7th Annual Butterfly Effect th 7 Annual For those who have experienced the loss of someone close, please join us to release hundreds of butterflies to acknowledge the loss of a loved one and to honour those in our lives.
Butterfly Effect
Date the loss of For those who have experienced Sunday, 21,release 2019 someone close, please join July us to hundreds of butterflies to acknowledge the loss of a loved one and to honour those Time in our lives. 10:00am – 1:00pm
(butterfly release at approximately 11:30am) | Weather permitting
Sunday, July Location 21 Falcon Ridge Farms, Rifle Rd, Kelowna, B.C. 10:00 am - 1:00579 pm Butterfly release at approximately 11:30am
Butterflies are $35 each or 3 for $90 and may be ordered (Weather permitting) online or by contacting the COHA office at:
Falcon Ridge Farms, 579 Rifle Rd., Kelowna
www.hospicecoha.org 250.763.5511
Butterflies are $35 each, or 3 for $90. Order online or contact COHA office.
hospicecoha.org | 250.763.5511 A unique opportunity to honour the memory opportunity to honour the memory of a loved ofA aunique loved one in a spectacular butterfly release. one in a spectacular butterfly release.
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Alberta Institute of Technology’s business program, so he acquiesced. “It actually went pretty well,” he said. He completed some business and marketing programs and came out knowing one thing for sure — he didn’t want the type of job that would entail getting dirty. “I wanted to wear a suit and tie to work,” he said, laughing. “I got a job at Western Star (in Kelowna) and worked there for five years.” It was at the peak of the company’s success, which meant Craig was just a footnote in a huge employee roster. “I realized then I wasn’t going to do well in a large corporate environment,” he said. Still young, and with adventure calling his name, he left Kelowna and went to Vancouver for a couple of years and then, when his bills started to outpace his income, he travelled north to work on oil rigs. Two years into that very dirty work, which was 17 years ago, he had an epiphany — the past offered the clearest path to a successful future. “It was pretty cold and around Christmas and I called my dad. We were having a nice conversation and I said I was thinking of starting a construction company in Kelowna and ‘would you consider helping me?’” he recalled. “There was dead silence on the other side of the phone and I could tell he was thinking. Then he said, ‘well how serious are you?’ I was dirty, cold and tired and I said, ‘I’m pretty serious.’” And that was it. He stopped floating and found purpose. Craig’s dad was helping First Lutheran find a location for its new school and church, and that offered an opportunity for him to start his first multifamily development. A parcel of land, near the Capital News Centre was designated for townhouses and Craig and his dad took it on as a project. “I was responsible for most of the work, working with the architect. I priced the development, selected interior design finishes, managed the construction, sold all the units, managed the clients and did the preceding service work,” he said. “I personally sat in the sales centre and sold the units on the weekend and did construction during the week.” For several years it was “sink or swim.” The project did well and there were more for Craig. In the years that followed, he worked on high-end custom homes. He’s created signature homes in the Upper Mission and multifamily dwellings in Penticton and Kelowna. He’s weathered a real estate crash and made it out a success. “All of it has been a huge learning experience,” he said. That’s not to say he’s done. Now, having learned the ropes and honed his craft, Craig sees himself developing as a communicator and as a person. “There’s not a day that goes by where there’s not more to learn,” he said. “You make mistakes and learn from it and keep pushing forward— it’s been really great to be able to do that.” He’s done it without compromising who he is. He’s still someone who sees shapes and colours, beauty and balance. And with his work popping up around the Okanagan, so too can the people who live in the valley.