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Help With The Blitz Build

Help With The Blitz Build

Help build a home (or 2 or 3)! Spokane's Habitat for Humanity is in the midst of its Blitz Build. It's building a number of homes in north Spokane, off Mt. Baldy lane, and looking for volunteers.

If you're not familiar with HFH's Blitz Build, it is an accelerated construction effort to build decent, affordable homes in a short period of time (one to three weeks).

New Days of Service for the Women's and Children's Free Restaurant

New Days of Service for the Women's and Children's Free Restaurant

The Women's and Children's Free Restaurant is a 501c3 nonprofit agency dedicated to providing a nutritious meals in a safe and supportive environment for women and children. The organization is located in the basement of a church but it is stand alone nonprofit and receives its support from many avenues such as private donations, food banks and grants.  Founded in 1988, WCFR is an independent agency located in one of the poorest legislative districts of Washington State.

The Great Glom: Spokane-Coeur d'Alene To Become One Metropolitan Area

The Great Glom: Spokane-Coeur d'Alene To Become One Metropolitan Area

Anyone who lives here has a habit of calling it the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, but now the Census Bureau wants to make it official.

Instead of separate entities, it appears we'll be getting glommed together into one giant metropolitan area. The bureau plans to call us, Spokane-Coeur d'Alene.

SNAP Seeking Fallen Trees For Firewood Program

SNAP Seeking Fallen Trees For Firewood Program

It might be warming up outside, but SNAP is already looking ahead to next winter and needs your help finding downed trees.

SNAP teams up with the Airway Heights Correctional Center for the Firewood Program, which has inmates cut, stack and deliver wood to families who rely on wood as their sole source of heating during the winter months.

Over $68,000 in wood was delivered to 340 Spokane County homes last winter season, according to SNAP.

Helping Sick Children

Helping Sick Children

Credit Unions across Idaho raised money this month to help the Children's Miracle Network and a number of local hospitals care for sick children.

On June 3rd, the Idaho Credit Union League announced it raised $185,750 to donate to four children's hospitals in Idaho and Washington.

Nearly $34,000 was split between hospitals in Coeur d'Alene and Spokane.

In the past 16 years, the league has donated $2.25 million dollars to the Children's Miracle Network.

For more information on the outstanding work of the Children's Miracle Network

Trendy Handcrafted Urban Marketplace - T.H.U.M.

Trendy Handcrafted Urban Marketplace - T.H.U.M.

There are so many aspects of color and The Gallery of T.H.U.M. will give you an avenue to explore those aspects. The Color Theory Class being offered at T.H.U.M. will teach you about the color wheel, complementary colors, characterists of color hue, value, intensity, temperature, mixing colors and how colors affect each other.  This is a hands on course being offered to students ages 16 to adult and class size is limited so please call Gallery of T.H.U.M. for reservations.

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HuHot Hosts Benefit For Employee Who Survived Crash

HuHot Hosts Benefit For Employee Who Survived Crash

There is no room for negativity in Jessica Sharpe's life. The 20-year-old Liberty Lake woman survived a head-on crash that shattered her bones from the pelvis down and seared her left arm with chemical burns, but six weeks and 13 surgeries later she's all smiles.

Jessica is the type of person who humbles you with her positivity. You'll be hard pressed to find anything to complain about after meeting her and learning about what she's been through.