‘We do what we can’
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Food insecurity is a terrible thing, but it’s especially heartbreaking when it involves children. For the past 15 years, the nonprofit organization Food for our Children has pledged to...
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Northwest Autobody’s ‘Deervember’ helps feed Bonner County
By David Keyes Reader Contributor The need is real. The Bonner Community Food Bank has never been hit as hard as it has been this year. An average of 3,000 people used the organization’s...
Empty Bowls fundraiser aids Food Bank
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Hunger is an important issue for Nannette Heintzelman. For the past three years, Heintzelman has organized the Empty Bowls fundraiser in Sandpoint, which combines art with philanthropy and hot...
A reason to give thanks:
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A week before Thanksgiving, there’s hardly a moment to spare at Bonner Community Food Center. The lobby is a model of controlled chaos. Ringing phones punctuate conversations between office...
Food Bank seeking winter coats
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff According to Alice Wallace, director of the Bonner Community Food Center, the organization is seeking donations of winter coats or financial contributions to bolster this year’s Coats For Kids....
