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f you think the world is screwed up right now — and I’m not saying you’re wrong — imagine for a moment what the Inland Northwest would look like without the region’s nonprofits rising to the occasion. What would be missing and who would be left behind?

Imagine: The Arc of Spokane, gone. Bloomsday, gone. Meals on Wheels, gone. The Spokane Symphony, gone. The Humane Society, gone. Habitat for Humanity, gone.

The Red Cross, gone. The Northwest Museum of Art and Culture, gone. The YWCA, gone. Second Harvest, gone. Hoopfest, gone. Cancer Care Northwest, gone. The NATIVE Project, gone. The Carl Maxey Center, gone. Spokane Arts, gone. Odyssey Youth Movement, gone. Goodwill, gone. World Relief Spokane, gone. The Girl Scouts, gone…

Imagine how screwed up things would be then — if these organizations and the hundreds of others like them simply disappeared. It’s a terrifying, bleak picture. Thankfully we’re a community of generous, dedicated people.

I’m reassured of that fact around this time every year when we assemble our annual spotlight on area nonprofits (page 21); it’s called GIVE GUIDE, a recognition of all the time and passion they give and a reminder that all of it — the groups’ very existence — depends on us giving something back, too.

— JACOB H. FRIES, editor

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Does Your Mother Know?

You gotta jump back in the pool.

Often, she doesn’t

BY TARA ROBERTS

D

uring the skills test on the first day of swimming lessons, my younger son refuses to backfloat. The instructor tries to ease the back of D’s head into the water and the kid curls up like a leggy armadillo.

D is demoted from his class, escorted to the shallow end of the pool, to a pod of kids half a foot shorter than he is. He is a dejected character in a Peanuts comic, head flopping, shoulders bent, eyes downcast. He sobs the whole way home. He is never, ever going back.

That evening, my husband and I talk him into agreeing to give lessons one more shot. We

want him to learn to swim.

I couldn’t do much more than dog-paddle until my 30s; my husband still sinks like a rock. D, just shy of his 10th birthday, needs this essential life skill.

Needs to be better than us.

The next morning, I hear D crying in his room.

He is not going.

“Let’s just go to the pool and see how it goes,” I say. “Get your swim trunks on. Please.”

He shuffles into the living room in his pajamas, sad Charlie Brown again.

My brain is a mess of worry and sympathy and frustration.

His big brother can’t miss his lesson, so D has to at least get in the car. But I can see how badly he doesn’t want to go, how the embarrassment of the day before hangs on him. But I don’t want him to be a person who gives up easily. But he’s tried to float for years. But I want him to swim.

D loves music, so I get out my phone. “We’ll find some songs to get you pumped up,” I say as I type into the Spotify search bar. By the magic of the internet there is a playlist with the name “Random songs to get you pumped up.” I hit shuffle.

ABBA’s “Does Your Mother Know” starts to play.

“Oh, this is a good one,” I say. He stares at the floor. I wiggle to the beat. “Come on, man. This is disco.”

I add the diagonal-point move like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. I roll my arms and shimmy like a Tina Turner backup dancer.

“You just have to tip your head back and trust the water to hold you up. It’s physics.”

D looks up and raises an eyebrow. He starts to sneak off, and I remember the move where you slowly point at the crowd — in this case, my audience of two bewildered preteens. I funky chicken, run in place, robot, vogue. I don’t know how to do the Bus Stop so I just pretend I’m letting people on and off a bus.

I have exactly zero clue what I’m doing. My older son is laughing hysterically. D’s eyebrow stays up. I can tell he’s trying not to smile.

I groove. I boogie. I flail. I hope. When the songs ends, D stands, rolls his eyes, and declares that he will get dressed and go to the pool.

My knees and lungs ache as I watch him stomp down the hall. I’ve turned off the music but the song sticks in my head. It’s definitely not what ABBA was singing about, but the question from the chorus takes a turn in my mind, and I feel my eyes sting as I think about how completely clueless and helpless D’s demotion at the pool has made both of us feel.

Does your mother know? So often, I don’t. I remember holding him the day he was born, hearing his big brother galloping down the hallway, and thinking, How am I supposed to do this?

He gets his swim trunks on. Gets in the car. Gets in the LETTERS pool. I hear his new instructor Send comments to praising him for listening well editor@inlander.com. and trying hard. He reaps the rewards of being the oldest kid in the group, of having a little more time to ease himself in.

At the end of class he declares he loves swimming lessons and can’t wait to go back.

As we walk home on one of the last days of his class, I bring up the backfloat. Is he ready to do it when they test him again? I see the nervousness crawl up him, his body start to curl.

“You just have to tip your head back and trust the water to hold you up,” I say. “It’s physics.”

“Physics doesn’t work like that for me,” he says. (This is the same child who announced in kindergarten that he didn’t believe in putting spaces between words.)

I tell him physics works even when you don’t believe in it.

I tell him I have faith that if he keeps practicing, he’ll learn. I don’t say how hard it is for me to trust the water, too. How little I know. How little anyone knows. We flail. We hope. Sometimes we manage to swim. n Tara Roberts is a writer and college journalism adviser who lives in Moscow with her husband, sons and poodle. Her work has appeared in Moss, Hippocampus and a variety of regional publications. Follow her on Twitter @tarabethidaho.

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COMMENT | FROM READERS

Readers react to the news that Pig Out in the Park 2021 has been canceled.

TANASHA L ALDERSON: Good. Maybe this time if we close up sooner it won’t last as long as last time. We all know what’s coming. Mask up and get vaccinated so we can be done with this. If you won’t contribute to the solution by getting vaccinated, then don’t complain.

GENE BRAKE: Hopefully Hoopfest next. It’s the responsible thing to do.

KARI KNUDSEN-STOVER: Sad to have it canceled, but it was the right call to make.

FRED RENTERIA: Don’t worry, they will have another concert in the Pavilion tomorrow.

JANELLE HICCOX: Sad to hear this but proud you took the safety of people as a priority. Hang in there everybody.

DOMINIC VITALE: I miss Pig Out in the Park, but the spread of this variant is not worth risking the health of so many. Pig out in your backyard, folks!

EILEEN FRANCES: If people don’t want to get vaccinated, they should forfeit the privilege of receiving hospital care.

JOSHUA VANDER PLAATS: Remember to thank your local anti-vaxxers!

BOB GOERTZ: Spokane Interstate Fair will be next.

You’ll have to wait yet another year for a “Pig Out” food fix.

JASON JONES: Next they will shut down everything again. n

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VACCINES

Rob Chase, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Heather Scott: One is unvaccinated, one is vaccinated and one won’t tell us. Can you guess who’s who?

Leading by Example We asked more than 65 local politicians if they were vaccinated for COVID-19. Here’s what they said

BY WILSON CRISCIONE AND NATE SANFORD

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efore we start, let’s get this out of the way: No, it is not a HIPAA violation to ask someone if they’ve been vaccinated for COVID-19.

Thankfully, we live in a country where you are free to ask people whatever you want. By the same token, people are generally free to answer however they want.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act only applies to providers, health plans and other organizations that process your health information.

With that in mind, we at the Inlander asked more than 65 local leaders if they were vaccinated for COVID-19.

Most of them were either elected politicians or candidates for office, but a few were nonelected public figures we asked just for fun, like embattled Spokane Regional Health District administrator Amelia Clark. If they were vaccinated, we asked how they were encouraging others to do the same. If they were not vaccinated, we asked why not.

Why are we asking these things? Well, because the delta variant is wreaking havoc on us as vaccination numbers in the Inland Northwest are lagging. As of press time, there are 248 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Spokane County — that’s more than at any other

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point in the pandemic. More than 90 percent of them are unvaccinated.

While it would be ideal for you to listen to your doctor and the overwhelming number of public health professionals who say you should get the vaccine, we also know politicians have some sway. Counties with the lowest vaccination rates in Washington, we’ve found, are also the ones with the highest percentage of 2020 Donald Trump voters. (“You’ve got to do what you have to do, but I recommend: Take the vaccines,” Trump said at a rally last Sunday in Alabama, prompting boos from several audience members.)

And we must admit that, yes, we have a bias here.

We think pretty much everyone, politicians included, should get the vaccine. It has been proven to be safe for almost everybody. It reduces the chance that you get COVID-19 and spread it to others. If you do get COVID anyway, it will drastically reduce the chance of hospitalization or death. Those are the facts. It’s the way to keep businesses open and get out of the pandemic that’s already killed 645,068 in America.

