Coeur d'Alene Garden Club President Rhoda King shakes hands Tuesday with Life Care Center of Post Falls Executive Director Ben Palumbo as she presents him with a check for a portion of the more than $30,000 raised during the 2025 Garden Tour.
October 15, 2025
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Coeur d'Alene Garden Club donates over $30K to support local green thumb programs
Coeur d'Alene Garden Club donates over $30K to support local green thumb programs
A little support for the garden means a big boost in health and happiness for long- and short-term residents at Life Care Center of Post Falls. They plant flowers, tend to raised beds and otherwise appreciate spending time in the tranquility of nature while convalescing and rehabilitating. "The residents we have that utilize our courtyards, I see it as a part of their healing," Life Care Center of Post Falls Executive Director Ben Palumbo said Tuesday. "I hear them go out to the courtyards and say how beautiful and just how peaceful it is, and that helps them along their journey." The skilled nursing and rehab center was one of 13 recipients to be awarded a portion of more than $30,000 in grants by the Coeur d'Alene Garden Club, which distributed the funds at the beginning of its October meeting in the Community Room of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. The 2025 amount is more than double the $13,600 collected in 2024.