Step-on tour guide Jan Pettiet recently announced the addition of Candlelight Christmas Tours, a guided tour featuring two of Shreveport’s most historic homes: the Logan Mansion and the Davis Homeplace.

The tours, scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m., Dec. 6, 7, 13 and 14, will depart from the overlook parking lot in downtown Shreveport’s Festival Plaza. Participants will ride on a shuttle provided by A-1 Charter Service. Tickets are $20 per person, and they can be purchased online by going to yesterdayslady.eventbrite.com.

LifeShare Blood Centers has decided to make blood donors' life-saving good deeds go a little further: For every blood donation LifeShare Blood Centers collects on Saturday, Dec. 8 and Sunday, Dec. 9, it will donate a food item to the Harvest Food Bank in Texarkana, Ark.

The deal pertains not just to Texarkana but also for the 70 parishes and counties with 3.7 million people that LifeShare serves.

Holiday Lanes in Bossier City has joined the nationwide fundraising effort Strikes for Special Olympics, which is part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) campaign.

The event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8 at Holiday Lanes, 3316 Old Minden Road in Bossier City.