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TaTa's Party to benefit cancer patients set for Saturday

CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 5 months AGO
by CAROLYN BOSTICK
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | October 10, 2023 1:00 AM

WALLACE — The TaTa’s Party began out of a sense of sisterhood when friends in the Silver Valley banded together after one of them was diagnosed with breast cancer.

That first wine night 12 years ago has transformed into a community-wide fundraiser.

Organizer Aubrey Stovern said it’s been exciting to see the annual event grow over the last decade into something “for the community from the community.”

Funds raised during the live auction go toward the Shoshone Cancer Resource Center. The center supports cancer patients by annually giving out pharmacy vouchers and gas cards to families undergoing treatment.

The live auction includes donated items and decorated bras, wreaths, pumpkins and gift baskets. Bras are artistically designed to either represent fun aspects of life in the Silver Valley such as hunting or are made with items from local businesses.

The event begins at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Wallace Elks, 419 Cedar St. This year will feature a wine wall, beer pull and a coffee cart.

“We are so happy to have a platform for our community members to help other community members battling cancer,” this year’s Facebook event stated.

Info: [email protected] or visit the TaTa’s Party and Auction Facebook event.

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Rae'Lynn Howell turned gloves from Bat Waves into a decorative bra to auction off during the TaTa's Party.

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A quilt with bra patterns sewn into it is part of the TaTa's Party auction being held Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Wallace Elks Lodge at 419 Cedar St.

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A decorative bra with a hunting theme will be auctioned off during the TaTa's Party on Saturday, Oct. 14.

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