Business boosts KGH
Rob Gibson – Dec 21, 2021 / 8:00 pm | Story: 355100
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Ray and Kay Kandola, owners of City Furniture, have given a gift to the KGH Foundation’s Guru Nanak Dev Ji Endowment Fund.
A prominent Kelowna business couple has donated to the KGH Foundation on the anniversary of Sikh Guru Nanak.
Ray and Kay Kandola, owners of City Furniture, were inspired to give a gift to the KGH Foundation’s Guru Nanak Dev Ji Endowment Fund as the Sikh community celebrates the anniversary in the Guru Nanak tradition.
Ray and Kay Kandola chose to support the Guru Nanak Dev Ji Endowment Fund, established by the family of Akaljot Gill together with the Sikh community in 2019, in honor of the 550th Anniversary of the Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
“It is an honor to be able to give this gift in the name of Guru Nanak,” says Ray Kandola, who, with his wife, Kay, also recently gave a gift in support of advanced stroke care at Kelowna General Hospital.
“We are proud of our Sikh heritage. We hope this gift will inspire others in our community to also support the Guru Nanak Dev Ji Endowment Fund.”
The donations will be used primarily with the care and treatment of patients at KGH and to purchase equipment and fund research as well.
Kandola is the co-founder and president of City Furniture & Appliances, which was first established in 1976 and now has 23 locations across BC and Alberta including the local store in West Kelowna.
“Ray and Kay are really outstanding leaders in our community, not only as business owners but because they choose to give so much back,” says Gary Rozak, KGH Foundation director of philanthropy “They are truly stewards of excellence in the health and well being of all of us who call the southern interior home.”
