Card-makers and crafters across the region helped create and donate greeting cards for a fundraiser to support Kelowna General Hospital.

Campaign organizer Lorrie Strebel said the Caring Hearts KARE (Kindness, Attention, Respect, Empathy) Card Drive started with a modest hope of collecting 100 greeting cards.

But the cause obviously hit close to home for many people, as the campaign collected more than 1,000 cards from communities across the region香蕉视频直播擬erritt, Vernon, Penticton, Osoyoos香蕉视频直播攁s well across the Central Okanagan.

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The plan for the remaining cards is to make them available in the hospital gift shop and at an occasional vender table run by volunteers in the KGH lobby.

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Strebel said the greeting cards vary in level of artistic skill and materials used, priced anywhere from $1 to $5.

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