People First Christmas Party: The conference room at the Gateway Community Center was filled with gifts and cheer on Thursday as nineteen members from People First assembled to celebrate the holiday season. A buffet featuring a wide array of sandwich and cookie choices greeted the members as they chatted while listening to Christmas music. The highlight for the event came when everyone drew a … Continue Reading →
People First Art Class
Raette from Tipsy Brush provided a wonderful art class for People First at the Gateway Community Center on Sept. 18th. This was the first of three classes. The main objective for this class was to create a color board and learn how to mix colors to get different colors and shades. These skills will be helpful when they begin their … Continue Reading →
Lighthouse Annual Fall Festival
Special Friends and People First enjoyed a great day at the Lighthouse Annual Fall Festival on Saturday Sept. 16th. There was great music, great food, and a variety of activities to take part in. Folks could ride horses, go for a hay ride, have their face painted, hit a target with a ball and dunk someone in a pool. You … Continue Reading →
Columbia Falls Community Market
Ken and Kathy represented Special Friends Advocacy and People First at the Columbia Falls Community Market on Thursday, September 18th. The Market is a great gathering place for Columbia Falls. There is a wonderful selection of produce, fantastic baked goods and artisans have exceptional works for sale. If you are hungry, there are at least 6 food trucks with menus … Continue Reading →
Tamarack Brewery Community Tap Night to Benefit Special Friends Advocacy
brewery nightThe Tamarack Brewery in Lakeside will be having a Community Tap Night to Benefit Special Friends Advocacy. The date will be Wednesday, September 13th from 6 to 9pm. Come and enjoy a wonderful meal, excellent beer and great company, all while contributing to an organization that assists community members with disabilities. Click on “brewery night” to see a poster … Continue Reading →
People First help with Rubber Duck Regatta
Keeping their pledge to focus more on community service projects this year, People First was present at the first annual Rubber Duck Regatta in Lawrence Park on August 28th. The event was a fundraiser to help raise money for the local food bank and featured a children’s game area where our folks ran the games. These varied from bean bag … Continue Reading →
Care Farm Challenge Tests People First
It was a warm Saturday morning when everyone arrived for the fourth Care Farm Challenge in the Montana countryside outside Kalispell. Some 100 participants were in shorts and tennis shoes ready to take on the multiple tasks placed before them including a zip line and log drag. Seven or eight People First members rose to the challenge and completed the … Continue Reading →
Summer of fun activities
It’s been quite a summer for People First this year as they not only followed up their day at the Kiwanis Lodge with a trip to McCormick Park in Missoula, but met for an ice cream party at Sweet Peaks in Kalispell. Funds for the party were received in recognition of their booth at the United Way Flathead Gives event … Continue Reading →
People First Enjoy a Day at the Kiwanis Lodge
A group of twenty members from People First along with Kim and Janet Davis, Joe Muri, and Mike Kofford enjoyed a BBQ and swim on Bitterroot Lake last Saturday. Members from the Kalispell Kiwanis Club welcomed the group with hot dogs and hamburgers, then treated everyone to a pontoon boat tour. Kim and Kimmie talk about the beautiful day (pictured). … Continue Reading →
People First receive “Inspiration” award for their Flathead Gives Booth
It was May 4th and 5th of this year that visitors to the Gateway Community Center were treated to a Star Wars theme as multiple booths displayed Wookies and Death Stars during the event. People First were no exception as they produced several Star Wars artistic panels to line a table that also displayed video of their recent activities. It … Continue Reading →
Thank You Big Wheels Sponsors and Donors!
This year’s Big Wheels Basketball tournament on April 29th in the Glacier High School gym was an incredible 11 hours of competition. We’ve already heard back from several businesses and individuals in the community that would like to participate next year and keep this wonderful local tradition alive after 31 years. We couldn’t have pulled it off without the help … Continue Reading →