If you saw a random Facebook post about a missing ring — or any item really — would you try and find it, just to try and reunite it with its owner?

Now how about if that item was at the top of a mountain in the snow?

Not many of us would do just that. But that’s just what friends Tom Gately and Brendan Cheever decided to do.

“As I read the post, my heart had gone out to him because I’ve lost my wedding ring before and I was going to be on the mountain at the same time,” Gately told CBS reporters, according to goodnewsnetwork.org.

But let’s not jump ahead of the story too much. First, the owner of the ring.

Bill Giguere’s lost his wedding band during a daytime hike along a 10-mile loop trail by Mount Hancock in New Hampshire. The only clue that he had to its possible location was the memory he had briefly removed his gloves while at the mountain’s summit. By the time he had returned to his car after the hike and noticed it was missing, daylight was already fading, according to the website.

Giguere decided he had nothing to lose by posting word of his lost wedding ring to a Facebook group for hiking enthusiasts — where it was spotted by Gately and Cheevar.

Now, Gately hold out much hope they would find the ring but the pair figured they had nothing to lose by trying. It probably didn’t hurt that they decided to bring along Gately’s metal detector to improve their odds.

Within minutes of the hikers reaching the summit, the detector started beeping. He then brushed away some snow only to find the missing wedding ring, the website reported.

“Everybody just started clapping,” Cheever told WCVB. “You couldn’t believe it.”

After Giguere got the message they had found the ring, he drove 60 miles to Gately’s house so he could pick up the previous token and thank the New Hampshire man for his efforts.

That small act of kindness had a huge impact for Giguere. Imagine what kind of impact our donations to the Sandpoint Lions Club’s Toys for Tots campaign can have.

Donations from a handful of change to large checks from generous donors all add up to something pretty magical — a merry Christmas for all of the community’s youngsters.

Today's generous donations, totaling $440, come from Panhandle Forest Products, $100; The Floor Show, Inc., $100; Saralee and William Transue, $100; Keith and Rebecca Roberts, and Robin Spade, $40; and Micheal Winslow and Linda L Derr, $100.

To date, the campaign has raised $45,878.67 update of the $75,000 needed to ensure every child in the community has a merry Christmas.

The Lions want to make sure every child in the community has a merry Christmas — each and every year. While Christmas has passed, the Lions are still working to hit their goal to ensure a merry Christmas is had in 2026. (Much of the funds raised each year goes toward the coming year to help the Lions make the most of each dollar donated.)

To help the Lions attempt to meet their $75,000 goal, the Toys for Tots drive is continuing through Dec 31.

Won’t you join them in making a donation — it doesn’t matter how big or how small — and help the Sandpoint Lions Club reach its goal for Toys for Tots?

Donations can be made at a variety of local businesses, listed below and including the Daily Bee at 310 Church St., Sandpoint, or online at bit.ly/LionsToysForTots.

Each year, the Lions team up with local businesses and residents through Toys for Tots to ensure everyone has a merry Christmas.

Funds raised go toward purchasing new toys for area children — or gift cards for older youth — who live in the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

Every Christmas, the Lions help almost 1,000 area children, from Sandpoint to Clark Fork and all points in between.

Donations may be mailed to the Sandpoint Lions Club, P.O. Box 414, Sandpoint, ID 83864, or dropped into any coin jar around town. Donations should include a note that it is for Toys for Tots and, if you wish to remain anonymous, please mention that in your note.

Donations made by check are preferred. Be sure to include a note with your check indicating that it is a Toys for Tots donation. If you wish to make an anonymous donation, please include a note.

If the donation is being made in someone’s name, be sure to also include a note.

Each day during the drive, donors’ names will be published along with the amount of their donations. A running total will be included to help the community know where the Toys for Tots campaign stands.

If you can, please consider donating. Every penny, every dollar adds up, and if we all pitch in, we can make this, once again, a successful Toys for Tots campaign. Additional donations help the Lions buy ahead and make the most of the community’s generous support.

In Sandpoint, toys and donations can be dropped off at the Bonner County Daily Bee, Mr. Sub, Columbia Bank, Connie’s Cafe, Serv-A-Burger, Mountain West Bank, Pivo Peaks Alehouse, Sandpoint Family Medicine and Urgent Care, and the Bonner County Fairgrounds.

In Sagle, toys and donations can be dropped off at Buckin’ Beans and Encoder Products (in the front lobby, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.).

In Ponderay, toys and donations can be dropped off at Alpenglow Salon, Walmart, North 40, Columbia Bank, Arnie’s, Better Together Animal Shelter, Community Resource EnVision Center, Litehouse, Elite Tire, Vinnie Todd’s Barbershop, Hoot Owl, Papa Murphy’s and Mountain West Bank.

Information: Sandpoint Lions Club, 208-263-4118, [email protected] or bit.ly/SandpointLions