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Volunteers Embrace Day Of Caring

Cindy Wood put it simply. Without the volunteers from Magnuson, McHugh and Company, Thursday's reorganization of Family Promise headquarters would not have happened. "Since we knew the Day of Caring was coming, we have been counting down the days," Wood said as she joined staff of the Coeur d'Alene accounting firm in moving supplies from one storage room to another, to make room for an office. Kacie Tollefson, employee of Magnuson, McHugh, was one of those volunteers busy Thursday morning and afternoon cleaning and clearing shelves as part of United Way of Kootenai County's fifth annual Day of Caring. She audits nonprofits and knows they're often short of staff, money and resources to meet demands for services, so she was glad to pitch in. "Dollars don't make this happen," Tollefson said. "It's volunteer hours"/Bill Buley, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here. (Jerome A. Pollos' Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Rory Stowell, with Coeur d'Alene Mines, participates in the United Way of Kootenai County's 5th annual Day of Caring)

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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