Local business has winter boot drive
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 9 months AGO
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | November 23, 2021 1:00 AM
MOSES LAKE — The owners of Desert Graphics Inc. are sponsoring what may be an unusual project to provide foster children with winter boots.
Desert Graphics owner Dani Smith said people don’t have to buy kids winter boots. Instead, people can come into the business at 1235 E. Wheeler Road and buy a pair of boots Smith has on display in the store through Dec. 20. She will donate a pair of boots for every pair purchased, she said.
She sponsored a coat drive with the same format last year, she said, and the response was impressive.
“The community outpouring was just amazing,” she said.
People bought so many coats she had to buy more, she said.
Managers of the foster care system told her they had enough coats and blankets in 2021, she said, but they didn’t have enough boots. So Smith found some boots.
“I just wanted the kids to have something warm,” she said.
If the boots sell out, she’ll buy more, she said.
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