Tickets on sale for 3Cs annual Appreciation event
MAUREEN DOLAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 5 months AGO
<p>Brian Crain will perform Aug. 23 at the 3Cs Appreciation Brunch at the Hagadone Event Center.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Want to witness a hearty dose of philanthropy in action and hear a world-class piano performance?
Tickets are on sale now for the 3Cs (Cancer and Community Charities) annual Appreciation event, a brunch set to take place Aug. 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hagadone Event Center.
The 3Cs are preparing to give away $100,000 to area nonprofits at the brunch. There's an added incentive to buy a ticket - pianist Brian Crain will be performing.
"It will be a fantastic performance. He is such a wonderful entertainer and composer," said 3Cs member Marcia Saunders. "We want this to be special, and I think it is going to be."
This year's total grant distribution is the largest amount the 3Cs have ever awarded.
The funds are all given to Kootenai County charitable organizations that have been selected by 3Cs members.
The 3Cs was founded 51 years ago by the late Ellen Walden, as a bowling group called the Cancer Crusaders Bowling Leagues. The ladies who participated would donate money to cancer patients.
These days, the 3Cs organize several major fundraisers each year, and they also raise funds by having fun.
Group membership is $15 annually, and there are about a dozen activity groups for 3Cs members to join. They sing, play bridge, play golf, enjoy gardens, sew, enjoy each other's gourmet cooking and more, and each activity group collects additional annual dues or fees that also go into the pot for distribution to charities.
Tickets for the Aug. 23 event are $27 each.
To purchase tickets to attend the Appreciation Brunch, send a check, made payable to the 3Cs, to: 3Cs Appreciation Brunch, P.O. Box 1274, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816, or call Judy Gardner, 664-4604.
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