Thank Yous

A huge shoutout to Alicia at Art Adventures and all of her incredibly talented students for putting together such an inspiring Art Grab Bag Fundraiser!

With the heartwarming theme of children supporting children, these young artists helped raise an amazing $910 for YANA — proof that creativity and kindness go hand in hand.

Thank you for pouring your time, energy, and love into this fundraiser. Your support means the world to local families.

A Legacy of Compassion 💛

YANA Comox Valley recently received an extraordinary gift through a legacy donation of over $40,000 from the estate of a local community member. While we are keeping her identity private out of respect for the family, we want to publicly honour the profound generosity behind this bequest.

Gifts like this one have a lasting and powerful impact, ensuring YANA can continue to say “yes” to families who need to travel for medical care for a child or pregnant mother. A legacy donation doesn’t just support one moment—it creates hundreds of them. Moments where families stay together, where children are where they need to be, and where love and community carry people through.

To the loved ones of this remarkable donor, and to all who include YANA in their estate plans: thank you for believing in the power of kindness that endures beyond a lifetime.

WOW! ⛳️

A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to Scott Parsons and everyone involved in the Bud Englund Memorial Contractors Cup Charity Golf Tournament for raising an incredible $9,540 for YANA!

This amazing total will go directly toward helping local families in their time of need. Your generosity, effort, and community spirit continue to blow us away.

We are so grateful to be part of a community that rallies together in such a meaningful way. THANK YOU for keeping Bud’s legacy alive through compassion and giving.

Big shoutout to Alexander Gingras for being an absolute YANA rockstar! Your donation is helping local families when they need it most — and proving once again that kindness lives right here in the Comox Valley. 🙌

Thanks for stepping up, spreading love, and showing us all what community support looks like! We’re so grateful to have you in the YANA family.

🚗 A big thank you to Jenika Martin for turning her Dodge 1500 into something truly meaningful!

Through the Your Choice to Donate program, Jenika chose YANA as the recipient of the proceeds from scrapping her vehicle—and we are so grateful for her generosity and support.

Every act of kindness helps us continue supporting local families when they need it most. Thank you, Jenika, for making your donation count in such a special way!

HUGE thank you to the amazing team at Storage Works Cumberland!

We are beyond grateful for their incredibly generous donation of a storage unit to YANA. This is a total game changer for us — allowing us to safely house, protect, and keep track of our event inventory all in one organized space.

Thanks to Storage Works, we can now be more efficient with our time, make the most of our generous volunteers, and stay ready to roll for all the community events and fundraisers that keep YANA strong.

From all of us at YANA: thank you, thank you, thank you!

🍫✨ A sweet THANK YOU to the Comox Valley Record, Hot Chocolates, and Parker’s Appliances & More for once again making magic happen with the annual Valley Vonka fundraiser! We are beyond grateful that YANA was chosen again as the recipient of such an amazing chocolate-fueled fundraiser! Thanks to this incredible community initiative (and a whole lot of delicious chocolate bar sales), a whopping $18,000 was raised to support local families. 

To everyone who bought a bar, shared the excitement, or helped spread the word — thank you for making a difference, one chocolate bar at a time!

 A special shoutout to the amazing Grade 6 Division 11 students at Royston Elementary for their incredible support of YANA! 

These young entrepreneurs raised funds for YANA through their Entrepreneur Fair this past school year—and we are so inspired by their creativity, generosity, and community spirit! ✨

Thank you for choosing to support local families through your hard work. You are making a difference, and we’re so proud of you! 👏

A big, heartfelt thank you to Irene — a proud great-grandma beaming with love for her tiny miracle! 💕 Born a little early but growing like a champ, this sweet babe is already showing the world what strength looks like. Your generous donation to YANA in our family’s honour means so much to us. Thank you for celebrating life’s little victories with us! ❤️

🎉 Exciting news, Comox Valley! A warm welcome to The Collective Good, a beautiful new store in Courtenay that’s already making a difference! 💛

They’ve just launched their own house line, Plenty Goods, a collection that celebrates life here in the Comox Valley—and even more incredible, 10% of all profits from Plenty Goods will be donated to YANA to support local families. 🙌

To kick off the giving, Maria “Nana” Williams has already made a generous donation to YANA to start the fundraising off strong. Thank you, Maria! And thank you to the entire team at The Collective Good for your heart, your vision, and your support.

We’re cheering you on and wishing you all the success as you grow in our community! 🌿🛍️