PSNI’s Greenhouse set to open May 6
Every gardener in the panhandle has been itching to don their gloves and set their trowels to work planting, but the weather forecasters keep cautioning against it. Well, it now looks like the wait is over, and Panhandle Special Needs, Inc.’s Greenhouse is more than ready to provide them with an abundance of plants for […]
Innovia’s Leadership Council announces $30,000 in grant awards
Innovia Foundation’s Leadership Council for Bonner and Boundary counties recently announced grant awards totaling $30,000 to three nonprofits serving the two counties. The awards were announced at a community celebration of the Live Give 7B campaign April 18. Grants were awarded from the Bonner and Boundary Forever Fund at Innovia, which supports nonprofit organizations and charitable […]
PSNI launches plans for future expansion
Clients, Seth, Ethan and Travis Nolens, of Panhandle Special Needs, Inc. are enthusiastic to learn life skills and are cheering the upcoming facility expansion.Courtesy photo by KATHY HUBBARD / Contributing Writer| March 24, 2024 1:00 AM The bad news is that Panhandle Special Needs, Inc., most often called PSNI (pronounced piz-knee) has recently given notice by the […]
Raising the roof
PSNI outlines plan for new campus Sandpoint Reader · March 2, 2025 By Ben OlsonReader Staff After 50 years at the same address, Panhandle Special Needs, Inc. is embarking on a capital campaign to open a modern campus across the street from its current location. While it’s a long way to go and a lot […]
Big dreams
by CAROLINE LOBSINGERStaff Writer | February 2, 2025 1:00 AM SANDPOINT — Panhandle Special Needs has big dreams for the future. The dream? A modern, state-of-the-art facility, one that encompasses PSNI’s varied services aimed at helping those with developmental disabilities in Bonner and Boundary counties. As part of the first steps along the road to making that happen, […]
Magical day celebrates Christmas, community
by CAROLINE LOBSINGERDaily Bee Staff Writer | December 1, 2024 1:00 AM There was magic in the air. Stockings were hung with care, Christmas trees glowed with bright lights and decorations, and presents in the form of items too big to fit on trees decorated by nine of the community’s nonprofits lay waiting. Hot chocolate and apple cider […]
PSNI’s cross-street relocation makes way for a major expansion
It’s called Journey of Hope and the clients at Panhandle Special Needs were out in full force Thursday, June 13, in hopes of having fun with a group of college students cycling across the country. Members of Pi Kappa Phi, representing several colleges and universities across the U.S., embarked on The Ability Experience in Seattle bound for Washington, D.C. with stops in communities across the nation to promote awareness for those with disabilities.
PSNI gets by with a little help from their friends
by KATHY HUBBARD / Contributing Writer| October 22, 2024 1:00 AMBonner County Daily Bee Trying to make a dollar out of ninety-nine cents is what the staff at Panhandle Special Needs, Inc. does on a daily basis. Working with an extremely tight budget for facility maintenance and improvements, it was a special treat for them to recently […]
Sandpoint High wrestlers help out at PSNI’s Cottage
August 20, 2024 1:00 AMBonner County Daily Bee The Sandpoint High wrestling crew, along with some other volunteers, finish up work on Saturday. The four holes that were dug, as seen in this picture, will serve as the foundation for a new front porch. The work took about an hour, as the soil had lots […]
PSNI hosts cross-country cyclists raising awareness for disabilities
by KATHY HUBBARD / Contributing Writer| June 23, 2024 1:00 AMBonner County Daily Bee It’s called Journey of Hope and the clients at Panhandle Special Needs were out in full force Thursday, June 13, in hopes of having fun with a group of college students cycling across the country. Members of Pi Kappa Phi, representing several colleges […]
