Community Thanks February 20, 2011
SPONSORS: Are appreciated
The Post Falls Parks and Recreation Department would like to extend special thanks and appreciation for the dedicated businesses that sponsored the youth winter basket programs provided by our department to the Post Falls community and the surrounding areas. We would like to thank the following sponsors.
The Tiny Hoopster program: Dave Smith Frontier Motors, Little Smiles Pediatric Dentistry, McDonalds, Convertec, Dan's Tattoo, Hagadone Directories. The Winter Basketball program: Advanced Benefits, American Fence, Convertec Corp., Hagadone Directories, North Idaho Pet Emergency, Post Falls Dairy Queen, Post Falls Taco Bell, Silver Safari, Taco Time/Samurai Sams/Great Steak, Aparicio Concrete Construction Inc., Brumbach Family Dentistry, Capone's Pub & Grill, Center Partners, Century Publishing Company Inc., Express Employment Professionals, FKM Excavating, Grace Tree Service, The Insurance Shoppe, J-U-B Engineers Inc., Knudtsen Chevrolet/American Revolution, Murrin Photography, Noodle Express Post Falls, North Idaho College, North Idaho Title, Peach Orthodontics, Post Falls Family Dental Center, Potlatch No.1 Federal Credit Union, River City Electrical, River City Fabrication, River City Physical Therapy, Schini Family Dentistry, Silver Lake Tire & Auto, Super 1 Foods, Tooth Acres 7-Day Dental Smiles and The UPS Store Post Falls.
Again, thank you for your continued support of the Post Falls Parks and Recreation Departments youth sports programs.
JILL McDOWELL
Recreation Coordinator
Post Falls
HOSPICE: Event was successful
Wow. I was fortunate enough to be asked by my friend Kathleen Tillman to be a volunteer on her committee at this year's Hospice Raise Your Glass Event.
The event went off without a hitch and in grand style.
The giving spirit of the attendees very much moved me.
Local men and women giving generously and sometimes anonymously for a cause that is near and dear to my heart, as my brother Allen died of cancer at age 50 in 2009 and hospice was there for him and for my family in the last and hardest days of his life and ours.
To all of those who attended and gave to this worthy cause and to all of the volunteers who helped make this a great success.
I raise my Glass to You!
LINDA WILHELM
Coeur d'Alene
KINDNESS: May it be paid back
In a world where it seems most news is bad, I would like to share something good. A very dear friend of mine, and her family, recently suffered a great tragedy in their lives. They lost a loved one, after years of struggling to save her young life. My friend and her family live here in the Coeur d'Alene area, and the loved one they lost was in another state. Traveling to get to their family and loved ones in a state so far away, would have been a huge expense and added much pressure to an already difficult situation. In their time of need, a truly selfless and caring act by two local businesses allowed them to focus on what is really important in life - family.
Dr. Cullum at Optimal Dental in Post Falls, along with a small local college, graciously bought airline tickets for my friend, her mom, her brother, sister-in-law and nephew, as soon as the terrible news was known. It is so refreshing, and touching to know that in today's "cut throat" business world, that we are fortunate to have at least two local businesses that have not forgotten what really matters. Even more than money, what really matters is people. Thank you so very much to Dr. Cullum and staff, along with the local small college (who wished to remain anonymous) for remembering and honoring this. Your loving gift was much appreciated and admired.
May your kindness be paid back 100 fold!
Bless You.
DJ BENNETT
Rathdrum