North Idaho businesses, nonprofits join forces for Day of Caring
Eric Welch, left, and Luke McMillan of the Bonner County Daily Bee work to take down a play structure at Bonner Homeless Transitions during the United Way's Day of Caring. The structure needed to be taken down so that it can be donated to another nonprofit.
Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER
A group of volunteers from Avista helped with ceiling tile work during Thursday's Day of Caring event.
Kez McIntyre, Bridget Koch, Savanah Groff and Italia Jimenez of the Bonner County Daily Bee pose for a photo after volunteering at Creations during the United Way of North Idaho's Day of Caring volunteer effort.
Angela Minehart, from the Coeur d'Alene Press, rakes pine needles as part of Day of Caring volunteer efforts at Camp Lutherhaven on Thursday.
About 200 volunteers from businesses in Bonner and Kootenai counties joined forces with local nonprofits Thursday for United Way’s annual Day of Caring.
Volunteers helped with a variety of projects at 16 different nonprofit sites in Coeur d’Alene and two sites in Sandpoint. Projects included ceiling tile work, yard work, painting, food packaging and deep cleaning. The work done by volunteers saved local nonprofits an estimated $20,000 in labor costs, according to Jen Reynolds, the development manager with United Way of North Idaho.
“This is a positive way to engage with community partners, get people into a beautiful space and serve in a fun and unique way,” said Richie Withycombe, the operations director at Camp Lutherhaven.
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