Representatives from more than 20 nonprofits will converge Thursday on City Park in Coeur d’Alene for the Day of Giving, an effort to raise awareness and funds for different organizations around the area.

“The whole purpose of this is for people to come down and have fun and learn about all these nonprofits,” said Jocelyn Babcock, executive director of Panhandle Parks and organizer of the event. “There are lots of opportunities to help, and those opportunities don’t all have to be financial.”

Festivities will begin at 8 a.m. at the Human Rights Education Institute, where donors and nonprofits will celebrate with a kickoff breakfast. Personalities from KREM, KXLY and KHQ will join in the fun, competing in a cash grab in the famed Green Machine. The television celebrity who grabs the most cash will select a nonprofit to receive a $250 donation.

Visitors and donors can then mingle in HREI’s gallery and learn about donation and volunteer opportunities. Anyone who donates $25 or more before 5 p.m. will receive their choice of a free ride on the carousel or free admission to the Museum of North Idaho.

At noon, the organization will host a cornhole tournament for pairs. The winning pair will select a nonprofit to receive all tournament entry fees. Food trucks, meanwhile, will take over the HREI parking lot.

Parking in the museum upper lot is free for visitors during this time.

Idaho Gives is a program of the Idaho Nonprofit Center. Its intent is to solidify nonprofit needs, raise money and generate awareness for the state’s various nonprofits. May 2’s day-long event involves nearly 600 nonprofits statewide.

“This is for all nonprofits,” Babcock said, “and it gives us all an opportunity to come down and see all the great works that nonprofits are doing for Idaho. Even if you don’t come down for the tournament or the food, come down to meet all these great people who are working so hard for our communities.”