More than 70 children got free dental exams and cleanings today. Dirne Community Health Center is reporting a successful “Give Kids a Smile” day, a national event that educates families and kids about how to access dental care.

Dirne Dental director, Dr. Justin Rader, says they had three time the kids this compared to last year.

With the help of community partners, Dirne Dental says they were able to provide more than $1 million of service discounts to about 6,000 uninsured clients in 2011. The health center works with about 12,000 clients in the Coeur d’Alene area.

Weather conditions in Coeur d’Alene neighborhoods have cancelled Friday’s classes for Coeur d’Alene School District. Though the snow day is joyous for some, Friday’s closure is affecting the region’s blood supply to hospitals. Inland Northwest Blood Center had a blood drive planned for Coeur d’Alene High School on Friday, but with no students to donate, they're under the amount they need for the day.

“High schoolers contribute almost 25% of our supply,” Elizabeth Giles, Inland Northwest Blood Center, said on Friday morning. She’s hoping residents are able to make it out to their Coeur d’Alene location to donate the supply that is needed.

“We need 200 units a day and we haven’t seen that many donors for the past week,” Giles explained. “We’re the sole provider to all our hospitals.”

Two other mobile blood drives had to be cancelled as well today. That means they’ve lost the opportunity for about 250 units.

They have yet to reach a critical level in their supply, but if anything drastic were to happen at area hospitals, the low supply could be an issue.

“We’re trying to prevent this before it becomes critical,” Giles added.

Positive Changes Hypnosis Centers has agreed to donate 15% of the proceeds of their ‘Coping with Cancer’ program purchased in the month of October to the local chapter of the American Cancer Society to help support Breast Cancer Awareness.

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Positive Changes Hypnosis hopes to generate more awareness through monetary support and help patients stricken with cancer deal with the mental and emotional aspects of this disease.

The company's success in helping individuals reduce weight and stop smoking as well as improve their personal well-being has produced thousands of success stories here in the Northwest for over 10 years.