Thank Yous
WOW. 🩵💛🧡💚
A huge THANK YOU to the Baynes Sound Lions Club for their incredible donation of $5,000 in support of YANA families!
It was such a pleasure to meet Lions President Shellie and learn more about the amazing work being done by the Baynes Sound Lions Club. Their commitment to strengthening our community and supporting local families is truly inspiring.
What a phone call we received here at YANA!!! When local community member Jordan found himself with two tickets he couldn’t use for a FIFA World Cup match, with all the possibilities available to him, guess what he did? Jordan chose to donate the tickets to a YANA family!!!!
We’re huge fans of soccer, but we’re even BIGGER fans of people like Jordan who think of YANA families in so many different ways. Whether it’s donating time, funds, services, experiences, or opportunities like this, we love seeing the many different ways our community shows up for local families.
Jordan, thank you for turning your disappointment into someone else’s unforgettable memory. We’re cheering for you just as loudly as any crowd in the stadium. ⚽
Massive Thanks to Fall River Logging and Forbidden Mechanical for hosting their annual golf tournament, raising money for YANA! We are so grateful to be part of your event year after year!!
✨ A heartfelt thank you to the Glacier Newcomers Alumnae Association for inviting Kelly to speak at your recent meeting and for welcoming her so warmly! ✨
Kelly was absolutely thrilled to attend and share more about YANA, the families we support, and the incredible impact of community care. We are so grateful for groups like yours who take the time to learn more, ask thoughtful questions, and connect so deeply with our mission. And on top of that, thank you for your contribution to YANA. We are so incredibly grateful!! 🤍
Our hearts are so full! 🩵💛🧡💚
Thanks to the Tom Harris Fund for Families for their incredibly generous $1,000 donation to YANA.
Every act of kindness, every dollar raised, and every person who chooses to support YANA helps remind local families that they are not alone.
Shoutout to Boston Pizza for supporting YANA through their Looking After Local community program with their Valentine’s Day fundraiser! An amazing $538 was donated to YANA!! ✨
Who doesn’t love pizza AND supporting YANA all in one?
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A huge THANK YOU to Friends of YANA for organising their 3rd Annual Dance for YANA and raising an amazing $2,715 for YANA families!
From the music and laughter to the dance floor and community spirit, this event was such a fun reminder of how this community comes together to support one another. Every ticket, every dance move, and every moment helped make a difference for local families!
Thank you to everyone who attended, donated, danced, volunteered, and helped make this special night happen. 💃🎶🪩
♻️ Community supporting community, we LOVE to see it! ♻️
A huge thank you to Courtenay Return-It Depot for choosing YANA as the recipient of their new monthly charity donation initiative! Through this incredible program, one employee each month selects a local organisation close to their heart for the team to support, and this month, YANA was honoured to be chosen.
A special shoutout to Quinton (pictured!) for selecting YANA. Your support helps remind YANA families that an entire community is standing beside them.
GiGi: 100 years of love, kindness, and community 💚🧡💛🩵
For her 100th birthday, Elinore Squires (“GiGi” to so many who know and love her ♥️) chose to celebrate in a way that reflects the life she’s lived: by bringing people together. In lieu of gifts, friends and family were invited to donate. The result was nothing short of extraordinary…an incredible $10,000 donation for YANA families!
Because of GiGi, when Comox Valley families are facing their hardest days, they’ll feel the strength of a community surrounding them, lifting them up, supporting them, and reminding them they are never alone.
This is more than a birthday.
This is a legacy of love in action.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who celebrated with GiGi in such a meaningful and generous way. And to GiGi, all of us at YANA wish you the happiest 100th birthday!!!
Pictured Left to Right: Koa, Janice, GiGi, Jim, Kelly, Quinn, Chase, Erin
✨ The sweetest kind of support… literally! ✨
A huge shoutout to Tenley, Winslow, and Mila from Robb Road School, who raised an incredible $428.75 for YANA! 💛
As part of a Grade 4 class project, students chose a charity to learn about, present on, and support, and we are so honoured they chose YANA.
Through two bake sales, two candy skewer sales 🍪🍭, and even door-to-door support from neighbours, these three raised every dollar to help local families.
We are so inspired by this kind of next-gen kindness. Thank you for your big hearts and amazing impact right here in the Comox Valley! 💫
