Heritage Walk raises the bucks

Preservation Idaho’s recent annual Heritage Homes walk in the “West Warm Springs” neighborhood (in the area of the Alexander House, the Idaho Supreme Court, and many law firms), raised nearly $5,000 in gross profits. That will help pay for Preservation Idaho's educational programs, architecture walks and more.

Walk planner Debby McClure, and Preservation Idaho head Dan Everhart are already looking ahead to next year’s walk, through the Cresent Rim neighborhood on the Boise Bench. Owners of the Peasley house, the one with the cool turret at 2819 Crescent Rim, have already signed their house up for the tour, and organizers are looking for other properties.

McClure said Preservation Idaho is looking for “older, stately homes, or those with an interesting history,” on Crescent Rim, and the small area near Morris Hill. If you’re an interested homeowner, or would just like to donate time, or a few dollars to Preservation Idaho, contact McClure and Everhart at 424-5111.

October’s DIRTy Deed

DIRT (That’s United Way’s Direct Impact Response Team, for the uninitiated), our favorite group of intrepid volunteers that spend one lunch hour a week taking on the grittiest jobs in the nonprofit world, is helping sort Idaho Youth Ranch’s copious piles of donated books, clothes, and furniture next Wednesday. The crew could use your help.

It all happens from noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the Idaho Youth Ranch, 5465 W. Irving St., in Boise.

Register online or call organizer Neva Geisler at 336-1070, ext. 122.

Idaho Youth Ranch Thrift Stores help pay for four residential treatment programs for families in crises of all kinds — addiction, abuse, neglect, or mental health. The residential programs also provide a safe place for runaways and homeless kids. Over the course of last year, IYR programs helped 1,676 children in Idaho.