Of the 55 politicians who responded to us, most see it the same way. Only three explicitly told us they

hadn’t gotten the shot. Two of them said they didn’t get it because they already had COVID (though the CDC recommends they get a vaccine anyway). Thirteen were cagey about it and refused to answer our question, citing either personal privacy or bizarre misinterpretations of HIPAA. A few, like Spokane Valley Rep. Rob Chase, spouted conspiracy theories to explain their opposition to the vaccine. Eleven did not respond.

Three of the twelve people who sit on the Spokane Regional Health District’s Board of Health declined to tell us whether or not they had been vaccinated.

We should note that we spoke with almost all of these people before Monday’s news broke about the FDA’s plans to officially authorize the Pfizer vaccine. The one person we spoke with afterwards was Idaho state Rep. Tony Wisniewski, who wouldn’t tell us if he’d gotten the shot and said it was immoral for governments to mandate the “so-called vaccination.” He said the news about the FDA did not change his mind.

Keep in mind, we didn’t ask every local politician if they were vaccinated. So for anyone we missed, you can always write a letter to the editor complaining that you feel left out of the Inlander’s pro-vaccine agenda.

THE UNVACCINATED

ROB CHASE, STATE REPRESENTATIVE (R-SPOKANE VALLEY)

On his Facebook page several weeks ago, Chase claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine is “not a vaccine, is not tested” and was “created by Eugenecists (sic) who want a smaller Global population.” The post was so filled with misinformation that Facebook took it down — a decision Gov. Jay Inslee applauded.

Our diligent reporting has confirmed that the COVID-19 vaccines are, in fact, vaccines. If the goal were a smaller global population, then they’re doing a really poor job, since all the evidence points toward their saving lives.

Chase, in an email to the Inlander, went on to assert that although he is not a health professional, he has “heard many health professionals” say that the “recent surge is from people who have been vaccinated and are shedding.” He also says he’s against mandatory vaccination and then complained that “anyone questioning the vaccine is censured and/or ridiculed” by the media.

We responded to Chase and explained that the vaccines don’t contain live virus, so vaccinated people are not “shedding” the virus. We also explained that although the vaccinated may experience a breakthrough infection and spread COVID that way, the chances of them spreading COVID are much lower than with an unvaccinated person. We have not heard back.

WAYNE FENTON, SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE

Fenton called us and said immediately that he is “not an anti-vaxxer.” He then went on to explain that he is not vaccinated and is not encouraging anyone else to get it, calling it an “experimental drug.”

Fenton says he had COVID in October so he feels no need to get the vaccine since he has antibodies (the CDC recommends people get vaccinated anyway). We asked if he’d change his mind at all on the vaccines being too “experimental” if the FDA were to fully approve the vaccines, instead of the vaccines receiving only emergency-use authorization. Fenton said it wouldn’t change his mind.

STEVE VICK, IDAHO STATE SENATOR (R-DALTON GARDENS)

Vick says he also had COVID in October, and for that reason he has not been vaccinated.

“I do not encourage or discourage vaccinations as I am not a medical professional and believe that choice should be left up to individuals based on their individual health conditions and risk tolerance,” Vick says.

THE VACCINATED NADINE WOODWARD, MAYOR OF SPOKANE

Woodward got the COVID-19 vaccine in April, and she’s been urging others to do the same ever since. City spokesman Brian Coddington notes that recently she and Councilmember Candace Mumm have worked on creating city-hosted vaccine clinics, including some held at neighborhood fire stations.

So far, she’s refused to mandate that city workers get the vaccine.

BREEAN BEGGS, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

Beggs: “I got vaccinated the earliest I was eligible in April and am strongly encouraging others to do the same!” (Note: You will notice that many politicians ignored the part where we asked how they are encouraging others.)

AMELIA CLARK, SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR

Clark says everyone in her family age 12 and older has been vaccinated. She says she’s encouraging others to get vaccinated because it is the best tool for moving forward as a community.

“Spokane Regional Health District has been leading the way with encouraging anyone who is eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” she says.

CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (R-EASTERN WASHINGTON)

From her communications director: “Cathy is vaccinated and has consistently gone on record encouraging individuals in Eastern Washington to talk to their doctors about receiving the vaccine so they can make the decision that is best for their health.”

After the FDA approved the Pfizer vaccine on Monday, McMorris released a statement further encouraging people to seek out the vaccine.

“For anyone in Eastern Washington who hasn’t yet been vaccinated, I encourage you to talk to your doctor. Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself and your family.” ...continued on next page

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NEWS | VACCINES

Spokane City Councilmembers Candace Mumm, Betsy Wilkerson and Kate Burke: A few of the vaccinated.

“LEADING BY EXAMPLE,” CONTINUED...

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Brown says she encourages friends and family members to get vaccinated or tells them to seek out information from medical experts at Washington State University, University of Washington, or their own doctor.

JIM WOODWARD, IDAHO STATE SENATOR (R-DISTRICT 1)

Woodward: “Vaccination is a personal choice, but to those interested in hearing my thoughts” — (that’s us!) — “I share what I know about modern vaccines including their efficacy and the difference between the mRNA-based vaccines and traditional virus-based vaccines.”

PAUL AMADOR, IDAHO STATE REPRESENTATIVE (R-COEUR D’ALENE)

Amador decided to get the vaccine after consulting with his physician. He encourages everyone to speak with their physician to determine if the COVID vaccine is an appropriate medical decision for their personal health background. When more people get the vaccine, we’ll be more able to return to normalcy and reduce illness and death, he says.

ANDY BILLIG, STATE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER (D-SPOKANE)

Billig points out that 96 percent of people hospitalized for COVID in Spokane County are unvaccinated. He “generally supports” the position that getting the vaccine should be an individual’s choice, but that doesn’t mean he understands the choice to avoid the vaccine, unless there’s a legitimate medical reason.

“I do not understand the decision to put yourself, your family and your community at risk by not getting a vaccination that is proven to be so beneficial,” Billig says on his Facebook page.

MARCUS RICCELLI, STATE REPRESENTATIVE (D-SPOKANE)

When asked how he’s encouraging others to get vaccinated, Riccelli says he’s using social media, supporting public health and sharing information on vaccination sites locally.

KATE BURKE, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL

Burke says she’s encouraging everyone she knows to get vaccinated, posting information on social media. She adds that she helped host a vaccination clinic for the Arc of Spokane, where she’s a board member.

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MICHAEL CATHCART, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL

“As a new dad, I felt it was important to get the vaccine once it finally became available to the general public,” Cathcart says. “I am grateful for Operation Warp Speed in getting us to the point where we have multiple vaccine options for the community to consider, and I have supported local efforts to expand access for anyone and everyone who chooses to get vaccinated.”

BETSY WILKERSON, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

Wilkerson says she is vaccinated along with the staff and residents at the assisted-living facility that she owns. She’s helped get the word out through the media. “We are now keeping an eye on the booster shot,” she says.

LORI KINNEAR, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL

“I do personal asking of people who I work with, and if they aren’t, I explain why it is vital. [I’m] careful of course not to be ‘that person.’”

CANDACE MUMM, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL

Mumm was on vacation when we asked this, but council spokeswoman Lisa Gardner says Mumm “played a vital role in spearheading the ordinance passed unanimously by Council on May 17 to support communitywide vaccinations via Spokane Fire Department.”

KAREN STRATTON, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH Stratton says both she and her husband had COVID in February, and it was “the worst experience of our lives,” even though they were never hospitalized. Now, she says not a day goes by that she doesn’t talk to someone about being vaccinated.

She has raised the idea with other councilmembers of finding a way to mandate city employees get their shots, although the council may not have the authority to do that. Stratton adds that it would have to be something the union bargained as well.

AL FRENCH, SPOKANE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

French tells the Inlander that he’s trying to “lead by example,” but beyond that, he’s not doing much else to encourage others to get vaccinated. “It works for me,” French says. “But that doesn’t mean it’s going to work for everybody, so I respect that.”

JOSH KERNS, SPOKANE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

“I encourage people to discuss with their doctors and make the health care choice that is best for themselves and their family.”

MARY KUNEY, SPOKANE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

“I have and will continue to encourage members of our community and employees of Spokane County to get the vaccination so that we can move beyond this pandemic.”

TIM HATTENBURG, SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

Hattenburg says he has a friend who wasn’t able to get the polio vaccine and has been in a wheelchair his whole life because of polio. He says he tries to share stories like that as much as he can to encourage others to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

KEVIN FREEMAN, MILLWOOD MAYOR, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

Freeman notes that as someone who has worked in Africa and South America, he’s received many vaccines. He would urge people who have not got their shot yet to consider “all the good” vaccines have done for the world, remembering polio and smallpox.

