Friends of the Restorium raffle starts today
April 19, 2013
The Friends of the Restorium Spring Basket Raffle started today and lasts until 6 p.m. at Akin's Harvest Foods, and this year's baskets are great as ever!

Two baskets are being raffled, with tickets going for $1 each or six for $5, and they are both stuffed with value and goodies to get your spring started right. Both have $100 gift certificates from Akin's Harvest Foods and Zip Trip and a $50 gift certificate for gardening supplies at Moose Valley, and a lot more.

Ticket sales continue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and again next Friday and Saturday, April 26-27, with the winners to be drawn at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Akins Harvest Foods is located at 7168 First Street in downtown Bonners Ferry.

You don't have to be present to win.

Friends of the Restorium was founded in 2004 and dedicated to improving the lives of residents at the Restorium.  Memberships are also being offered for $5 a year, with the goal of adding 500 new members this year, which would double the 2012 membership count.

Since its inception, Friends of the Restorium have funded or collaborated on numerous projects at the Restorium, including a new stove for the kitchen, a greenhouse, dining room table tops, drapes in resident's rooms, new carpet and furniture for the family room, entry rugs, raised vegetable beds, a grill for barbecues, a generator to power the facility in the event of an outage, laminate flooring in the hallways, dining room and kitchen flooring, dining room chairs, a walk in tub and other furnishings.

Each year, Friends of the Restorium sponsors an annual barbecue, this year's will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 30.

The Friends of the Restorium buy the meats and supplies, ladies from many churches in the community provide salads, and ladies of the Church of God in Christ Mennonite furnish all the pies. Hamburgers and hotdogs are grilled to perfection, local musical groups provide continuous entertainment. Residents of the Restorium participate, as do people from throughout the community, and everyone is welcome!