The Wardle Home

Participation in recreational activities, volunteer positions and/or employment helps girls build self-confidence, rediscover healthy ways to have fun, undertake challenges that increase awareness of strengths and areas that need improvement, and provides opportunities to practice new interpersonal skills and develop positive friendships. 

Since 2002, the girls at the Wardle Home have been active in the following:

Volunteer Opportunities

• Local Community Hospital
• Extended Care Facilities
• Head Start Program
• Forest Service
• SL Start (work with kids with developmental disabilities)
• Kids in Motion (equine therapy for kids with physical disabilities)
• Search and Rescue Program
• Children's Day Care Centers
• Volunteer Fire Department
• Animal Shelters
• Pend Oreille Arts Council
• Bonners Ferry Herald 

 
 

Other Activities

• 4-H Organization
• Dance Classes
• Guitar Lessons
• Gymnastics
• Yoga Class
• Weight Lifting
• Aerobics Classes
• Karate Lessons
• Church Youth Group
• Community Theatre
• Therapeutic Horseback Riding
• Community Soccer League
• 5K Races

Employment

• Hardware/Lumber Store
• Sandwich Shop
• Hotel Positions
• Idaho Dept. of Parks & Recreation
• Convenience Store

"We could write pages about the miracles your family has been a part of from taking Julie in when you both were working full-time and expecting your first child, seeing her through HS graduation...opening your home for the holidays, finding her jobs, watching movies, working out, talking to the wee hours of the morning, going on little sleep and taking the little bit of together time to strategize about your extra kids...you will never know how many ways you have brought joy to Julie's life and our lives...we know in years to come you will be the hands, heart, feet, energy, hope behind many more miracles and thru your work, God's love and wisdom will flow to the desperate, downtrodden and distraught." (2003 parent letter - student name changed)

Local Entertainment

• County & State Fairs
• Lawn Mower Races
• Demolition Derbies
• Schweitzer Mountain Events
• Draft Horse Show
• Arts and Craft Shows
• Kootenai Nat'l Wildlife Refuge
• Circus & Rodeos
• Outdoor Music Festivals
• Silverwood Theme Park
• Lumberjack Festival
• Broadway Shows at the Spokane Opera House
• Indoor Water Park
• Panida Theatre Events
• Holiday Parades

  General Entertainment

• Hiking & Biking
• Bowling & Rollerskating
• Arts and Crafts
• Skiing/Snowboarding
• Sledding/Tubing
• Boating/Water Skiing/Tubing
• Swimming & Kayaking
• Go Kart Racing
• Movies & Board Games
• Water or Snowball Fights
• Picnics & Bonfires
• Horseback Riding
• Tennis/Basketball/Volleyball
• Softball/Soccer/Badminton
• Frisbee Golf & Horse Shoes