It’s time for Stewart Mortgage Corp.’s update on what’s going on at the BC Wildlife Park. We are so fortunate to have this wonderful park in Kamloops.

You may be surprised to know the park has been open since January 1st thru February 28th on weekends only.

Now that we are hopefully into good weather, and with Spring just around the corner, as of March 1st thru April 30th they are open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a later closing  from May 1st thru September 30th at 5:00 p.m.

Stewart Mortgage Corp. is a proud sponsor of the The BC. Wildlife Park.

If you haven’t attended the Wildlights Celebration at The BC Wildlife Park before, the  13th annual Wildlights Celebration is happening nightly from December 10, 2010 to January 2, 2011 with the exception of Christmas Day. Operating hours are from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

In my previous blog I told you about two new groups we invested $25.00 each in.

Both groups are a long way from Kamloops, they are in Africa.

The first involved 17 people, mainly women, that live in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The original loan amount was $3,425.00 with a total of 104 lenders involved. This group has paid back 43% of their loan to date. Their intention is to have the loan paid back within 6 mos.

You already know from my previous blogs that Stewart Mortgage was a proud sponsor of the 7th Annual Gur Singh Brain Injury Invitational Golf Tournament held in Kamloops at The Dunes on September 10th.

We are happy to report by way of Gur Singh’s announcement at the meeting of the Rotary Club of Kamloops this week, an astonishing sum of $120,000.00 was raised.  Gur also advised Rotary he was honoured by MP Cathy McLeod’s statement in Parliament about the funds raised in support of the Kamloops Brain Injury Association.

Good job everyone!

Did you know BC Wildlife Park was hosting “Boo at the Zoo” to celebrate Halloween?

Boo at the Zoo runs nightly from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. from October 29-31, 2010.

There will be the following events: Kids Haunted House; Spook Train; Kid’s Magic Show; Pre-carved Pumpkin Contest; Prizes for best costume; Halloween Maze; Pyrotechnic and Fireworks Display; and lots of Trick or Treating.

If you want to do something different in Kamloops for Halloween this year this is it!
 

After all that hockey in August, the Kamloops 60 plus team was ready to attend The BC Senior Games September 15th thru September 18, 2010.

The games were hosted by the communities of Comox Valley and Campbell River with support of two regional districts - Comox Valley & Strathcona and the four municipalities  of the City of Courtenay, the Town of Comox, the Village of  Cumberland and the City of Campbell River.

Stewart Mortgage was a proud sponsor of the 7th Annual Gur Singh Brain Injury  Invitational Golf Tournament which was held at The Dunes on September 10th.

The weather even co-operated this year. Jamie & John are both fair weather golfers and I am told there is nothing nicer than golf on a beautiful day.

A good time was had by all the golfers and we were pleased to meet some of the volunteers who are dealing with a brain injury themselves.

For those of you that do not have a husband who plays hockey, can you believe hockey in August?  It has already begun in our household. 

The first official team practice was August 23rd. This is not John’s regular hockey team in Kamloops. It is the one that is going to the BC Senior Games. The team will be playing on the 60 plus team that is representing the Kamloops area.

Stewart Mortgage Corp. will be hosting a booth at the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce social & mini trade show happening on September 1, 2010 at St. Andrews on the square. Come by and check us out as well as all of the other great booths that will be there, entry is free for all Kamloops Chamber of Commerce members and $5.00 for non members.

If you’ve been reading my blogs you know Stewart Mortgage Corp. is a proud  sponsor of the B.C. Wildlife Park.

Some of you may have used your “free” admission pass that you recently received from us when we placed your mortgage for you. If not, now is a good time to go to the park, especially if the kids are driving you crazy over the summer holidays.