Community connections
David Gunter Feature Correspondent | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 7 months AGO
<p>Dave Pietz, left, and Rich Crettol stand outside the Gardenia Center at the corner of Fourth and Church, home to the offices of the Sandpoint Community Resource Center, which serves Bonner and Boundary counties. (Photo by DAVID GUNTER)</p>
SANDPOINT — The 24/7 help line rang at Sandpoint Community Resource Center and, as always, was answered immediately.
“I want my $500,” the caller said.
Um, say again?
“I heard there was an agency in Sandpoint that gives everybody who calls $500 and I want my money,” said the person on the other end of the line.
Attempts to determine the caller’s needs or how the center might be of assistance were met with a stiff arm.
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