“The fact that we in the United States do not have to deal with these types of diseases is a direct result of vaccinations.”

COVID isn’t going anywhere, he says, so the best way to minimize the risk of severe disease is through vaccination.

LINDA THOMPSON, SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL

Thompson says she tries to promote the work of outreach organizations like the NATIVE Project, Carl Maxey Center and Latinos En Spokane. “It is my responsibility to lead by example. I care very deeply about my community — from the eldest to the youngest — everyone,” she says.

PAMELA HALEY, SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL

Haley says getting the vaccine was a personal choice and that she believes each adult has the ability to make that choice themselves.

OZZIE KNEZOVICH, SPOKANE COUNTY SHERIFF

The sheriff says medical questions are “protected federal law” (they’re not in this case, we’ve been over this already). But yes, he

did confirm he’s vaccinated, adding that whatever medication and vaccines one decides to put in their body is a personal choice.

“Despite the political football that has been played concerning this issue, I trust the COVID vaccines produced by Operation Warp Speed and feel that they hold the key to stopping the spread of COVID-19,” Knezovich says.

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BRIAN SCHAEFFER, SPOKANE FIRE CHIEF

Schaeffer says he had COVID-19 early on in the pandemic. And now, he’s “proudly vaccinated.” He tries to spread the word through the fire department’s channels.

“I have always been a strong advocate for evidence-based science and medicine in our practice delivering EMS in Spokane, and we have not changed that practice during the pandemic,” he says.

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STEVE WIDMYER, COEUR D’ALENE MAYOR

Widmyer, the outgoing mayor, says he and his entire family are vaccinated. He would like for people to follow the science on vaccines.

“The only way out of this pandemic is if we can reduce infections and hospitalizations. I don’t want to see people get sick. Vaccinations have been medically proven to reduce the chances of getting sick, being hospitalized and dying from COVID,” he says.

AMY EVANS, COEUR D’ALENE CITY COUNCIL

“I encourage everyone to do the same to help protect our most vulnerable citizens and slow the spread in our community.”

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JIM ADDIS, IDAHO STATE REPRESENTATIVE (R-COEUR D’ALENE)

Addis says vaccination is a personal decision and that he respects people who get it and people who don’t. He says he got the vaccine because of his elderly parents, but didn’t have any further comment.

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Wood says she is “absolutely encouraging others to get vaccinated.”

DAN ENGLISH, COEUR D’ALENE CITY COUNCIL

English got the shot as soon as it was available. He says he’s at a loss to explain why there is such great reluctance to get vaccinated. He grew up when polio was still a threat and saw how grateful people were when the polio vaccine finally put an end to the threat. English has two adult children who served in the military and says he is glad the government is requiring troops to get the shot.

“As a local elected official in Idaho, I/we have really no ability to officially impact people getting vaccinated, but I support all those who do and plead with the rest to reconsider any decisions they have made up to this point not to get vaccinated,” English says.

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Rognstad says “it is the most significant action we can personally take to protect ourselves and our loved ones from the threat of COVID-19.”

MIKE LISH, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE

Lish says he’s a “strong believer in personal responsibility,” and has always followed guidelines in his restaurant to make sure everyone was safe.

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ZACK ZAPPONE, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE

Zappone replied to our email asking if he was vaccinated and how he was encouraging others to do so by saying “Yes and yes.”

NIKKI LOCKWOOD, SPOKANE SCHOOL BOARD

Lockwood says she’s volunteered at vaccine clinics, encourages vaccinations on social media and also in personal conversations. She has a health science background, and her husband is a physician at a local urgent care center.

“I see vaccines as highly important to move past the pandemic, and I feel my position is firmly rooted in science and public health,” she says.

JENNY SLAGLE, SPOKANE SCHOOL BOARD

Slagle was vaccinated in January at the NATIVE Project, and she says that’s helped her ensure the urban Native community in Spokane was protected.

Growing up on the Yakama Reservation, she says, “you acted in a way to benefit the whole and not just the individual.”

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JERRALL HAYNES, SPOKANE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT

JONATHAN BINGLE, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE

MELISSA BEDFORD, SPOKANE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE

BEN WICK, SPOKANE VALLEY MAYOR, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

Haynes says he is “sharing and advocating for people to base their decisions off of complete, accurate information from reliable sources.”

Bedford says she promotes the vaccines on her social media.

“I strongly believe that it is on those of us who can be vaccinated to get it, so that we can build herd immunity for those who can’t be vaccinated,” she says.

RILEY SMITH, SPOKANE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE

Bingle didn’t want to answer our questions: “I believe the decision whether or not to get vaccinated is a private decision. I’d encourage anyone to talk to their doctor and make that decision on their own.”

We didn’t get an email back from Wick, so we called him. As soon as the Inlander asked whether he was vaccinated, the call suspiciously dropped. We then called back, and he didn’t answer, so we left a message. Days later, we sent him a text message. Still no response.

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Smith says he’s volunteered at local vaccination clinics and encourages family and friends to get the shot. “The science is clear that these vaccines are safe and effective and help protect you and your loved ones from serious illness,” Smith says.

JASON KINLEY, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

DARYL GEFFKEN, SPOKANE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE

Reached by phone after two unanswered emails: “No comment.”

Geffken says he’s been encouraging people to be thoughtful and consider the perspectives of everyone involved when it comes to vaccination. He describes it as a personal choice that has become politicized and a trigger issue. “That said, I’m a proponent of it and have no problem sharing that opinion with people and pointing them to evidence that supports it,” Geffken says.

Reached by phone after two unanswered emails: “At this point my official statement that you can print is that there’s no comment.”

TYLER LeMASTERS, SPOKANE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE KATA DEAN, SPOKANE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE

MIKE PADDEN, STATE SENATOR (R-SPOKANE VALLEY)

Padden wasn’t reachable by phone or email. His communications director sent us an email with a link to a recent news release on Padden’s website. In the release, Padden says he has been vaccinated but strongly opposes Inslee’s requirement that state employees and health care workers get the shot.

Dean didn’t really answer our question. She says she believes in vaccines and has always vaccinated her five children, but didn’t say if she had been vaccinated for COVID. “[T]his is a private decision and like many I’ve consulted my doctor and made my own personal decision,” Dean says.

Dean says her biggest priority is getting Spokane kids back in the classroom. Along with COVID, she says there is a major mental health crisis among kids and teens that needs to be addressed. She doesn’t think Inslee should mandate vaccinations, but does think we should be encouraging people to talk with their doctors about how vaccines will protect them.

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ANDREA FROSTAD, SPOKANE BOARD OF HEALTH

DAN GOOKIN, COEUR D’ALENE CITY COUNCIL

This is the email we got back from Gookin: “?Medical decisions are between an individual and a doctor. The opinions of jackass politicians shouldn’t matter one goddam (sic).”

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When we got Frostad on the phone she said she’d seen our emails but didn’t respond because she didn’t have any comment. She says people with questions about the vaccine can go to the Spokane Regional Health District website.

HEATHER SCOTT, STATE REPRESENTATIVE (R-BLANCHARD)

Reached by phone, Scott told us she doesn’t do phone interviews and that we were welcome to send questions over email. We had already done that — twice — so we texted the questions instead.

Her response: “I do not share my medical information publicly.”

In public Facebook posts, Scott has shared links to articles and videos expressing anti-vaccine sentiment. In June, she shared a music video of RC The Rapper performing his anti-vaccine anthem “Just Say No.” “I said doc you must have me mistaken with someone viable / I can’t trust you if none of these companies are liable / I’m gonna stay the course like a one way road / Take your vaccine and shove it I’ma just say no” “I never thought I’d be a fan of rap music, but this guy has me hooked!!” Scott wrote.

Speaking at the Red Pill Festival in Idaho last month, Scott alluded to several COVID conspiracies. “There’s definitely something more going on,” she said of the virus. “It appears that a plan has been put into place to destroy our country piece by piece, transforming it into regions of a larger global world.”

VITO BARBIERI, IDAHO STATE REPRESENTATIVE (R-DALTON GARDENS)

Barbieri didn’t respond to emails, but when reached by phone he said we were violating HIPAA just by asking. He attributed his knowledge of the law to his time as a board member at the antiabortion Open Arms Pregnancy Care Center. We explained that HIPAA doesn’t apply to our question, but he still declined to talk about his vaccination status. “I’m keeping that close to the vest. I don’t know that I want to talk about my medical conditions.”

In March, Barbieri shared a link on his Facebook page to an anti-vaccine article from a fringe Australian news site.

