Join Emily Bonsant in this edition of "What's in the Community" where we look at upcoming community events in Boundary and Bonner Counties.
Event information below.
Boundary County
The Care-N-Share program- goal to provide Christmas gifts to children in Boundary County. Sponsor a local child by picking a tag off the tree at Mountain West Bank or the Boundary County Courthouse.
Festival of Trees at Boundary Community Hospital provided by the Fry Healthcare Foundations-trees are on display until December 14, when the silent auction closes in the Outpatient Lobby. Bidding is accepted online or in-person. Bids will be reconciled between online and in-person with the most current high bid daily.
If you wish to just donate towards BCH’s fund-an-item, the Stryker Defibrillators, visit www.boundarycommunityhospital.org/fyr-healthcare.
Bonner County
Toys for Tots-Donations can be dropped off at the front desk at the Bonner County Daily Bee, 310 Church St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. You can also drop off donations at Columbia Bank’s Sandpoint branch, 414 Church St., or at the Ponderay branch, 300 Bonner Mall Way; the Ponderay Starbucks, and the Ponderay Mountain West Bank.
Donations may be mailed to the Sandpoint Lions Club, Box 414, Sandpoint, ID 83864. Information: Sandpoint Lions Club, 208-263-4118
Pend Oreille Chorale and Orchestra Christmas Concerts- with selections from Handel’s "Messiah" at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9; and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on North Boyer across from the fairgrounds.