The Fry Healthcare Foundation Festival of Hearts, which took place February 10 at Kootenai River Inn, was a resounding success, raising more than $40,000 to benefit Boundary Community Hospital. The majority of funds raised during the event will be used to purchase two Stryker Gurneys for Outpatient Surgery and the Emergency Department. During the event, many of the attendees raised their paddles to support the hospital’s purchase of an Accuvein Vein Visualization Instrument.

The holidays are behind us and we are back into our daily routines. But for many, the loneliness and struggles that come with the holiday season do not go away when the calendar turns to a new year. Fortunately for those in rural North Idaho, there are not only our local food banks but also Second Harvest’s Mobile Market, a refrigerated truck filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meat, bread, cereal and other food, that travels to areas outside of Spokane w