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Past Events

2020 Spring Lantern Festival

Time: ​ Feb 8, 2020, Saturday, 6 – 9 pm

Location: Parkinson Recreation Centre Apple Hall 1800 Parkinson Way, Kelowna

Featuring: Chinese New Year dinner(Supplied by Grand 88); stage performance; multicultural lantern display; lantern riddles/calligraphic booth/games for children; door prizes

Admission: $20/person. $12/kid between 5-11. Free for kids under 5
If you need reserve tickets for your children, please email [email protected] or [email protected] Or check our ticket sale locations.

Ticket Selling Locations

Mekong Restaurant, 1030 Harvey Ave, Kelowna (250)763-8000

88 Grand Buffet, 325-2339 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna (250)762-8088

Sun Asian Market, 2009 Enterprise Way, Kelowna (778)478-7388

Wendy’s West Kelowna, 220-2330 Highway 97 (250)768-8988 (Mon-Fri, 7-2:30)

Chopsticks Restarurant, 10071 Main St, Lake Country (250)766-1111

 

Dinner Menu
  • Fried noodles
  • Fried rice
  • Dumplings
  • Mixed vegetables
  • Sweet and Sour Pork
  • Black pepper Beef
  • Salt and pepper fish
  • Salt and pepper shrimp
  • Golden Age Group Activity Announcement
  • Dear friends,

    The OCCA Golden Age Group Activities (for seniors) will start in April. Most activities will be scheduled on Monday to Friday, 9 am – 3 pm. Activities are grouped as the following:

    A. Learning: cell phone, ipad, computer & internet
    B. Fitness & Recreation: Taiji, out door (square dance, parks & picnic)
    C. Cultures: Calligraphy and painting, Music instrument & singing
    D. Entertainment: mahjong & card game
    E. Short trips – bus tour in town or to surrounding areas

    All age welcome. Car pool transport is provided for 55 years and older. Please register and indicate your interest group. Wechat network group will be established.

    More activities will be hold upon demand. These activities are financially assisted by Service Canada/New Horizons for Seniors Program.

OCCA Love and Help Activities

The OCCA launched Love and Help Activity on February 4th. We have helped shopping and necessary errands for many returned travelers in voluntary quarantines at home which benefit local communities in Covid19 epidemic prevention and reflected our sense of social responsibility.

The elderly are at high-risk group in the Covid-19 pandemics. With financial assistance from Service Canada / New Horizon for Seniors Program and support of our devoted volunteer team, the OCCA is expanding the Love & Help for shopping and necessary errands to residents over 65 isolated at home.

The services are currently available in the neighborhoods of Rutland, Springfield & Spall, Kelowna downtown, Upper Mission, Kettle Valley, Glenmore, Westbank and Peachland. If you are not resided in these areas, but need help or can serve as volunteer, please contact us. For updated infos, please visit our website: www.occabc.ca

The Administrative rules of Love and Help:

1) The services for returned travellers are: to drive your vehicle to the airport parking lot for you to drive home by self and may provide 10 masks free of charge.

2) Food and necessity shopping for returned travellers quarantining at home and for residents over 65. The service is free and the clients pay own bills.

3) We encourage those need help to allocate friends and neighbours to help. We will provide masks and mileage allowance in the same way as to our volunteers.

4) . A deposit of $100/family must be made to the OCCA prior to service starting. The deposits will be refunded upon un-subscription or program closing if all purchase bills were refunded in full to the volunteers. Deposit can be waved by the volunteers

5) All financial transitions will be handled via e-transfer methods. Our volunteers will coach the technology in case need.

6) Shopping and delivery time will be scheduled by the volunteers.
Please provide you name, address and phone to register for receiving services via email: info@occabc.ca or Wechat or call our helpline 778-484-6222.