TONY WISNIEWSKI, IDAHO STATE REPRESENTATIVE (R-POST FALLS)

Wisniewski also brought up HIPAA when we called him. When we explained that HIPAA doesn’t work like that, he still declined to talk about his vaccination status. Wisniewski also said it’s a violation of federal law for employers to ask about vaccine status. Again, it’s not.

“Whether or not it is legal to do that, I think it’s totally immoral for an employer to insist that an employee get a so-called ‘vaccination,’” he said.

Wisniewski went on to describe the vaccines as “experimental therapeutics” that obviously don’t work because of how many vaccinated people now have COVID. (In Spokane, more than 90 percent of the people currently hospitalized for COVID are unvaccinated.) Wisniewski has previously shared anti-vaccination memes on Facebook.

MARY SOUZA, IDAHO STATE SENATOR (R-COEUR D’ALENE)

Reached by phone after several unanswered emails, Souza said she was busy running for secretary of state and that we should call back over the weekend.

It must be a busy election season because we tried that and never heard back.

CRAIG MEIDL, SPOKANE POLICE CHIEF

Meidl is technically a part of the “Leave-Me-Alone” crew because he was out of the office when we asked. Julie Humphreys, communications manager for the Spokane Police Department, said she didn’t want to bother Meidl with a non-emergency matter while he was on vacation (fair enough). She says she doesn’t know the chief’s vaccination status because it’s not something they discuss in the office.

JENNY GRAHAM, STATE REPRESENTATIVE (R-SPOKANE)

Graham got COVID-19 last fall, before the vaccines were available. But when the Inlander asked Graham about whether she’s been vaccinated and is working to get others vaccinated, Graham refused to respond. Instead, she went to Facebook — the site that has flagged dubious posts of hers in the past — and declared that she wouldn’t be answering our questions, because “it won’t matter what I say” and that the paper had “history of printing their opinion over actual verifiable facts.”

Graham might be referring to a story the Inlander published last year about the links Graham had been posting on Facebook with conspiracies about COVID, vaccines and child trafficking. After the story was published, Graham left a voicemail calling the reporter a “cocksucker” and claimed the story was full of inaccuracies. Graham has yet to tell us what those inaccuracies were.

In her recent Facebook post, Graham complained that reporters should be held more accountable for spreading misinformation and trotted out a slew of anti-vaxxer talking points, including claims that the vaccines were given emergency authorization before all trials were completed. (In fact, all vaccines passed all three phases of the clinical trials required for approval before being authorized.)

Graham has insisted she’s not anti-vaccine. She writes that most people she knows that have been vaccinated are doing well, but also claims that “some are not or have died” and encourages everyone to “find ways to improve your health and natural immune system.”

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We sent multiple emails to all these people and gave them more than a week to answer. After that, we called and left a friendly voicemail. We’re starting to think they don’t like us anymore. Maybe you’ll have better luck!

BOB McCASLIN, state representative (R-Spokane Valley): Bob.McCaslin@leg.wa.gov BRANDON FENTON, Spokane Valley City Council candidate: brafen@comcast.net ARNE WOODARD, Spokane Valley City Council member: awoodard@spokanevalley.org BRANDI PEETZ, Spokane Valley City Council member: bpeetz@Spokanevalley.org ROD HIGGINS, Spokane Valley City Council member: rhiggins@spokanevalley.org KIKI MILLER, Coeur d’Alene City Council member: kmiller@cdaid.org WOODY MCEVERS, Coeur d’Alene City Council member: wmcevers@cdaid.org SAGE DIXON, Idaho state representative (R-Ponderay): SDixon@house.idaho.gov DOUG OKUNIEWICZ, Idaho state representative (R-Hayden): DougO@house.idaho.gov PETER RIGGS, Idaho state senator (R-Post Falls): Riggs@senate.idaho.gov RON MENDIVE, Idaho state representative (R-Coeur d’Alene): RMendive@house.idaho.gov n

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Closing the Door As the first city of Spokane contracts go up for open bargaining, a local judge says a voter-approved transparency requirement is illegal

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL

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nions that don’t want the public to listen in on their contract negotiations with government employers received a major victory this month, when a Spokane County judge tossed out a measure requiring open public bargaining.

In an oral ruling on Aug. 13 (expected to be incorporated into a signed order), Spokane Superior Court Judge Tony Hazel said that a 2019 ballot measure passed by Spokane city voters was misleading and violates Washington’s Constitution. He therefore found that the city can’t require open bargaining.

The measure in question saw 77 percent of city voters in that election support opening up bargaining between unions and the city so that reporters and citizens could listen in on the negotiation process. The city charter — sort of like the city’s constitution — was amended to require open public bargaining.

Once the final order is signed, the city won’t be able to enforce that open bargaining provision unless it successfully appeals Hazel’s decision. The proposed order awaiting the judge’s signature (which could happen this week) grants summary judgment to the union and finds that Section 40 of the Spokane Charter is unconstitutional.

The city’s largest union, Local 270, which covers most employees aside from police, fire and management, was supposed to start negotiating a new contract at the end of 2020.

But the union sued the city in May after months of back and forth, as the city tried to set ground rules that included open negotiating sessions while the union declined to meet in public.

“We’re very pleased with the outcome of the court decision and hopefully the elected officials over there will see it for what it is and bargain contracts like we’ve done since 1966,” says Chris Dugovich, president and executive director of the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, which bargains on behalf of Local 270. “There’s nobody cutting backroom deals. We’ve negotiated hundreds of contracts across the state and probably over 100 in the city of Spokane and in Spokane County with little or no disruptions to public service.”

But proponents of allowing the public to sit in on bargaining sessions point out that some negotiations between unions and the city have stalled for months or years in the past. In cases such as the Spokane Police contract that went unresolved for about four years, the public wasn’t able to hear specifically which offers and demands were made from either side until final agreements were presented to the City Council.

“The city really must appeal,” says Chris Cargill, Eastern Washington director for the Washington Policy

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Spokane city voters may not ever see an open bargaining session, depending on the outcome of a recent lawsuit.

Center, a conservative think tank. “The city has to step up and say this is an inaccurate, unfair ruling that goes against the citizens’ best interests.”

It’s not clear yet if the city will appeal.

“We have no comment regarding this pending litigation,” Jessica Goldman, the Seattle attorney representing the city of Spokane in the civil suit, writes in an email to the Inlander.

laws the way they wish.”

Indeed, Seattle attorney Phil Talmadge, the former Washington Supreme Court justice representing Local 270 in the lawsuit, says it all comes down to whether bargaining rules at the state level preempt local rules. The state Supreme Court has tossed out voter initiatives many times when they conflicted with state rules, he says.

“The Legislature has said this is how collective bargaining is to occur,” Talmadge says. “Everything in state law has said it’s negotiating between an employer and an employee organization. …

Having somebody [else] in the room in these circumstances is something that isn’t allowed.”

But Cargill argues that state law specifies who is allowed to do the actual deal making, not who can sit in the room.

“What that state law refers to is the fact unions have the right to be certified as the only entity permitted to negotiate employment conditions on behalf of the group they’re negotiating for,” Cargill says. “That does not mean that no one else can be in the room to listen in or be part of the negotiations.”

Nearly half of all states allow for some type of transparent collective bargaining, Cargill says, emphasizing that Spokane’s measure does not enable the public to actually comment at negotiating sessions.

“It just says it can’t be hidden from public view, and that’s the way all government should be, frankly,” Cargill says. “If people are going to be responsible for footing the bill, they have a right to know what’s being negotiated on their behalf.”

Talmadge says there are a few options from here.

Once the order is signed, the city has 30 days to choose not to appeal, choose to appeal to the state Court of Appeals, or they could choose to appeal to the state Supreme Court.

“It’s an issue that has profound implications statewide,” Talmadge says. “We’ll try to get this in the Supreme Court as quickly as we can if they appeal.”

That saves time by skipping the appeals court since this issue has statewide significance, he says.

“I suspect just about every labor organization in the state will want to weigh in,” Talmadge says. n samanthaw@inlander.com

“The city has to step up and say this is an inaccurate, unfair ruling that goes against the citizens’ best interests.”

PROTECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST

Dugovich argues that public interests are already protected since the public gets to see contract proposals when they go up for a vote at the City Council. Those elected officials can approve or reject contracts.

“When they start talking about transparency, they’re not being honest,” Dugovich says. “When we negotiate a contract, the results are always public and have an open hearing process where people can comment if they choose.”

