What started as a way to bless Sandpoint seniors with a valentine during the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into an annual county-wide activity that impacts thousands.
Hold on. Pain ends.
The message is as simple and as powerful as that, organizers of the Walk for HOPE said of their reasons for the eighth annual event.
The annual walk across the Long Bridge this year set for Sunday, Sept. 3 highlights suicide awareness, hope, and healing. This year, there will be both in-person and virtual events for the walk.
A look at the events, activities, and meetings taking place around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork to Dover.