A bevy of winter fairs
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Thanksgiving is barely in the rearview mirror, and the first week of December is already jam-packed with winter fairs to help everyone check off their holiday gift lists. A bevy...
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Sandpoint Lions Club benefiting Tots for Tots with Turkey Bingo fundraiser
By Ben OlsonReader Staff The Sandpoint Lions Club kicked off its annual Toys for Tots fundraiser drive Nov. 15 with a spaghetti dinner fundraiser hosted by the Sandpoint Elks Club. Next on the Lions’...
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 institutions like the Lions...
Have a holly, jolly craft fair
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 100 vendors will sell...
Sandpoint Lions open Toys For Tots applications
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 a merry Christmas. The...
Ol’ Red’s revives Toys For Tots tradition
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 child. It’s a good...
Toys for Tots a huge resource for community
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 fix them up and...
Sandpoint Lions Club gearing up for the Fourth
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 helping the community of...
