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We are pleased to share the 2011 Central Okanagan’s Vital Signs® report. Vital Signs® is a program of Community Foundations of Canada. As part of our leadership role, community foundations across our country strive to be community catalysts committed to growing legacies and enhancing the quality of life in our communities.
In this, our second Vital Signs® report, we look forward to building community knowledge and promoting awareness about our community’s strengths through the publication of scientifically valid and credible data, as well as by measuring the perceptions of community members throughout our region. Through this awareness our foundation, our donors and other funders have developed a deeper understanding of the many issues facing our community, and the tremendous strengths of our community. This in turn helps guide the work of charitable organizations, generate discussions, inform policy change, focus community leadership activities, and encourage philanthropy in the Central Okanagan.
Since our first report in 2009, the Central Okanagan Foundation has begun working with a network of organizations in our community that collect and report on data, as well as integrate research findings into their own work of shaping our community. We are pleased to note that the 2009 Vital Signs® report is part of a suite of data which informs the work of the City of Kelowna’s Cultural Services Branch, and aided in development of priorities for the City’s new Cultural Plan 2012-2017. We also know that Vital Signs® is used by a multitude of charities and non-profit organizations in guiding their work as well as seeking funding for their community priorities.
We hope you enjoy our 2011 Central Okanagan Vital Signs® report and it encourages you to take action at whatever level you can. Alone we can go fast… but together we can go far.
