The Kamloops Centre for Seniors Information says despite financial impacts from COVID-19, it’s not at risk of folding this year.

The non-profit’s executive director Brandi Allen says it is in a good spot financially right now, and will continue to assess its situation going forward.

“There has been some help, provincially and federally. There has been some extra grant money that we’ve been able to apply for this year. But for us, a big part of what’s going on right now, is we’re being forced to really restructure how we deliver programs and services.”

Allen says about 70 per cent of the CSI’s annual income is through social enterprise, but because of the pandemic many of its programs aren’t happening.

“If 70 per cent of our annual revenue is created through social enterprise, I would say probably 95 per cent of our social enterprise is internal. Which basically means people in the community are coming to us to receive those programs and those services. Currently, with the demographic that we mainly serve, that’s not happening.”

The centre will also not be set up as a polling station during this month’s election, like it typically does during elections, and Allen says there is a financial impact to that as well.

The CSI serves about 13,000 seniors in the Kamloops area.

Allen also says anyone who is looking to donate to CSI Kamloops, a registered charity, can do on its website, here.