CAROUSEL OF SMILES LTD
EIN 81-4728058 · Historical Organizations (A80)
What they do
RESTORATION WORK PROGRESSED WELL DURING THE YEAR, and WE ARE ON TRACK/SCHEDULE for SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION (85%+/-) of THE RESTORATION is EXPECTED BY MID FALL of 2024. THE DECISION to REASSEMBLE THE CAROUSEL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS MADE IN FEBRUARY. THE DESIRE WAS to RE-ENERGIZE THE COMMUNITY for THIS PROJECT, ADVANCE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS, and SHOW OFF THE RESTORATION WORK of OUR VOLUNTEERS. FUNDRAISING MOMENTUM REGAINED HOED for LEVELS, WITH INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS and PONY ADOPTIONS BACK ON EXPECTED TRACK for THE COMPLETION of THE RESTORATION. AS THE CITY BEACH PARK LOCATION is NO LONGER VIABLE, ATTENTION HAS TURNED to A SUITABLE PRIVATE LOCATION, JUST OUTSIDE of THE PRIMARY DOWNTOWN CORE of SANDPOINT IN THE "GRANARY/WAREHOUSE DISTRICT". A LEASE and AN OPTION to PURCHASE WAS OBTAINED to THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY, THAT WITH SOME RENOVATION WILL BE SUITABLE for THE CAROUSEL and ITS ANTICIPATED ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES. THE PAINTING STUDIO and THE COMPLETED PONIES WERE MOVED INTO THE NEW LOCATION WITH
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 439 S EUCLID AVE, SANDPOINT, ID 83864-1163
- County
- Bonner
- In care of
- % ROBERT HUTCHISON