Briefs Aug. 25, 2011

3Cs brunch seats still available

Seats are still available for a brunch today to recognize a local nonprofit's fundraising efforts.

The 3Cs, or Cancer and Community Charities, will hold its annual Appreciation Brunch from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today, where the group will distribute $70,000 to 22 local charities.

The dollars were raised by group members throughout the year.

"It's a wonderful feeling, it truly is, to know how hard the members of 3Cs have worked to raise this money," said spokeswoman Marcia Saunders. "It's been a very difficult time for them to have done this."

The event today will honor those who joined together in fundraising efforts, she added.

Folks can still procure tickets by calling Judy Gardner at 664-4604.

Tickets are $25.

"It's not a great amount that we give to each of the charities," Saunders acknowledged. "But what is allows them is to do a little bit extra they otherwise would not have been able to do."

Fundraiser to help mom with liver

COEUR d'ALENE - Help a Spirit Lake mother as she fights liver failure.

Friends and family of Sondra Smith are asking for help during the young mother's struggle for a new liver, during her liver transplant operation and the burden of the mounting medical expense by attending a fundraising Garage and Bake Sale beginning Friday

Smith, wife and mother three children, was diagnosed NASH Disease (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis), and put on a transplant list University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.

NASH is a severe inflammation that causes the liver to slowly fail, and family said they hope Smith gets her new liver in the next six months.

The garage sale will be at 10724 N. Government Way in Hayden. Around 15 tables will be stacked full of donated items and delicious treats. The sale runs Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Donations will also be accepted.

For more information call 659-3657.