<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of today’s Lewiston Morning Tribune with special thanks to Moscow’s Linda Pike . . .</div><div><br></div><div><div class="subscriber-preview" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">In the movie, “My Fair Lady,” Audrey Hepburn portrays a homeless flower girl on the streets of London. An opening song rings true today: “All I want is a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air, with one enormous chair; wouldn’t it be loverly?”</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">When you retire for the night, do you ever think how it would be if you were sleeping in your car, perhaps with your kids? Can you imagine worrying about where you will sleep or use the bathroom at night? Basic needs that most of us take for granted are lacking right here on the Palouse for many families.</p></div><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Even here, we have families who have been evicted, families who cannot afford the first/last months’ rent plus damage deposit, families who have lost the wage-earner, single parents who cannot afford child care. Whatever the reason, the need is great and you can help get families back on their feet and into housing by donating to Family Promise now.</p><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Avenues for Hope is an annual campaign that matches your dollars, therefore greatly increases your giving. I urge you to give a donation to Family Promise so that they can continue to help families right here on the Palouse. Donate online at <a href="http://avenuesforhope.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">avenuesforhope.org</a> or go to <a href="http://familypromisepalouse.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(6, 69, 173); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;">familypromisepalouse.org</a>. This campaign ends Dec 31. All donations of $25 or more count toward matching and prize money.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Please help these families find a “room somewhere far away from the cold night air.”</p><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Linda Pike, Moscow</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px;">Hey, folks - I made a $100 contribution this morning. Care to join me?</p></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></body></html>