Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho is hoping the region will jump on board and donate during the first ever Idaho Gives campaign.

Idaho Gives is a 24 hour giving campaign sponsored by the Idaho Nonprofit Center. The event gives donors the opportunity to give to any of the 531 participating non profits across Idaho. For every $10 donation made groups will be entered to win a Golden Ticket prize. The more donors that GSEWNI gets, the more chances they have to win prize money.

Groups have also been divided by size into three separate scoreboards. Each scoreboard carries an additional $5,000 worth of prize money that will be divided between the top five money raisers at the end of the day. Idaho Gives also features an Everybody Wins Award, this award takes a general pool of money and divides it by the percentage if the total raised. For example, if Girl Scouts raises one percent of the total for the entire campaign, then they receive one percent of the Everybody Wins Award.

Next week one of the country's leading speakers on interfaith relations will at Eastern Washington University. Chris Stedman will be reading from his new book “Faitheist” as well as hosting a workshop and lecture on interfaith relations.

The event is hosted by EWU's Compassionate Interfaith Society, a group on campus that is dedicated to religious tolerance. The group was created after student Skyler Oberst witnessed Muslim peers being harassed for their beliefs by other students.

Oberst approached a professor and a discussion panel was set up to address the religious intolerance. For Oberst the panel didn't solve the problem.

Students in the Pathways Program at Cheney Middle School started a school recycling program last fall. Yesterday they were excited to receive Level I Green Certification from Washington Green Schools.

Washington Green Schools is a nonprofit organization designed to help schools go green. They provide educational material and certifications with the hope that every school in Washington will help create a sustainable region by transforming their school environments. There are currently 234 participating schools. Right now only 10 schools in Spokane County are involved.

Cheney Middle School is one of only three schools that have certification in Spokane County. Joni Kent, the Pathways teacher, started the recycling program as an extension of the life skills training they do in class. Pathways focuses on teaching the students not only general academics, but also life skills that will help them succeed outside of school later on.