A dying cause
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If tourism is the lifeblood of a community like Sandpoint, philanthropy clubs are its heart and soul. Most of us don’t realize the importance of …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If tourism is the lifeblood of a community like Sandpoint, philanthropy clubs are its heart and soul. Most of us don’t realize the importance of …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Fairgrounds hosts its two-day Christmas Craft Fair, plus the fifth annual Gingerbread House Contest, Saturday, Nov. 18 through Sunday, Nov. 19. Nearly …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Christmas season is officially here, and the Sandpoint Lions are ramping up their Toys For Tots drive to ensure that every local child has …
Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Christmas is only a month away, which means Toys For Tots is doing what it does best: making the holidays a special time for every local …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Back in the 1950s, when the Sandpoint Lions Club started doing the Toys for Tots drive, people would donate used toys and the Lions would …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Like fireworks? Parades? Toys for tots? The annual Easter Egg hunt? Thank the Lions Club.
The Sandpoint charter of the Lions Club has been …
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