The First West Foundation announced that it will donate over $325,000 in 2012 to charitable organizations to improve the quality of life in the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, Kitimat, and the Okanagan, Similkameen and Thompson valleys.
Seline Kutan, executive director of the First West Foundation said that the Foundation strives to support life-changing projects in the communities where our members and employees live and work.
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