PJ donations sought for Sleep Country event
Sleep Country is holding a pajama drive for foster children. From now through March 3, new pajamas in all sizes can be donated at any Sleep Country store.
Stores are at 231 Vista Way and 908 N. Colorado, Kennewick; 4245 N. Road 68, Pasco; and 81 Columbia Point Drive, Richland.
For more information, go to sleepcountry.com.
Lisa Stewart wants to accomplish even more than seeing thousands of poor children around the world receive their first stuffed animal.
Through the charity she founded, Gifts for the Heart International, the 35-year-old mother of four wants American children to learn how fortunate they are and how much they can help other children. She and her husband, Josh Stewart, live in Bellingham with their children.
Question: What's been the local response to your requests for stuffed animals?
The Cellular Connection, the largest Verizon premium wireless retailer in the country, opened a location in downtown Sumner on Jan. 25.
Thousands of children passed through the doors of the Idaho Children's Home during its years as an orphanage.
Drive by Riverview United Methodist Church in Pasco on Saturday and Sunday and you'll see people sleeping in boxes, washing windows and asking for food.
They're the church's youth group -- about 20 teens ages 12 to 18 -- participating in a "30 Hour Famine" event to focus attention on the community's homeless.
"It's a national movement that we've received information on for years," said Julie Estes, youth director for the church. "I know of a number of youth groups who've done this in the past. We just haven't organized one at our church until this year.
The Turkish government is open to holding a referendum over an Istanbul development plan that has had a central role in nearly two weeks of mass protests, a spokesman for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party said Wednesday.
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