Cash, food needed for holiday program

Donations of cash and food are needed so local police officers and firefighters can sponsor needy children through their annual “Holidays and Heroes” programs.

Local emergency responders will volunteer to take children in Spokane County, Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Rathdrum shopping on Dec. 14. The children will be picked up in a patrol car and taken to either the Spokane Valley or Post Falls Wal-Mart to pick out Christmas presents for themselves and their families. The kids will also get a visit with Santa at Greyhound Park and a large food basket to take home.

Children are nominated for the shopping day by local school resource officers, school counselors, police officers or firefighters. Participating organizations include the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, Spokane Valley Police Department, Post Falls Police Department, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department, Coeur d’Alene Police Department, Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, Rathdrum Police Department, Spirit Lake Police Department and the Idaho State Patrol.

Cash and food donations can be dropped off at any of the agencies listed above. The number of children who can participate is limited by the amount of donations. For more information contact the Coeur d’Alene Police Department at (208) 769-2363.

Nina Culver

Downtown

Holy Names concert will aid students

Holy Names Music Center will present “Musical Harvest – Performathon 2008” on Saturday at River Park Square from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The concert aims to raise funds and awareness of the musical programs at Holy Names. All funds raised will go to students in need to take classes at the center.

For more information, call David Asplin at 326-9516.

Lisa Leinberger

Cheney

Groups hosting Harvest Carnival

Eastern Washington University and Cheney Kiwanis will host a Harvest Carnival and Harvest Tours for kids in costume on Friday.

The tours will leave the Pence Union Building between 3:30 and 4 p.m. and the Carnival will be in LA Hall from 4 to 6 p.m.

Tour guides will take groups of kids, from toddlers to fifth-graders, to different buildings around the EWU campus for goodies, then return to LA Hall for games and refreshments.

The 2008 Homecoming Parade will be traveling by LA Hall on Elm St. on its way downtown at 6:30 p.m. for extra entertainment.

For more information call 359-2371.

Staff reports