He says similar open bargaining requirements passed by resolution in Spokane County, Lincoln County and other jurisdictions are all just part of a larger effort from conservative organizations and politicians to make things harder on unions. He says it’s a bullying tactic for one side to require such a thing from the other side.

“The underlying thing is that these politicians listen to the Freedom Foundation and Washington Policy Center,” Dugovich says, “and it was nothing more than an attempt to throw a monkey wrench into the process.”

But in Spokane, it was voters who approved the charter change. Would Dugovich describe the voters as bullies, too?

“I think it’s like selling ice cream, it sounds really good at first, but it melts quick,” Dugovich says. “The law does not provide for counties and cities to amend any

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Looking Inward and Out New show at Jundt Art Museum inspired by our pandemic lives, and desire to share spaces

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h, quarantine. A word that has appeared too often within the past year and a half. A word that means everyone is likely fed up with being in their own space and itching to get back out in the world.

Then, finally, some relief was found when people slowly started going back to work and we got to be in a space with other people again, in spaces that were not just us alone with our thoughts.

That’s what motivated Anna Stiles, guest curator for the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga’s fall exhibit, Staying Home: Interior Views from the Collection of the Jundt Art Museum, when she was selecting pieces for the exhibit. ...continued on page 20

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“I kind of was spending a lot of time thinking about how we had all just been quarantining and how nice it was to be back at work, but thinking about being in an interior space and then thinking about how artists depict their own interior spaces or other people’s interior spaces,” says Stiles, former registrar at the Jundt.

The Staying Home exhibit features over 20 prints, photos and paintings culled from the Jundt’s permanent collection. In fact, all of the exhibits at the Jundt this year feature artwork only from the museum’s permanent collection because of the unpredictability of COVID-19, says Paul Manoguerra, the museum’s director and curator.

As Stiles began exploring the database of artwork at the Jundt, she found that many of the pieces fit the theme of interior spaces. She also started looking at how and why the artists whose work is in the collection were depicting interior spaces.

Staying Home features contemporary artwork, with the earliest piece being from the 1940s and the most recent piece from the early 2000s, Stiles says. The art styles of pieces in the show are varied, and some have been in shows at the Jundt before while others are being shown for the first time at the museum.

“One of the things that I was interested in was sort of some of the works feel really still, thinking about interior views as a

still-life, and usually side, which reminded Stiles you know, no people of the pandemic and how are included in those anxious everyone was to views of rooms, but get out of their own spaces, then there’s also some she says. that do include figures Seventh Season is special and kind of force to Stiles because it was in us to think about the first exhibit she saw at ourselves in the space the Jundt when she worked too, or they feel like there, and she loves the cat they have a lot more in it and the implied sense movement,” Stiles of other people and objects says. in the room that are just out The exhibit is of view, she says. organized into four Stiles says that the themes, including exhibit is a nice break from “Interior Views as a our own interior spaces, Byron Randall’s Untitled [Water Street], 1958 Familiar Still Life,” and that going to museums “Time, Place, and Nostalgia,” “The Artist’s can allow us to get lost in the images and be Studio,” and “Personal Space.” Beginning invited into the artists’ lives.

Aug. 28, visitors for the Jundt will be able “We are used to being inside our own to walk in and enjoy the artwork, no aphomes or offices or studios, but seeing pointment required, although all visitors someone else’s space feels like this private are required to wear a mask regardless of invitation, kind of a little tour of their vaccination status, Manoguerra says. home, and it’s like a little peek behind the Room with Space by Andrew Alan Totcurtain, and I think that idea is fun,” Stiles man and Seventh Season by Will Barnet are says. n two of Stiles’ favorite pieces in the show.

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ive Guide is the Inlander’s annual ode to nonprofits making a difference in the Inland Northwest, and this year’s edition is packed with stories about organizations and people doing incredibly inspiring things with limited resources. People like Rick Clark, who’s been helping to feed people throughout the pandemic while supporting local restaurants in the process.

And Amanda Parrish, the new executive director of the Lands Council as it refocuses on restoration and climate change.

And Jennyfer Mesa, leader of Latinos En Spokane, which is providing connection, support and visibility to a growing community in the region.

As always, Give Guide is a celebration of great work, but also a spotlight on all the work that remains to be done — and the vital organizations striving to do it. It all takes time, passion and money, so if you have any to spare, these organizations could certainly put it to good use!

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Spokane Quaranteam founder Rick Clark.

Founded in response to the pandemic, the Spokane Quaranteam continues to provide aid in the community, wherever it’s needed

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ven when the coronavirus pandemic gave us a brief few months of reprieve earlier this summer, the work didn’t slow down for the Spokane Quaranteam and its founder, Rick Clark.

The grassroots, social media-based philanthropic group took shape during the first major lockdown back in March 2020, when Clark logged on to Facebook Live one night to see if he could raise $200 to purchase 20 pizzas from local chain Pizza Rita. Clark wanted to support the restaurant — like all other restaurants, it had just been ordered to close in-person dining — and in turn feed the clients of a local nonprofit, in this instance Volunteers of America’s Hope House women’s shelter.

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In the year and a half since, Spokane Quaranteam’s numbers have exponentially increased, both in the total amount of donations it’s received — including more than $250,000 raised to support local restaurants alone — and members of the community who’ve jumped on board to help. The Quaranteam’s Facebook group, its main hub, currently has more than 32,500 members.

One of them is Alice McKeever, who became involved after being on the receiving end of one of the Quaranteam’s projects last year that delivered doughnuts to residents in need of a pick-me-up who had been nominated by other members. ...continued on page 26

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“Just watching the collective whole of 32,000-plus people that don’t know each other come together and voluntarily save our city, that is nothing short of absolutely phenomenal,” McKeever says.

McKeever isn’t an admin for Spokane Quaranteam’s Facebook group, but has become well-known by Clark and other members for frequently responding to questions and offering general encouragement. During one of Quaranteam’s recent group “road trips” to Deer Park, McKeever, who lives nearby, helped guide members around the town to businesses that were the focus of the group’s support.

Throughout this summer, these weekend road trips were a monthly event, inviting members to take a short drive to small towns in outlying areas around Spokane where local businesses have especially struggled throughout the pandemic.

“We just finished our sixth road trip to Rockford,” Clark says.

“We’ve spent anywhere from $14,000 to $30,000 total at businesses during each one, but it’s hard to tell for sure because we include the entire town, not just one business there. We go out to help everyone.”

So far, the Quaranteam has organized these one-day “cash mob”-style events in Newman Lake, Cheney, Medical Lake, Deer Park, Rockford and Spokane’s Hillyard Business District.

Going forward, however, Clark says the trips won’t be every month, because he doesn’t want participants to burn out, and so that he can focus on other projects.

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ith the delta variant threatening more restrictions on being out in public, Clark says he’s lately been considering re-launching regular Facebook Live donation-request streams, which were the Quaranteam’s main focus throughout last year and into early 2021.

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“It’s been on my mind a lot with everything looking bad again,” Clark says. “I think I want to do that again; raise money and buy food and give that to people who are food insecure. We will never have a problem finding people to eat that food, and there are still plenty of restaurants that need help.”

One of the dozens of local restaurants and food providers that have benefited from an infusion of cash thanks to Clark’s donation blitzes is the Supper Club in North Spokane.

Owner Martha Domitrovich says when Clark reached out to her late last year saying he wanted to purchase several hundred dollars worth of meals at full price to donate to folks in need, it enabled her to renew several licenses and permits about to expire, and which she needed to continue operating her business selling pre-made meals and meal kits.

“There are still plenty of restaurants that need help.”

“It covered all my permits and licenses for the year,” Domitrovich says. “It took this huge expense that I was not sure how I was going to make work, and just took that off the plate completely.”

Domitrovich has since donated additional resources through the Supper Club for other Quaranteam efforts, and says it’s always easy for her to say “yes” when Clark reaches out, or she hears of his latest project. She recently gave a dozen $50 Supper Club gift cards to the nonprofit, which is collecting gift cards from local restaurants for Safety Net, a nonprofit that supports teens aging out of the foster system.

“With Rick and his wife [Virginia], I just give to them because I know it’s going in the right direction,” Domitrovich says.

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esides leading the Quaranteam online and organizing its small-town road trips, Clark’s stayed plenty busy throughout the summer while spearheading many other initiatives.

He helped raise, along with the Greater Spokane Food Truck Association, more than $82,000 so that almost 250 food-insecure kids could enjoy free meals from local food trucks during their summer break.

