March Of Dimes Events Make Gift-Giving Fun
The March of Dimes is sponsoring a variety of events over the next two months to sponsor its programs to help babies be born healthy.
From one end of town to the other there will be a mud drive, “arrests” and basketball and golf tournaments - all in the name of March of Dimes.
Let the mud fly
Wheels are spinning this morning to benefit the March of Dimes. The 8:30 Mud Bog, coordinated by the Sunset Four Runners 4X4 Club, is at Airway Heights off-road vehicle park.
Participants were required to raise a minimum of $35 in sponsorship money. Trophies will be awarded for 1st and 2nd place in seven divisions as well as 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the most money raised.
Golf classic
The March of Dimes Defects Foundation will hold a golf classic at the Creek at Qualchan, Sept. 13, with shotgun start at 1 p.m.
The event is presented by MCI Telecommunications.
A $625 entry fee is required for every five-person team which includes 18 holes of golf, cart, team photo, prize packets, driving clinic, lunch with head professional Mark Gardner, refreshments on the course and dinner. A raffle and auction will immediately follow the play.
Prizes will be awarded. For more information, or to enter, call 328-1920.
3-on-3 basketball
Hundreds of area residents are expected to participate in the fourth-annual March of Dimes Valley Hoops 3-on-3 basketball tournament, Sept. 23 and 24 at University City Mall.
Games begin at 8 a.m. that Saturday.
All proceeds will benefit the March of Dimes and the Valley YMCA. Entry fee is $60 per team of three members and one substitute. T-shirts will be given to each player and volunteer, and trophies will be awarded for the top teams in each division.
To register, call 328-1920 or 927-1474. Entry forms are also available from University City merchants.
Support your local sheriff
Civic leaders and local citizens face arrest Oct. 10 to 12 at NorthTown Mall. Each will do an hour stretch in the “slammer” to raise money for the March of Dimes.
Here’s how it works: During “Jail and Bail,” anyone can request a spouse, family member, friend, boss or co-worker be jailed for a minimum pledge of $50.
A fake warrant is prepared and an “arresting officer” will pick up the accused for delivery to the mall’s mock jail. Once there, a judge sets bail and the prisoner is placed behind makeshift bars.
The prisoner spends the next hour calling relatives and friends to raise bail in the form of pledged contributions to the March of Dimes.
For more information, call 328-1920.
The Symphony is golden
The Spokane Symphony Society will hold a gala dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its orchestra at the Ag Trade Center Sept. 23.
The evening begins with no-host cocktails at 5, followed by dinner at 6.
Cost for the optional black-tie event is $50. Reservations must be made by Sept. 1. Call the ticket office at 624-1200 for more information.
Memory Walk
A Memory Walk to benefit the Greater Spokane Chapter of Alzheimer’s Association will be from 9 a.m. to noon, Oct. 7, in Riverfront Park.
Check-in begins at 8 at Riverfront Park’s north entrance near the Flour Mill. The run/ walk will be east along the Centennial Trail with a choice of routes: a leisure walk, 1-mile, 2-mile or 4-mile loop.
Donations can be made and T-shirts picked up during a pre-check in at Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park, from 4 to 7 p.m., Oct. 6.
Donations of at least $25 is required to qualify for the prize drawings. Prizes include a night in the Park Side Suite of Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park, a mountain bike, CD player and rollerblades.
The Alzheimer’s Association is the only national voluntary organization dedicated to providing support and assistance to people with the disease, their families and caregivers. It also works to conquer the disease through research. For questions concerning the walk or the association, call 483-8456.
Heart Walk
Make a healthy choice to participate in the American Heart Association American Heart Walk at 9 a.m., Oct. 14, at Spokane Falls Community College. Participants will walk along the Centennial Trail and finish at the Spokane Community College football field. Refreshments will be provided.
Walkers, who are to obtain sponsors, will receive prizes for most money raised. Each team of 10 or more members has a goal to raise $1,000.
Money raised will remain in Washington to support research programs aimed at combatting heart disease and strokes.
For information about becoming a walker or sponsor, call 838-4163.
Miss Spokane finalists
Finalists of Miss Spokane have been announced:
Krista Andrizzi, Katherine Copple, Sarah Etzler, Rhonda Ferns, Laura Fleisher, Heidi Holmquist, Nancy Houser, Lenaya Krous, Lisa Meier, Nikki Naumowicz, Josephine Opong, Julie Rogers and Kathryn Walter.
Contestants will compete Oct. 21 in the Spokane Falls Community College music building.
The Miss Spokane Scholarship Program leads directly to the Miss Washington and Miss America competitions.
For more information, call 535-8627.
Bells will peal
Daughters of the American Revolution across the United States will ring bells at 4 p.m., Sept. 17 to commemorate the beginning of U.S. Constitution Week.
The Constitution was signed at 4 p.m. Sept. 17, 1776, and Sept. 17-23 is designated as Constitution Week.
Altrusa members go ‘Down Under’
Five members of Altrusa International of Spokane recently participated in the International Convention of Altrusa International, Inc., in New Zealand.
Marian Thackray, Joann Snyder, Ruth Conrad, Isabel Hawkins and Mildred Scheel represented the local volunteer service organization of executive and professional people supporting programs on behalf of abuse victims, children at risk and vocational services.
A highlight of the convention was an address by Sir Edmund Hillary, the first conqueror of Mount Everest.