COEUR d'ALENE — A new nonprofit is coming to Coeur d'Alene, but before it officially opens its doors to serve the community, it needs a little boost.

The Kootenai Recovery Community Center, located at 1111 Ironwood Drive, is having a donation drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to help it be up and running by its soft opening date of July 25.

"We want to be able to put our resources more toward serving individuals through programming," said Katie Schmeer, director of operations for the Kootenai Recovery Community Center. "By the community rallying around us to provide us furniture and start-up supplies, then we can focus our finances on more of the day-to-day operations."

The Kootenai Recovery Community Center is a private nonprofit that will serve individuals and family members who are seeking or working to maintain long-term recovery from a substance use disorder or co-occurring behavior health disorder. It will offer free services, including traditional 12-step and faith-based support groups, tobacco cessation, life skills classes, educational classes, healing through art and yoga, a recreation-based recovery program, help with resumes, phone support and more.

The mostly volunteer-run center is partnering with local entities that are dedicated to helping people on their paths to better lives.

"We’re that one-stop shop where people can come in after they get out of jail or they just got a DUI or just started drug court or mental health court where they can begin their process in recovery," Schmeer said. "Or for those who are currently working their recovery and need more resources to achieve long-term recovery."

Schmeer said the nonprofit began with a $150,000 grant from the Idaho Millennium Income Fund, which granted the Idaho Association of Counties $600,000 to create Recovery Community centers throughout the state. The state received the funds through a tobacco settlement the Millennium Fund oversees.

Although it falls under the 501(c)(3) umbrella of Boise-based P.E.E.R. (People Empowering Everybody in Recovery) Wellness Center, the Kootenai Recovery Community Center will be operating and serving the people of Kootenai County.

"The city and county rallied around us and wrote letters saying that this would be good for our area," Schmeer said, adding it was the Behavioral Health board that tasked her colleague, Angela Palmer, with the role of being the development director and driving force behind the center.

Donations sought are office supplies, such as printer paper, pens, paper pads, calculators, staplers and a printer that can scan and copy; officer furniture, including rolling chairs, end tables, lamps, a coffee table, a lockable filing cabinet, bookshelves, chairs, a couch, flat screen TV with HDMI capability, sound machines and a radio/CD player; art supplies, miscellaneous center needs such as a mini-fridge, popcorn, soda, water, coffee and coffee cups, non-perishable snacks, cleaning supplies, volunteers and financial contributions.

Schmeer said all donations will be tax deductible and Kootenai Recovery Community Center representatives will have the tax ID and receipts on hand. She said nothing will go to waste; all items will be used or sold later to raise funds for the center.

"It's a chance for people to give back," she said. "Anyone who has ever been in recovery and received help, this is their chance to give back."