During the region’s historic heat wave in June, Clark and Quaranteam volunteers passed out hundreds of bottles of water to anyone in need of hydration, from the homeless to delivery truck drivers. Clark also purchased and collected donated fans and air conditioners to give to those without cooling in their homes. A few weeks back, volunteers walked around the city to hand out Spokane Transit bus passes to anyone who wanted one.

Spokane Quaranteam was recently contacted by staff at Spokane’s Amazon warehouses, asking if they’d accept donated pallets filled with returned items, like art supplies and household goods, both to use for its own efforts and to distribute via partnerships with other nonprofits. Clark, of course, said yes, although later questioned where he’d store all that stuff.

“That is a huge thing for Spokane, and a huge thing for the nonprofit world,” Clark says, “and showing that nonprofits working together is better than not working together.”

All these efforts have taken place while Clark’s also been running his central nonprofit, Giving Back Packs, a homelessness outreach endeavor, under which the Spokane Quaranteam operates.

“It’s my job to bring positivity to the world. The world is a dark place sometimes, and I have to get a bunch of people around me to be like, ‘OK, let’s get our second wind,’” Clark says. “But we have a lot of people relying on us to be that positive force, I don’t have time to sit around and be sad.” n

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A Worldly Feast Meet four immigrant chefs from around the world who now share their culture and cuisine with the Spokane community

BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

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ABDULKAREEM MAHMOUD

he idea is so brilliant, you wonder why others haven’t done the same thing: Find people passionate about cooking and help them hone their skills while also offering a unique dining experience.

That’s Feast World Kitchen (1321 W. 3rd Ave.), which debuted fall 2019 with a handful of wouldbe chefs and an ambitious plan: create community through shared culture and food from Spokane’s international communities, including its diverse immigrant and former refugee populations.

Feast’s chef list has since expanded to 50 members and is still growing. The nonprofit recently also added walk-up patio dining and catering to its original online takeout process. Meet four of Feast’s enterprising chefs, who arrived in Spokane by way of Syria, Pakistan, Venezuela and Rwanda.

ABDULKAREEM MAHMOUD, Syria

ZUBIA ROOHI

PATRICIA CASTANEDA

Like his father before him, Abdulkareem Mahmoud loves to cook and, also like his father, has watched his own son’s love of cooking blossom into a new career.

The father of three came to Spokane in 2015 from Daraa, in southwestern Syria, where he once had his own restaurant. It’s a dream he hopes to resurrect soon and plans to name Shiblak, his family name.

One of Feast’s foundational chefs who joined in 2020, Mahmoud has gone from cooking once a month to twice a month, as well as catering, with his recipe for shawarma appearing as a frequent special.

Common to many Arabic-speaking peoples, shawarma is meat — lamb, typically, but also beef, chicken and other meats — slowly grilled on a spit, then shaved off in thin slices and served with such sides as bread or salad. Lamb figures prominently in two other dishes that represent his culture, says Mahmoud: mansaf and ouzi (also spelled quzi and qoozi).

Feast chef and director of the nonprofit’s chef program Maisa Abudyha smiles as she translates Mahmoud’s favorite dishes.

“Those are Jordanian, too,” she says, noting her own country of origin, and adding that many dishes reflect several cultures.

ZUBIA ROOHI, Pakistan

OMY KARORERO

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There is some crossover between cultures in Zubia Roohi’s cooking as well. Roohi hails from the province of Karachi, Pakistan, which has a long and complex historical relationship with India, its southeast neighbor.

Thus, Roohi creates many dishes which are also common in Indian cuisine like korma, tikka, roti and meals made in the tandoori oven. The distinction, Roohi says, is that Pakistani food is much more likely to contain meat, so it has more savory notes, as well as stronger, deeper spice profiles.

Roohi started cooking at a young age and has spent nearly 25 years perfecting recipes and trying new dishes. If she had to choose a signature Pakistani dish, it would be biryani, a long-grain rice dish with meat that she often features at Feast.

When she visits home, however, she always asks for halwa puri, fried flatbread and halwa, which is a type of pudding. When she makes it for Feast diners, she serves sweet halwa, made with semolina flour, sugar, nuts and raisins, alongside chana, or chickpeas with tomatoes and spices.

PATRICIA CASTANEDA, Venezuela Patricia Castaneda’s signature dish is the Venezuelan version of cornmeal cake, called arepa.

The unleavened bread is made with cornmeal that’s been cooked, then dehydrated and used like flour. The little grilled cakes can be stuffed with goodies, like cheese or black beans, or piled high with toppings.

A native of Margarita Island, Venezuela, Castaneda was formerly a travel agent and can attest to the beauty of her country’s landscapes, as well as its diversity of culinary influences.

“We’re more about spices than spiciness,” she says of Venezuelan food, which has been influenced by Spain and other European countries, as well as West Africa and indigenous cultures.

Since moving to Spokane in August 2019, Castaneda joined World Relief as a community outreach associate and has cooked at Feast about 10 times so far.

“The beauty about Feast World Kitchen is that I’ll cook here something I would feed my family,” says Castaneda.

OMY KARORERO, Rwanda

Family is often on Omy Karorero’s mind when he cooks. Although he’s partial to curried dishes and a corn-based, doughy dumpling called fufu, other dishes remind him of home and family long gone.

A Rwandan dish of slow-cooked cassava leaves called sombe, for example, always reminds Karorero of his mother. He learned a bit about cooking by watching her as a young boy, at least until a particularly horrific time in 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War known as the genocide.

After finding himself alone and on the streets as a teenager, Karorero turned to music for solace. He also envisioned helping others through music, forming the basis of a nonprofit he created after emigrating to Spokane.

Initially, his nonprofit called Impanda focused on at-risk youth in Rwanda. Now Impanda is taking on a new mission to help at-risk youth in Karorero’s adopted community. Impanda Studios is in the works as a music studio and gathering place in East Central Spokane to “transform pain into purpose.”

Cooking also brings him a sense of purpose and healing, he says.

“You eat to feel,” says Karorero, indicating that when you eat with your hands, you are literally connected to your food, much like walking barefoot on the earth.

“The only thing that can connect us all is music, art and food.” n

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The Arc of Spokane 320 E. 2nd Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

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509.328.6326 arc-spokane.org info@arc-spokane.org

For more than 70 years, The Arc of Spokane has provided advocacy and support services for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) during every stage of life.

The Arc of Spokane is a chapter of The Arc of Washington and The Arc of the United States and promotes enhancing the quality of life for people with I/DD in the Inland Northwest.

More than 600 chapters of The Arc fight to ensure that people with I/DD and their families have the support and services they need to be fully engaged in their communities.

The Arc advocates for the worth of every person, taking a person-first approach to inclusion, empowerment, and choice. Our mission is to overcome barriers and create systemic change so that every person can live an independent and vibrant life.

How Can You Get Involved?

Support The Arc by joining us for a night unlike any other at Rock the Runway on Thursday, September 16! The true stars of the show are clients of The Arc of Spokane that take the stage in our annual fashion show. Live and silent auctions offer the opportunity to bring home incredible packages and experiences while supporting people with disabilities in the greater Spokane community.

One of the thrilling parts of this year’s event is that The Arc is hosting Rock the Runway at the Historic Flight Foundation.

We can’t wait to share an amazing night of entertainment with you as we help bolster The Arc’s programs and services.

Book your tickets today for www.arc-spokane.org/rocktherunway!

Reservations for Rock the Runway close Wednesday, September 1, 2021.

Can’t make Rock the Runway this year? You can still help support The Arc of Spokane by making a donation at https://www.arc-spokane.org/give.

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AHANA – Multi-Ethnic Business Association 9910 S. Lakehurst Drive Medical Lake, WA 99022

What We Do:

509.999.5365 ahana.meba10@gmail.com www.ahana-meba.org

The mission of AHANA is to advocate, assist, and develop business growth and opportunities for multi-ethnic and multi-cultural businesses; and advocate for increased employment in the Inland Northwest.

AHANA is a Spokane based non-profit organization that supports and promotes Inland Northwest multi-ethnic and multi-cultural businesses and their communities. Our vision is an Inland Northwest region with many successful and thriving multi-ethnic and multi-cultural businesses fully engaged in the political, social and economy of the region.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Become an AHANA member • Volunteer on a committee • Make a donation • Visit our online multi-ethnic business directory

Artisans

220 W. Francis Ave. Ste. B Spokane, WA 99205 • 200 E. 2nd Ave. Ste. A Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.325.4489 www.theartisans.org admin@theartisans.org

Artisans is a non-profit agency providing services necessary for individual job development, employment support, and employment opportunities in the community for persons with disabilities.

