If you would like your community group to be added to this list or would like to update contact information, please contact the Sonora Community Centre by telephone (250.495.6562) or via email.
Air Cadets
Primary contact: Melissa Graff
(T) 250.498.0418
(TF) 800.627.0828
www.cadets.caArtists on Main
Chair: Keryn Timmerman
(T) 778.439.2037
www.osoyoosarts.comBaby Talk
Interior Health
(T) 250.495.6433Better at Home (formerly CASI)
8701 Main Street, Osoyoos
Primary contact: Brittany von Burg
(T) 250.495.6925
(E) bah@desertsun.caBPO Elks #436
Primary contact: Ken Usher
(T) 250.495.7737Cancer Support Group
Primary contact: Alice Partridge
(T) 250.495.7725Desert Dog Agility Club
Primary contact: Claudia Sauder
(T) 250.495.5075Desert Park Exhibition Society
Primary contact: Rod Trites
(T) 250.495.8181
(E) info@desertpark.ca
www.desertpark.caDesert Sun Counseling and Resource Centre
Primary contact: Jodie McDonald, SSW
(T) 250.498.2538
(E) desertsuncounselling@gmail.com
www.desertsuncounselling.caDesert Valley Hospice Society
Primary contact: Donna Gordon, ED
(T) 250.495.1590
(E) info@dvhs.ca
www.dvhs.caDesert Valley Running Club
https://desertvalleyrunningclub.weebly.com/Friends of the Library
Primary contact: Georga Bruyel
(T) 250.495.7637Kiwanis Club
Primary contact: Donna Kelso
(T) 250.495.7701Knights of Columbus
Primary contact: Wally Murphy
(T) 250.495.4506Lake Osoyoos Sailing Club
Primary contact: Chris Scheuren
(T) 250.495.7807
(E) sailosoyoos@live.ca
www.sailosoyoos.caMariposa Auxilary
Primary contact: Lyla Kallenberger
(T) 250.495.7199Market on Main (refer to Osoyoos Market on Main)
Museum Society
Primary contact: Kara Burton
(T) 250.495.2582Naturalists Club
Primary contact: Carol Boan
(T) 250.495.6107Okanagan Boys and Girls Club
(T) 250.485.2752
(T) 250.498.8844
(E) osoyoos@boysandgirlsclubs.ca
www.boysandgirlsclubs.caOkanagan Historical Society
Primary contact: Gayle Cornish
(T) 250.495.7715Okanagan Regional Library (Osoyoos)
8505 68 Avenue
Librarian - Georga Bruyal
(T) 250.495.5174
http://www.orl.bc.ca/branches/osoyoosOkanagan Similkameen Parks Society
(T) 250.494.8996
(E) anglerem@telus.net
www.okanagansimilkameenparkssociety.caOld Timers Soccer
Primary contact: Igor Pavolina
(T) 250.495.2056Oliver / Osoyoos Search and Rescue
(T) 250.498.3853
(E) oosar@oosar.org
(W) www.oosar.orgO's Own Writing Group
Primary contact: Sue Whittaker
(T) 250.495.7664Osoyoos Ambassader Program
Primary contact: Kara Burton
(T) 250.689.2353
(E) osoyoosroyalty@gmail.comOsoyoos Child Care Centre
Primary contact: Karen Greig
(T) 250.495.5020Osoyoos Concert Series
Primary contact: Tina Begg
(T) 250.495.3272Osoyoos Desert Bridge Club
Primary contact: Sharon Gecse
(T) 250.495.6709Osoyoos Desert Society
Primary contact: Denise Jayme Friedt
(T) 250.495.2470
(E) mail@desert.org
www.desert.orgOsoyoos & District Arts Council
(E) odacpr@gmail.com
www.osoyoosarts.comOsoyoos Festival Society
Primary contact: Shirley Baker
(T) 250.495.6880
www.osoyoosfestivalsociety.caOsoyoos Music in the Park
Primary contact: Janis St. Louis
(E) osoyoosmusicinthepark@hotmail.com
Osoyoosmusicinthepark.wordpress.comOsoyoos Golf Club
(T) 250.495.7003
www.golfosoyoos.comOsoyoos Irrigation District (East Bench)
Box 485, Osoyoos BC V0H 1V0
Payment inquiries can be directed to Eileen Varga, Treasurer
(T) 250.495.7605Osoyoos International Curling Club
(T) 250.495.7733
(E) icccurling@gmail.com
www.osoyooscurlingclub.comOsoyoos Lake Dragon Boating
Primary contact: Peter Munro
(T) 250.485.2241
(E) osoyooslakepaddlingclub@gmail.comOsoyoos Lake Water Quality Society
Primary Contact: Birgit Arnstein
(T) 250.495.0728
(E) olwqs4info@gmail.com
www.osoyooslake.caOsoyoos Lawn Bowling Club
Primary contact: Dalton Hagell
(T) 250.689.3003
(E) osoyooslawnbowling@gmail.com
www.osoyooslawnbowling.caOsoyoos Market on Main
(E) osoyoosmarketonmain@hotmail.com
www.osoyoosmarketonmain.caOsoyoos Minor Ball
(E) osoyoosminorball@gmail.comOsoyoos Museum Society
Primary contact: Kara Burton
(T) 250.495.2582
(E) info@osoyoosmuseum.ca
osoyoosmuseum.orgOsoyoos Photography Club
