“Play Ball”…for HOMEBASE Charity Tournament
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In just over a week, fifteen NHL stars will swap their sticks for bats, and suit up for the first ever Gorges- Comeau HOMEBASE Charity Slo-Pitch Tournament. And thanks to a unique partnership with Okanagan Lifestyle Apparel Inc, they’re sure to be looking chic in their baseball jerseys.
The beloved local brand has teamed up with the KGH Foundation to outfit the roster of NHL players in custom, one-of-a kind baseball jerseys in a design that the founder of Okanagan Lifestyle, Jaclyn Robertson, says “was inspired by a marriage between unwavering community pride, and a desire for authentic connectivity within our local and visiting communities- in every stage of well being.”
Indeed, the HOMEBASE event, presented by Raymond James, is proving to be a catalyst in bringing NHL players, local businesses, families and friends together to raise the funds needed to build JoeAnna’s House, a home away from home for the families of patients who are required to travel to Kelowna General Hospital for advanced medical care.
The cause hits home for Robertson. Her son, Indy, now a thriving two year old, was born 8-weeks premature in 2016. Robertson and her husband, Ryan, spent six weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at KGH. They became close with other families, most who lived outside the central Okanagan. Witnessing the added burden that being away from home placed on these families in a vulnerable time, had a deep impact on the Robertson family.