Artisans provides Supported Employment, Community Inclusion, and Independent Living services in Spokane for persons with varying disabilities. Each person we serve is unique and has specific skills, abilities, and talents. Because of this, our agency prides itself in offering services and employment opportunities as diversified as those we serve.

Supported Employment: Offers services throughout the entire employment process including resume building, interview skill building, job development, job coaching, and training. Staff members work diligently to offer job placements in the community and personalized support, centering efforts on each person’s interests and abilities. We pride ourselves in hiring staff with diverse backgrounds to support individuals in various work industries.

Community Inclusion: Offers services focused on community engagement activities and goals. It is designed for individuals who have reached retirement age, or for individuals in need of skill building and community integration to prepare for employment through volunteerism, social outings, and other community-based activities.

Independent Living: Offers services to assist individuals with accessing and utilizing the public support systems including, but not limited to housing, food, clothing, and financial resources. Specialized skill training is also available.

How Can You Get Involved?

Businesses: • Reach out to us for your hiring needs • Host mock interviews for job seekers • Provide volunteer or work trial opportunities for job experience.

Staff support provided Individuals: • Mentor individuals by teaching job skills and soft-skills • Donate monetarily or with services to support clients in their interview and employment endeavors

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SHOP OR DONATE TO A THRIFT STORE Local thrift shops, including Salvation Army or the Arc of Spokane, are powered by charity and give back to those most in need.

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Boy Scouts of America Inland Northwest Council 411 W Boy Scout Way Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.325.4562 www.nwscouts.org Marcia.hunt@scouting.org

The mission of the Inland Northwest Council, Boy Scouts of America is to prepare boys and girls to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

After a year of being cooped up inside, it’s time to Escape the Indoors and help families discover Scouting! Together, let’s get back outside!

Back to fun, family, and friends! Experience real nature, real friendships, and real excitement!

How Can You Get Involved?

Invest in the future of Scouting! Your donation today will go directly to the scouting program that instills character and leadership skills while having fun! Scouting is Fun!

Camp Fire Inland Northwest

509.747.6191 www.campfireinc.org campfire@campfireinc.org

409 N Argonne Unit B Spokane Valley, WA 99212

What We Do:

Young people want to shape the world. Camp Fire provides the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are. In Camp Fire, it begins now.

Camp Fire Inland Northwest owns and operates two summer camps: Camp Sweyolakan, an overnight camp on Lake Coeur d’Alene, and Camp Dart-Lo, a day camp along the Little Spokane River. Camp Fire kids also have the opportunity to learn and grow in our club programs where they develop leadership skills while planning and implementing community service projects.

How Can You Get Involved?

Your donation of $25, $100, or $1,000 could make summer camp a dream come true for local children.

Childrenʼs Home Society of Washington 2323 N. Discovery Pl. Spokane Valley, WA 99216

What We Do:

509.747.4174 www.childrenshomesociety.org spokane@chs-wa.org

To help children reach their full potential, we start with family. We develop healthy children, create strong families, build communities and advocate for children.

When we strengthen families—we all benefit. Family is a child’s first teacher, the foundation for a healthy life and the cornerstone of our communities. We’re committed to deepening our work with families in Spokane through holistic support to help them reach their full potential to thrive in life.

How Can You Get Involved?

Your gift will go to directly support children and families in Spokane. $30 buys a food box for a family; $120 covers a family counseling session.

The City Gate

170 South Madison Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

(509) 455-9670 www.thecitygatespokane.org thecitygate@qwestoffice.net

The City Gate exists to Reclaim, Rebuild and Restore, Lost and Broken Lives, transitioning from homelessness

The City Gate was initially formed as a church to serve the homeless and low-income of inner-city Spokane. Over the years we have become more holistic adding a client choice food bank and clothing bank, a social drop-in center, dinners, and breakfasts and 28 low-income studio apartments, including 2 emergency shelter rooms.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donations of all kinds are always welcome to support our clients.

Donations of seasonal clothing, non-perishable food and paper products, coffee, and cash all of which will go to support those we serve.

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Communities In Schools of Spokane County 104 S. Freya Yellow Flag Bldg, Suite 109 Spokane WA 99202

What We Do:

509.413.1436 www.spokane.ciswa.com

Our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Our staff are in schools with the highest poverty rates in the community. We coordinate a comprehensive range of services making sure students get the support they need so they come to school ready to learn. We place a Communities In Schools of Spokane County (CISSC) site coordinator (SC) in a school to assess needs, make a plan and coordinate interventions for the kids at risk of academic failure. Our goal is to provide hope, to make a way when there was once a barrier, to change the trajectory of a child’s future and empower them to stay in school, graduate on time and achieve in life.

How Can You Get Involved?

Mentor a student Donate to support our programs Host a food, school supply, hygiene or clothing drive

Girl Scouts of Eastern WA & Northern ID 1404 North Ash Street, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.747.8091 www.gsewni.org

Girl Scouts of Eastern WA & Northern ID is a local non-profit organization with the mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

Girl Scouts of Eastern WA & Northern ID is the pre-eminent leadership organization for girls. Through innovative programming in STEM, outdoors, financial literacy, the arts, activism and advocacy, and life skills, Girl Scouts gives girls the opportunity to discover, connect and take action. We are girl-led, girl-inclusive, and girl-driven.

What Can Your Donations Do? $30 could provide a girl with a year of Girl Scout membership $50 could outfit two girls with uniforms $150 could send a girl to day camp for one week

Giving Back Packs | Spokane Quaranteam 5428 S. Regal St. Unit 30321 Spokane, WA 99223

What We Do:

509.389.2503 www.gbpacks.org info@gbpacks.org

Our mission is to meet people where they are at who are experiencing homelessness, and offer a backpack full of necessities and resources.

Further Description: Giving Back Packs has provided over 5,000 backpacks to those who are living on the streets and experiencing homelessness. We do so with grace and dignity which is crucial to human existence. We also partner with many local agencies to offer resources inside each backpack.

How Can You Get Involved? $10 fills one standard backpack $20 provides a new I.D. $50 provides 25 day bus passes

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Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest 130 E. Third Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509-838-4246 www.DiscoverGoodwill.org DiscoverGoodwill@giin.org

Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest helps people with training and education, employment, housing support and financial stability. Our programs are funded mostly by our stores.

Our Goodwill helps thousands of people each year in eastern Washington and north Idaho. We offer programs in 4 core service areas: Training and Education, Employment, Housing Support and Financial Stability. Some programs require a referral from another agency.

Other services are available on a walk-in basis. We partner with many other agencies to connect people with the help they need.

To find our programs in your area, call 1-800-894-2450. Or go online at discovergoodwill.org/program-services-form and fill out the Program Services Form. One of our team members will contact you.

We fund our programs through the sale of donated goods, grants, donations, and Round Up funds from our stores. Of every $1.00 spent in our stores, 85 cents supports our programs.

There are thousands of stories behind our local Goodwill stores, stories of individuals and families whose lives changed because of the help they received through one or more of our programs. In 2020 and 2021, we have shared stories about Athena, Brandon, Johanna, Steven, Mike, Amanda, Shad, Kevin, Jimmy, Michael, and so many more. Visit discovergoodwill.org/news to read their stories and more. Or, go to our YouTube channel, youtube.com/user/GoodwillNW to watch more stories.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Donate your gently used items to a local Goodwill Donation Center.

• Shop our Goodwill stores or online stores. You can find all our retail and online stores at DiscoverGoodwill.org.

• Support our programs by giving a donation on our website.

• Provide a job opportunity to someone Goodwill is helping with employment.

• Rent to someone in one of our housing programs.

Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels 12101 E Sprague Spokane Valley, WA 99206

What We Do:

509.924.6976 www.gcsmealsonwheels.org info@gcsmealsonwheels.org

Prolong the ability of elderly in Spokane County to remain living independently in their own homes by providing nutritoius meals, daily health checks and companionship.

When a volunteer from GSC Meals on Wheels knocks on the door, vulnerable seniors open it with a smile. Headquartered in Spokane Valley, we serve the entire 1,800 miles of Spokane County delivering companionship, independence and dignity with every meal. Volunteers needed!

How Can You Get Involved?

A donation of $35 provides a week’s worth of meals along with a daily wellness-check by our volunteers.

Across Spokane County, seniors are being forced to choose between paying a bill or eating. Help us make sure no senior across the 1,800 square miles we serve goes hungry.

Be a part of something Greater - Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels

Hutton Settlement

9907 E. Wellesley Ave. Spokane, WA 99206

What We Do:

509.838.2789 www.huttonsettlement.org www.facebook.com/huttonsettlement

Hutton Settlement Children’s Home nurtures, educates and prepares children who are in need of a safe and healthy home.

