{"id":414141,"date":"2026-01-16T23:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414141\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:39:10","slug":"nona-lights-for-kids-raised-over-50k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/414141\/","title":{"rendered":"NONA Lights for Kids raised over $50K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/60333431-8449-408a-ac8b-07b34d70c1ea.png\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Christmas decorations outside the NONA Child Development Centre on 34th Street (submitted photo)<\/p>\n<p>By Liam Verster<\/p>\n<p>Light for Kids &amp; John Christmas Light Tour<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJan 16, 2026 | 2:18 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The North Okanagan Neurological Association\u2019s annual Christmas fundraiser was a big success.<\/p>\n<p>The 5th annual NONA Lights for Kids with John Christmas Light Tour raised $50,258.45 for the child development centre. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are immensely grateful for the overwhelming turnout and generosity of our community,\u201d Alicia Ponich, Executive Director at NONA, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event not only highlights the spirit of giving but also demonstrates the importance of supporting our local businesses. Together, we are making a significant difference in the lives of children with developmental differences in our area and all funds raised this year will go towards mental health and wellness resources.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Christmas decorations outside the NONA Child Development Centre on 34th Street (submitted photo) By Liam Verster Light&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[89469,89467,89464,89466,26121,89463,89462,49,48,89471,89468,84,89465,74656,89470,55129,89461],"class_list":["post-414141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-105-7","tag-107-5","tag-107-5-beach-radio","tag-89466","tag-b-c","tag-beach-fm","tag-beach-radio","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cjib","tag-ckiz","tag-health","tag-jim-pattison","tag-north-okanagan","tag-sun-fm","tag-vernon","tag-vernon-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}