Above: Terry Farmer, President

Pressroom

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

ACCENT INNS KELOWNA INNAID BOOSTS SALVATION ARMY'S CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM

Kelowna, BC (March 29, 2006): The fourth annual Accent Inn InnAID event held March 17 and 18 at Accent Inn Kelowna was an invitation to participate in building a stronger community. Kelowna accepted the invitation, filling two cube vans with donations to support the Salvation Army's Community Crisis Response Program. 

"We received items that are fundamental to maintain our Street Intervention Programs and crisis response programs," says Captain Les Burrows, Salvation Army. "We appreciate a partnership with Accent Inns that addresses our needs directly so there is the potential to meet real and ongoing needs." 

Donations will help the Salvation Army provide care to people in the city's most impoverished areas over the course of the year. 

"It's truly rewarding to actively participate in helping others in the community through InnAID," says Karen Stevenson, GM, Accent Inns Kelowna. "We received such good quality donations it was apparent people were responding to the call for help." 

For Accent Inns, participating actively in the community has always been a way of doing business. This philosophy of community involvement was the inspiration for InnAID, an initiative that pairs each of the five Accent Inns properties in Burnaby, Richmond, Kelowna, Kamloops and Victoria with a mission, homeless shelter or transition house in their community. In 2006 three Accent Inns properties worked with the Salvation Army to focus on specific initiatives and unique needs in each community. Accent Inns donated bedding, towels and furnishings and staff members gathered clothing, household items and other furnishings to contribute to their partner organization. 

"As a family-run business, we're very conscious of our role in our community and we are determined to do more to help others improve their quality of life" says Terry Farmer, President and CEO of Accent Inns. "InnAid has grown in each of our communities over the past three years. The program builds on a platform of partnership and participation. By working together we can make a positive difference in the lives of many people in our communities."

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Media contacts:
Karen Stevenson, General Manager
Accent Inn Kelowna - 250-862-8888

Captain Les Burrows
The Salvation Army - 250-860-2329

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