At the Corner Cottage in Hillyard, you can find pink porcelain pumps or painted tea pots. And if you bring the purple card you can also find some significant savings.

The card is the Spokane Grapevine Discount Card. The brain child of Monte Tareski, the $25 dollar discount card offers consumers a variety of discounts from local businesses across the region.

But it gets better. Local charities are selling the purple card, through local retailers, with 40 percent of the cost going directly to their programs.

That means for every card sold by Cancer Patient Care they get around $10. Melissa Halverson, the development director for Cancer Patient Care says, "We help with all those different financial areas even getting groceries or keeping the electricity on."

The newest location of MacKenzie River Pizza used their soft-opening for a good cause. Instead of pocketing the night’s proceeds, they donated 100% of their earnings to the Wishing Star Foundation.

It was an invite-only event that brought in about 300 guests to the new restaurant, located at 57th & Regal.

The evening of fundraising is a significant part of the new store opening process for all of MacKenzie River Pizza’s locations. They use the soft-opening as a way to get a little work experience, but also give back to the community.

Wishing Star Foundation is a program that grants “wishes” for children ages 3-21 in Idaho or Eastern Washington who are suffering from life threatening illnesses.

After several years of rumors, speculation and an online petition, Trader Joe's has finally arrived and opened for business Friday morning.