Many of you already know Annarose. She is the warm, welcoming presence behind her princess parties, her music school (Rose Coloured Vocals), and the music shows she puts on around town with the Vocal Vixens and with her duo band Roseanarig.

Everything she has built, she has built with real care and dedication, and she has spent years pouring that same warmth into this community.

A little over a month ago, Annarose faced a loss no one is ever prepared for. Her father passed away suddenly from a heart attack during a swim-across-the-lake event on Okanagan Lake. In the wake of his passing, her family has also had to navigate financial complexities that have added weight to an already difficult time.

In the time since, she has shown the same strength she is known for, holding steady for her mom and her household, taking on extra work, now eight jobs, to support them, and continuing to run the businesses she has poured so much of herself into, all while carrying a grief that has had little space to be felt.

She has not asked for anything. She has just kept showing up, the way she always has for everyone else.

This is a chance to show up for her. Not to fix everything, but to offer her family some breathing room, and to let Annarose know that the care she has given this community comes back to her, tenfold.

Any contribution, big or small, is a way of saying: we see you, we admire you, and we are here for you and your family.

*Campaign has been posted with consent from Annarose.