Send friend goat for good cause
If you have a friend who always gets your goat, return the favor by sending them a real goat.
“Send a Friend a Goat,” a fundraiser for The Wishing Star Foundation, begins Monday and continues through April 28.
Here is how it works:
Have a real-live goat sent to a friend at their office, school, home, meeting, etc., for $75 by calling 744-3411.
Upon your request, a goat, complete with plastic mat, will then be sent to hang out with your friend at a designated location for up to 15 minutes. During the encounter, your friend will receive special surprises and will be asked to pay a fee in order to have the goat leave for the next friendly visit.
Funds from this event will benefit The Wishing Star Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to granting the wishes of local children with life-threatening illnesses.
Visit www.wishingstar.org for more information on offered services.
2006 Festival of Wine and Flowers
Enjoy an evening of Washington wines on Saturday, or a Sunday morning filled with beautiful flowers April 30.
Both events are part of the 2006 Festival of Flowers, a benefit for programs presented by St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute.
In addition to tasting premium local wines, relish in cuisine and desserts prepared by Moxie Restaurant’s award-winning chef, Ian Wingate, or bid on a number of live and silent auction items, including several Northwest wines, gourmet dinners, and more at Saturday’s “Evening of Wine and Flowers” event, held from 6 to 10 p.m. at St. Luke’s, 711 S. Cowley St.
Tickets are $100.
Or if you prefer a morning filled with bouquets of flowers and fresh-brewed teas, attend “Blossoms and Brunch” on April 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel Spokane – City Center, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court.
Tickets for the brunch event are $40 for adults, or $20 for children ages 12 and under. Fresh and silk flower arrangements will be available for purchase, as well as professionally framed posters from current and past festivals.
Proceeds from the festival will support Team St. Luke’s, internationally competitive youth wheelchair athletes, and programs offered at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, including cardiac, cancer, stroke, trauma, and orthopedic rehabilitative patient care.
To purchase tickets, or for more information, call 473-6006 or visit www.festivalofwineandflowers.com.
Box lunches to prevent abuse
The Spokane Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Center and the Children’s Home Society of Washington will host their annual “Child Abuse Prevention Box Lunch Day” on April 27.
Choose between two lunches, provided by the Inland Northwest Culinary Academy at Spokane Community College, and help provide a variety of programs and services to families in the area to put a stop to child abuse and neglect.
Lunch is $12 and includes a choice of a turkey pesto sandwich or gourmet vegetable wrap, pasta salad, fruit, cookie and a bottle of water.
Orders must be placed and paid for by Wednesday; a minimum of five lunches per location must be made.
Place your order by calling 747-4174, or send an e-mail to heatherG@chs-wa.org.
A walk for babies
Get out and enjoy the fresh spring air with a three-mile walk along the Centennial Trail Saturday and help the March of Dimes fight premature birth.
The 36th annual WalkAmerica begins at Gonzaga University School of Law, 721 N. Cincinnati St.
Registration starts at 9 a.m.; visit www.walkamerica.org or call 328-1920 to register.
The day features breakfast and lunch, music, entertainment and an inflatable jumping castle.
Donations are requested.
For more information on services provided by the March of Dimes, visit www.marchofdimes.com.
Annual penny drive
It’s time to gather up all those loose pennies in your car, home, desk drawer, and bottom of your purse and make a donation to help small children with developmental disabilities.
Hundreds of volunteers will be accepting donations at 16 sites throughout Spokane Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For site locations, contact Kristi at 326-1651, or visit www.guildschool.org.
The annual penny drive is hosted by the Spokane Guilds’ School Foundation. Proceeds will support the Spokane Guilds’ School, which provides early prevention therapies for children age birth to 3 years with development disabilities.