds to support YANA families.
Registration starts June 1, 2024, and participating is as easy as 1-2-3!
REGISTER – Registration is 100% by tax-receiptable donation, so your registration donation and the pledges you collect all count towards your personal and team fundraising goals.
RIDE & RAISE – Choose your Challenge tracking distance, time, number of trails, or number of communities you’ve ridden in, OR chart your very own course. Ride on Sunday, August 18th, or any day between August 1st to 18th collecting pledges along the way.
- Distance Challenge – YANA supported 200 children and pregnant mothers last year.
- Gather pledges for the 200kms you ride for this challenge.
- Time Challenge – YANA helped families with 400 medical trips last year.
- Gather pledges for the 400 minutes you ride for this challenge.
- Trail Challenge– YANA helps children tackle the toughest terrain of their medical journey.
- Gather pledges as you ride 3 off-road trails for this challenge.
- Communities Challenge – YANA helps families from every Comox Valley community.
- Gather pledges as you ride in 3 communities for this challenge.
- OR Chart Your Own Course riding and gathering pledges as you ride between Aug 1st-18th. Consider becoming a YANA Ambassador Rider to help promote YANA’s fundraising efforts by sharing your adventures.
REUNITE at the massive PARTY IN THE PARK on Sunday, August 18 from 11AM to 4PM at Comox Marina Park. Riders, families, friends, and YANA supporters far and wide are welcome!!
This is a party you won’t want to miss! Highlights include:
- Finish line and congratulation stations
- Sponsor donated prizes for every fundraising rider and the official 2024 Comox Bike Co. YANA Ride t-shirt for the top 200 fundraisers.
- Beer garden
- Live music and entertainment
- Activities for kids, and kids at heart
- 50/50 raffle, Golf Ball Drop, Air Canada raffle, giveaways and draws
- Silent Auction loaded with bike gear and accessories
- Your favourite Marina Park food trucks and seaside snacks
- …..and MORE!
For more details and information on this year’s ride visit: https://www.yanacomoxvalley.com/yana-event/ride/
Check out this fantastic crew right here!!!
Thank you Comox Valley Toyota for raising a sweet $1645 for YANA at the Toyota Tailgate & Trail event this past weekend – AND even surpassing your fundraising goals too! Woohoo!!!
A huge shoutout to all the volunteers, vendors, donors and participants who helped make this event such a success:
Georgia Straight Collision, YotaTune, Toyo Tires, Coastline Glass Ltd, 40 Knots Winery, Cap-it Canada, Phat Parrot, Canine Cavalry, Overland Outfitters, Trail Bicycles, 989 JETFM, Mount Washington, The Butcher Block.
Looking forward to seeing round two in the future!
What an unforgettable night at the Margaritaville Dance in Cumberland! A massive shoutout to the incredible group of folks who put on this fabulous community-led fundraiser. Thanks to your amazing efforts, you raised an astonishing $4493.00 for families in our community!
When you combine dance moves and community support, what can go wrong? Absolutely nothing—except maybe a few sore feet!
Here’s to the power of dancing, giving, and supporting families together!
A HUGE congratulations to Travis from Plateau Jump House for successfully launching this winter in the Comox Valley!
We’re also incredibly grateful for the amazing $2000.00!!! donation from your recent bike raffle. This generous donation will support local families needing to travel for medical reasons!
Here’s to many more successful years ahead!
Sunny warm heartfelt thank you to Joyce S. and Fortis BC for their incredible donation! Joyce, a dedicated YANA volunteer, went above and beyond by requesting a donation through the Fortis BC Employee Giving program.
Joyce, Your commitment to giving back and supporting organizations like YANA is inspiring and heartwarming. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming support from the Comox Valley Record, Hot Chocolates, and Parker’s Appliances as they wrap up this annual Valley Vonka fundraiser! Thanks to their chocolaty-heart, we’re delighted to announce that YANA is the recipient of a jaw-dropping total of $17,949 from purchasing the Valley Vonka chocolate bars featuring Olive the Orca.
To everyone who made and purchased the chocolate bars, the families who shared their stories, and the kids who participated in the coloring contest and supported this fundraiser in any way, THANK YOU for helping make this fundraiser so successful! Your support ensures that local families facing out of town medical challenges know they are not alone.
