In brief: Pennies benefit the Guilds’

Thu., April 22, 2010

From Local Reports

SPOKANE COUNTY – The Spokane Guilds’ School Foundation will have its 14th annual Community Penny Drive on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The community can donate pennies and loose change at the following locations to benefit children, up to age 3, who are in need of early-intervention therapies at the Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center.

Donation drop-off sites include Peppi’s Pizza, North Newport Highway; Washington Trust Bank, Wandermere 438 E. Hastings Road; Spokane Guilds’ School, 2118 W. Garland Ave.; Windermere Real Estate, 9017 N. Country Homes Blvd.; Chuck E. Cheese and Clear Channel Radio; Jump & Grind Coffee Co., Fourth Avenue and Walnut Street; KHQ-TV, 1201 W. Sprague Ave., (7 a.m. to noon only); Safeway, 1233 N. Liberty Lake Road; Inland Northwest Bank 57th Avenue and Regal Street; Windermere Real Estate, Manito 29th Avenue and Grand Boulevard; Cheney Masonic Lodge 106 College Ave., Cheney; Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Pines Road and Broadway Avenue; Sterling Savings Bank, 507 N. Mullan Road; Argonne Village, Argonne Road and Montgomery Avenue.

For more information, call Jaime Wright at (509) 326-1651 e-mail jwright@guildschool.org or visit www.guildschool.org.

Battery recycling Saturday

RIVERSIDE – AAA will collect used lead-acid batteries, including auto, boat, motorcycle, and riding lawnmower batteries, for recycling on Saturday in honor of Earth Day. AAA will also donate an evergreen tree to the Mountains to Sound Greenway along Interstate 90 for every battery collected.

Batteries will be collected for free at the downtown AAA, 1717 W. Fourth Ave., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (509) 358-6950.

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