FOOD: Thanks to all involved in LCC food bank donation

The Lake City Community Food Bank would like to thank North Idaho Family Physicians - Kootenai Urgent Care, Lakewood Physical Therapy, Kootenai Occupational Medicine and Medical Practice Management Services for their generous donation of 200 pounds of food.

"It's great to see local businesses coming together to help the community," said Food Bank Director Joyce Dexter. "Coeur d'Alene is a very giving community."

The Lake City Community Food bank serves on average 5-600 families per month. That number rises during the winter months.

JOYCE DEXTER

Lake City Community Church

DONATIONS: Make it possible for us to do big things

As this year comes to a close we would love to thank those who gave so much to help us achieve our non-profit mission of compassionate Christian care and enrich the lives of our elders who have so little...

Thank you to our sponsors, especially River City Hospice and Magnuson, McHugh & Co, and our Corporate churches, you are invaluable to the community and to us.

Thank you to our individual donors, we understand the sacrifice and are grateful for your faithfulness.

Thank you to our volunteers for giving more than 6,100 hours of your time and 100 percent of your hearts.

Thank you to those who support our thrift store with donations or sales, you are making a difference.

Thank you to those who have honored us with grants, you make it possible to do BIG things.

Thank you to those who have carefully planned to gift us upon their passing, we are eternally grateful for your last good deed.

Thank you to our staff for loving your jobs, we appreciate your long term commitment to those you love and care for, who else can say they have the best jobs in the world?!

Thank you especially to our residents. You make us smile, you make us cry, you make us love you and we are truly honored to know you.

With sincere thanks,

KIMBERLY HOBSON

Director of Development for Coeur d'Alene Homes

AFFAIR: Many contributed to making event successful

Lake City Center wants to give a special thank you to all who so generously supported our "White Christmas Affair" Christmas event for seniors and our community. The fundraiser held on Dec. 14 helps support our numerous services including Meals on Wheels. Through the help of our community's donations the event was successful. A Taste of Jazz, gave wonderful big band, Dixieland and swing music performances. The band members, including Dave Steele and Maryann Taibi, donated their time toward our fundraising efforts. We made and served hors d'oeuvres. Santa Claus was there. Everyone had a wonderful time. The following people and businesses donated Christmas decorations, gift baskets, food, volunteer hours, gift cards, accommodations and monetary donations: CareNet, Legends Park Assisted Living as well as Mary Beth Hassell, Country Comfort Senior Care as well as George and Kim Ciccone, Home Instead Senior Care as well as Ene, Ella and Kathryn Gaines, Guardian Angel Homes, Pacifica Senior Living The Courtyard at Coeur d'Alene, Life Care Center of Coeur d'Alene, Comfort Keepers, North Star Retirement Community, Bestland Senior Living, Season's Restaurant, Safeway on Neider, Walmart, A Taste of Jazz, Affinity at Coeur d'Alene, Diane Culley, Rose Lawson, Nora Horn, Joyce Lechti, Ranie Solberg, Irene Lane and Phil Briner, who played Santa Claus. A Special and heartfelt thanks to you all and we look forward to a great 2014.

The purpose of Lake City Center is to provide a focal point for serving the social, nutritional, and educational needs of citizens aged 60 years and above.

Warmest regards, from Lake City Center More Than A Senior Center,

RICK CURRIE, Administrative Director

JESSICA LOGAN, Event Director

PENNY ZWALD, Activities Director

WREATHS: Sponsors, volunteers made for great event

Dec. 14, 2013, Rathdrum Pinegrove Cemetery, as location leader for Wreaths Across America I would like to thank the following for sponsoring Wreaths: City of Rathdrum, Stein's Market, Chipmaster, Rathdrum Lions Club, Becky and Destry Randles, Perfection Tire of Rathdrum, the Heltstumans (Rod, Susan, Cherry and Norm), Frank and Marge Bega, Russ and Patricia Patterson, Ken Winn, Don Soltman, Bob and Yvonne Hallock, Joan and Rod Genter, Judy Cooper, Joe Hume, Len and Barbara McLean, Walter and Grace Singer, Gerlinde Martenka, Lonnie Morse, W G and J D Curry, Shari Harris, Linda Lemas, Sam Meyle, Robert Moore, and my wife Anita.

Without the help of the following, this Memorial would not have been a success: Sydney Meckel (Nation Anthem), Eddie Moore (Taps), Tim Waller (sound), and the layers of the Remembrance Wreaths (Army-Russ Patterson, Marine - Len McLean, Navy-Frank Bega, USAF - Barbara McLean, Coast Guard - Per Larsen, Merchant Marines-Lonnie Morse, and MIA/POW-Fred Meckel).

Thank you to all that helped lay the 150 wreaths on the Veterans graves.

Next year our goal is lay a wreath on all 189 on Dec. 13.

Location Leader:

LEROY C. KRONVALL

Maj USAF Ret

TREE OF GIVING: Thanks for all the generous donations

We would like to thank all of you who so generously donated gifts and grocery gift cards to the Tree of Giving at Peterson's Family Foods this year.

God Bless all of you for helping those in need. Your thoughtfulness and kindness helped give a very Merry Christmas to some really great kids and their families.

And a special Thank You to Peterson's Family Foods for hosting this event each year.

Thank you to the VAC SHACK for their donation of a vacuum cleaner.

Have a healthy, safe and Happy New Year!

EILEEN and DAN VAN ROOY

Coeur d'Alene