Primary contact: Greg Reely
(T) 604.619.0172Osoyoos Pickleball Club
https://osoyoospickleball.wordpress.comOsoyoos Quilt Guild
Primary contact: Maureen Wood
(T) 250.495.4569Osoyoos Senior's Centre
(T) 250.495.6921Osoyoos Slo-Pitch League
Community Services
(T) 250.495.6562Osoyoos Tennis Club
Primary contact: Sam Dimou
(T) 778.437.2130Osoyoos Traditional Archery School
Primary contact: Brock Patton
(T) 250.495.7878Osoyoos Wood Carvers
Primary contact: Joe Trosky
(T) 250.495.5079
(E) josephft@persona.ca
www.osoyoosarts.comOsoyoos & District Arts Council Concert Series
Primary contact: Tina Begg
(T) 250.495.3272Parkinson's Support Group
Primary contact: Maureen Olson
(T) 250.495.7978Paddlemasters Pickleball Club
http://www.pickleballosoyoos.com/Pinnacles FC (Soccer)
(T) 778.476.5888
(E) admin@pinnaclesfc.com
pinnaclesfc.com/Portuguese Canadian Cultural Club
3800 Golf Course Way
Primary contact: Joe Silva
(T) 250.495.6788Pre Natal Classes
Interior Health
(T) 250.495.6433RC Flying Club (PENMAC)
Primary contact: Rod Moubray
(T) 250.462.0323
(T) 250.493.1254
www.penmac.orgRed Cross Medical Equipment Loan
146 Spruce Avenue, Oliver
(T) 250.498.6700
www.redcross.ca/where-we-work/in-canada/british-columbia-and-yukonRotary Club
Primary contact: Judy Miller-Bennett
(T) 250.485.8876Royal Canadian Legion #173 (Osoyoos)
President: Bruce Davies
8310 78 Ave
(T) 250.495.7447
(T) 250.498.9121Senior's Centre
(T) 250.495.6921Senior's Slo-Pitch
John Katerenchuk
(T) 250.495.4008Soroptomists International
6418 Chickadee CourtSouth Okanagan Amateur Players
Primary contact: Nathan Linders
(T) 250.498.5569South Okanagan Concert Society
Primary contact: Janet Marcotte
(T) 250.495.6487South Okanagan Community Literacy Program (Okanagan College)
Primary contact: Anita Bains
(T) 250.492.4305 ext. 3244
(TF) 1.866.510.8833South Okanagan Minor Hockey Association (SOMHA)
Registrar: Nicole Ferrier
www.somha.comSouth Okanagan Transit
(T) 250.498.8054Special Olympics BC - South Okanagan
Primary Contact: Lee Chic
(T) 250.408.9669
www.specialolympics.ca/british-columbia/communities/south-okanaganSquare Dance Club
Primary contact: Ron Shulhan
(T) 250.498.0677Sun Bowl Skating Club
Primary contact: Carol Nesdoly
(T) 250.495.7612
www.sunbowlskating.comFor service times and other information please click on the Church name.
Church Address Phone Grace Lutheran Church 6 Finch Crescent 250.495.2727 Jehovah's Witness Church 6221 Hwy. 97 250.495.7644 Osoyoos Baptist Church 6210 Hwy. 97 250.495.6581 Osoyoos Christian Centre 42 Finch Crescent 250.495.2550 Seventh-Day Adventist Church 10105 - 62 Avenue 250.495.6275 St. Anne's Catholic Church 7618 - 87 Street 250.495.6815 St. Christopher's Anglican Church 7200 - 87 Street 250.495.2266 United Church of Canada 7814 Spartan Drive 250.495.2001
Community Service Grant Program and RMI Funding
Each year, the Town of Osoyoos financially assists non-profit organizations and community groups which render a service to the residents of the Town. These grants help these organizations with special projects, annual community development initiatives, and line budgeted items.
2024 Funding Applications
The application process for the 2024 round of Community Service Grants and RMI Funding is now closed.
Groups may apply online or submit a hard copy application. Hard copy applications can be downloaded or picked up at Town Hall or the Sonora Community Centre. Hard copy applications must be returned to:
Town Hall or the Sonora Community Centre. Town Hall is open Monday-Friday 9:00am-4:00pm. All applications must be submitted by 4:00 pm on Thursday, October 31, 2024.
FIN-001 Community Service Grants Policy
Applications for 2024 are now open.
Please complete questions as required. All applications must be submitted by 4:30 pm on Thursday, October 31, 2024. If you are applying for RMI funding, please consult the RMI Visitor Enhancement Program Guidelines and the 2022-2024 Resort Development Strategy when completing the application.To download a hard copy of the application form, please select the link.
Gerald Davis
250.495.4621
gdavis@osoyoos.ca