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Beginning Monday through Feb. 25, Red Robin will hold its seventh annual Burgers With a Heart event. For two weeks, all three Spokane Red Robin restaurants, 725 W. Main Ave., 9904 N. Newport Highway and 14736 E. Indiana Ave., will donate 50 cents from every burger sold to the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. The restaurants also will give proceeds from specially designed Red Robin hearts sold for $1.

Today from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. head up to Selkirk Lodge at Mount Spokane State Park for the Soup-er Bowl Snow Day for Women. The cross-country ski race begins at 10 a.m. A soup and bread lunch will follow snowshoe and self-guided ski tours.

From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Salk Middle School, 6411 N. Alberta St., is hosting its 12th annual spaghetti feed and silent auction.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, The Habitat-Spokane Builders Surplus Store, 850 E. Trent Ave., will hold a surplus sale to celebrate its seventh anniversary. During the sale, everything will be 25 percent off and a raffle for an entire computer system also will be held.

Northern Quest Casino, 100 N. Hayford Road in Airway Heights, will host Laugh for the Cure on Thursday. The evening will begin with a silent auction at 6 p.m. A comedy show featuring Kermit Holiday and Shaun Jones will begin at 7.

East Valley High School, 15711 Wellesley Ave., is holding its annual Christmas tree recycling today, Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. The cost is $10 and will benefit the EVHS Senior All-Nighter.

The "Women Warriors and Unsung Heroes" 2007 calendar is on sale now. The 12-month calendar features the stories and photos of the women volunteers for local Idaho nonprofit organizations.

Today, beginning at 1 p.m., Santa will be at Wendle Motors, 9000 N. Division St., along with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. For a $5 donation, pictures with Santa are available. A live auction to win a 90-minute ride for four in the Wienermobile will be held at 4:30 p.m. The ride will begin at 5:15.

Today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Christ Kitchen's Gingerbread Build-off kids' event will be in the Marie Antoinette Ballroom at the Davenport Hotel. Kids can decorate their own gingerbread house for $5.

The Festival of Trees Family Day at the Coeur d'Alene Resort is today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Children and their families can participate in face painting and special Christmas crafts and enjoy caroling by area schools.

On Thursday, before sitting down to a big Thanksgiving Day feast, start the day with the Turkey Trot fun run to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank. The Fun Run will begin with an 8 a.m. registration at the duck pond in Manito Park. The run begins at 9 a.m.

Mt. Spokane High School DECA students are having a dinner and auction at Fairwood Animal Hospital, 317 W. Hastings Road, today at 6:30 p.m. A fee of $1 is requested for you and a guest for a complimentary dinner. A number of desserts, including cookies, cakes and brownies will be up for auction.

Northwest Christian High School theater students will host "An Evening of Improv" Monday in the school chapel, 5104 E. Bernhill Road, Colbert. The performance will begin at 7 p.m.

Enjoy a turkey dinner with all the trimmings today at Moran Prairie's annual Harvest Dinner. Dinner is from noon to 3 p.m. and is held at Moran Prairie Grange Hall, No. 161, 6006 S. Palouse Highway.

Coats 4 Kids has arrived just in time for the cold weather. Now that the coats have been collected, it's time for distribution, which begins Monday and will continue through Nov. 3.

Head to the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St., on Saturday for the 11th annual Octobrewfest Microbrew Tasting and Auction.

The "It Was a Very Good Year" Bistro and Fine Art Auction is today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. The event, a collaboration between the Coeur d'Alene Public Library Foundation and Coeur d'Alene Homes Assisted Living and Memory Care, will raise funds for both nonprofit organizations. Tickets for the bistro and auction are $50. Beforehand, painter Richard Schmid will give a presentation for a $15 admission.

You can help keep kids warm this winter by participating in KXLY's Coats 4 Kids drive. Through Oct. 15, new or gently used coats may be dropped off at several locations.

Stop by Coeur d'Alene Honda, 2745 W. Seltice Way, today for the 10th annual Chili Cook-Off to benefit the Children's Village. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. you can sample chili from competing chefs for $2 per ticket, or six for $10. All proceeds will benefit the children living at the Children's Village in Coeur d'Alene.

Join Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs on Thursday morning for its second annual community breakfast. From 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park, 303 W. North River Drive, SNAP will host the "40 Years of Caring" breakfast, open to the public.

It's time to start thinking about back to school Camp Fire USA and the Salvation Army are doing their part to make it possible for low-income kids to start the first day of school with everything they'll need to have a successful year. Camp Fire USA's "Kids Helping Kids Back to School" supply drive begins on Saturday and ends next Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. next Sunday, Camp Fire volunteers and collection barrels will be positioned at numerous locations all over Spokane to collect school supplies for children and community agencies in need. For more information and collection barrel locations, call Kaitlyn Bolduc at (509) 747-6191, ext. 29.

Sandpoint's Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave., will hold its annual "Play It Again" music and movie sale on July 29. Recycled CDs, DVDs, videos and cassettes will be for sale on the sidewalk in front of the theater. If you would like to make a donation, the Panida is accepting gently used items (no vinyl LPs, please).