COEUR d'ALENE - Blue porch lights were sold out, store fronts painted, marquees were dedicated and fundraisers formed all over Kootenai County Wednesday.

This is all in memory of Coeur d'Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore, who was killed in the line of duty on Tuesday.

Almost $60,000 in direct donations were raised for Moore's family in less than 24 hours.

Addison Arce, director of the Kootenai County Police and Fire Memorial Foundation, said the foundation established two charitable funds to benefit Moore's wife, Lindy.

One account, in Moore's name, has been established at Umpqua Bank at 1106 E. Sherman Ave.

As of 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Arce said walk-in contributions totaled more than $16,000 in cash.

A second fundraising account - named Sgt. Greg Moore & Lindy Moore Fund - was established online at Gofundme.com. As of 4:30 p.m., more than 750 people donated in excess of $40,000 to the family.

Arce said the foundation was established to financially help firefighters and police in Kootenai County 10 years ago, after Coeur d'Alene Police Officer Mike Kralicek was shot and wounded in the line of duty.

Arce and two other retired police officers formed the association based on a similar association that helps law enforcement officers in Los Angeles.

He said even though LA is a much larger community, he said its association never raised as much money in a 24-hour period as the local one has for Moore.

"This is a very charitable community, and quite overwhelming for us," he said. "We have donations coming in from all over, from as far away as Australia."

Businesses showsupport

Several private businesses have also come forward to help the Moore family.

Daybreak Coffee on the corner of Prairie and Ramsey donated an entire day of sales to the Moore family, and according its Facebook page, it had a steady stream of customers all day.

Chris Patterson, owner of Blue Smoke BBQ at 510 Best Ave., is also donating profits to the Moore family. Patterson was a soccer coach for one of Moore's children, and said he will continue to collect donations at his stand and pass them to the family.

Hayden Discount Cinema will have a free showing of the movie "Courageous" at 7 p.m. every night, starting May 8 through May 14, and 1:50 p.m. matinees on Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday.

"I was thinking of some way that we could pay respect to this fine officer, husband and father that would involve the community and convey a great message as well," said owner Mike Lehosit. "Viewers will find themselves laughing, crying, and cheering as they are challenged and inspired by everyday heroes who long to be the kinds of husbands and fathers that make a lifelong impact on their children and their community."

The Coeur d'Alene Press is offering a free advertisement in Saturday's newspaper to any business that is planning a fundraising event over the weekend or next week.

Ad sales representative Kari Packer is in charge of the project. She said businesses must have all their information to her by noon on Friday to be eligible for the free ad.

"We are not making any money on this," she said, adding interested businesses can contact her directly at 664-0215.

Other reactions

Coeur d'Alene Police officers have been deluged with donations of food and money for the Moore family. In fact, they were getting so many donations at the hospital on Tuesday, they posted a message on Facebook asking donors to deliver the donation to the Police station.

"Thank you to our community for all your donations of food for our officers," the post read. "Unfortunately, due to space limitations, Kootenai Health is not setup to receive these donations. However, we will accept them at the Coeur d'Alene Police Department on behalf of the family."

The first prayer will be dedicated to the Coeur d'Alene Police Department and the Moore family today at noon in the Veteran's Plaza in McEuen Park. It will be part of the National Prayer Day celebration, said Pastor Paul Van Noy.

National Prayer day was established by President Ronald Reagan and has been held on the first day of May ever since.

Blue light bulbs have also sold out all over Kootenai County as people participate in the national "Lights On Campaign," which encourages homeowners to put blue bulbs in their porch lights to honor fallen police officers.

Gary Siroshton, electrical department manager for Home Depot, said he had to send an employee to another store to get more bulbs on Wednesday afternoon.

"We completely ran out of them," he said, adding he should have some available today.

An employee in Lowes' lighting department said they will likely have no blue bulbs for a few more days.

Seright's Ace Hardware in Post Falls was sold out as well.

"We will be getting a new shipment on Friday," said Kara Gilligan, who works at Ace.