For over 100 years, we have operated without any government funding, providing hope, opportunity and life to children and families in our community.

How Can You Get Involved?

To support Hutton you can 1) help fund our transformative learning opportunities, educational scholarships, extra-cirricular activities/programs for students and critical transitional alumni support, 2) volunteer by sharing your time and talents, or 3) join the Hutton team! If you are interested in helping children find their purpose and core goodness, please visit huttonsettlement.org/contact/careers/ to learn more about available career opportunities.

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Idaho Youth Ranch - North Idaho

208.667.3340 www.youthranch.org mquinn@youthranch.org

Anchor House - 1609 N. Government Way, Coeur D’Alene, ID 83814

What We Do:

We unite for Idaho’s youth by providing accessible programs and services that nurture hope, healing, and resilience.

Idaho Youth Ranch - North Idaho offers youth and family therapy, equine assisted therapy (horses), adoption services, and more for kids and their families. We also operate a network of thrift stores that help fund our youth programs and services. With your help, we are creating a lasting solution for kids to overcome trauma and build hope and resilience.

How Can You Get Involved?

$31 a month could provide up to 6 sessions of TeleMental Heath to continue therapy to a kid or family struggling to cope $106 a month could provide up to 12 sessions of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy to a kid or family struggling with the aftermath of trauma Our annual event - Wine, Women & Shoes CDA. Join us next year - June 30, 2022!

Joya Child & Family Development 2118 W. Garland Ave. Spokane, WA 99205

509.326.1651 www.Joya.org

What We Do:

Joya provides pediatric therapy to children birth to three. Joya is a Neurodevelopmental Center of Excellence staffed by certified teachers, therapists, pediatric nurses, a pediatrician and social workers.

Our early intervention program starts with a thorough evaluation to assess your child’s strengths and needs. Treatment and support is personalized, comprehensive and tailored to meet the individual needs of your child and family. We make programs work for families: We meet families where they are – in their home, daycare, or at our facility – to ensure that we minimize barriers to care.

How Can You Get Involved?

All services are provided regardless of ability to pay. We are a non-profit organization that relies on our community to support our important work.

To learn more about how you can be involved visit joya.org or call 509-326-1651.

Lumen High School

718 W Riverside Ave. Suite 201 Spokane, WA 99201

509-606-7888 www.lumenhighschool.org info@lumenhighschool.org

Lumen is committed to empowering two generations by providing high academic standards, a specialized early learning center and wrap around supports to meet the layered needs of pregnant and parenting teens and their children in Spokane.

What We Do:

LHS is rooted in belonging, social justice and the empowerment of our staff, students and their children so that a young person’s role as a parent will not be at odds with their role as a student.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate diapers & wipes, become a substitute teacher at Lumen, support our annual il-Lumen-ante the Night event on November 6, 2021.

Volunteer to rock babies in our early learning center GLOW ELC.

Morning Star Foster Care (MSFC) 4511 S. Glenrose Road Spokane, WA 99223

What We Do:

509-710-1957 www.morningstarboysranch.org

Morning Star Foster Care recruits and licenses new foster homes and helps to maintain current foster families’ licenses.

MSFC passionately believes that all children have the right to a compassionate advocate to continue to grow into healthy adults in our community; that is why we search for loving, nurturing individuals and families who want to make a difference in a foster child’s life.

Services include extensive support to our licensed foster families regarding paperwork, parent education, in-home support, overnight respite services, and more. Morning Star Foster care is also contracted to provide home studies for adoption through the Department of Children Youth & Families.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Become a licensed foster parent with Morning Star Foster Care • Support a licensed foster parent by donating to www.morningstarboysranch.org

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North Idaho College Foundation, Inc. 1000 W. Garden Ave. Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814

What We Do:

208.769.5978 www.nic.edu/foundation foundation@nic.edu

North Idaho College meets the diverse educational needs of students, employers, and the northern Idaho communities it serves.

NIC is committed to student success, educational excellence, community engagement, and lifelong learning. North Idaho College Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization that ensures resources are available for student scholarships, enhanced technology and equipment in classrooms and laboratories, and expanded student support services at North Idaho College.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donations provide opportunities for students to pursue education and training that will help them build a bright future. Gifts of all sizes are deeply appreciated. Former NIC students are invited to stay connected by joining the Alumni Association at nic.edu/alumni.

Odyssey Youth Movement

509.325.3637 www.OdysseyYouth.org oym@odysseyyouth.org

1121 S Perry St. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

Odyssey Youth Movement promotes equity for LGBTQ+ youth in the Inland Northwest through youth-driven programs and community education.

Odyssey offers four nights a week of drop-in programming focused on skill building, creative endeavors, LGBTQ+ history/culture, and other educational activities. Free dinner and snacks are offered each night. Programs take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 3-8PM for youth ages 13-18 and Thursdays from 5-9PM for young adults ages 18-24. Participants have access to Odyssey’s basic needs program, which includes food, clothing, and hygiene supplies.

Want to get involved?

Check out Odyssey’s website at odysseyyouth.org/get_involved for ways to support Odyssey and LGBTQ+ youth in Spokane.

Partnering for Progress

509.720.8408 www.partneringforprogress.org

PO Box 28191 Spokane, WA 99228

What We Do:

Provide empowerment programs in rural Kenya that support health, education, clean water, sanitation and economic development.

YOU can make a world of difference, a world away

How Can You Get Involved?

Attend Into Africa, P4P’s virtual auction, October 4 - Oct 10, 2021 by logging onto https://partneringforprogress.org/virtual-into-africa-auction/ Your auction purchases will help P4P provide emergency food packages; fund scholarships; feed malnourished infants; facilitate economic development; and erect and maintain clean water tanks in Kenya.

Partners with Families & Children 106 W. Mission Ave. Spokane, WA 99201

509.473.4810 www.partnerswithfamilies.org partners@partnerswithfamilies.org

What We Do:

Our mission is to prevent, interrupt, and repair cycles of abuse and neglect within families.

Partners provides mental health services for parenting adults and for children, substance use disorders treatment for parenting adults, and parenting classes. Through our Children’s Advocacy Center Partners is a safety net for abused and neglected children with the ability to provide holistic supportive services like specialized medical exams, forensic interviews, and child legal advocacy.

How Can You Get Involved?

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Project Beauty Share

509.455.3537 www.projectbeautyshare.org Info@projectbeautyshare.org

2718 E Sprague Ave Spokane, WA 99202

Project Beauty Share Mission Statement: Project Beauty Share is a 501(c)(3) non-profit agency that provides personal hygiene, cosmetics, and beauty products to non-profit organizations who serve women, children and families overcoming abuse, addiction, homelessness, and poverty to help restore hope and dignity in their lives.

What We Do:

Serving over 130 agencies in the Inland Northwest including Catholic Charities, Rural Resources, YWCA, Passages, and many more. We distribute more than 80,000 pounds to 65,000 women, children, and families yearly.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Donate funds or supplies directly to Project Beauty Share • Become a corporate hero sponsor • Sponsor a hygiene drive • Purchase hygiene supplies via Amazon Wish

Spokane County Human Rights Task Force P.O. Box 4552 Spokane, WA 99220

What We Do:

SpokaneCountyHumanRightsTaskForce.org

information@SCHRTF.org

spokanecountyhumanrightstaskforce

The mission of the Spokane County Human Rights Task Force is to advance human rights in order to create a region where all people feel welcomed, safe and valued.

The Spokane County Human Rights Task Force “SCHRTF” directly supports people who have been victimized by prejudice and bigotry; supports education promoting positive human relations; documents and monitors hate activity, crimes, and incidents; recognizes and celebrates human rights champions.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer as a “Friend” of the SCHRTF; nominate human rights champions; share your human rights concerns; report hate incidents to ReportHateBias.org

Spokane County United Way

509.838.6581 unitedwayspokane.org lisac@unitedwayspokane.org

920 N Washington Suite 100 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

Spokane County United Way is celebrating our 100 year anniversary. In the past 10 years alone, over $20 million dollars in grant funding has been invested in local organizations.

United Way also coordinates the efforts of AmeriCorps VISTA, Anchor Community Initiative, Built for Zero, Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Excelerate Success, Free Tax Preparation, and manages volunteer efforts with VolunteerSpokane.org. United Way’s work and partnerships focus to eliminate inequities to create safe homes free of child abuse, neglect, and domestic violence, increase graduation rates, and increase financial stability.

How Can You Get Involved?

LIVE UNITED by donating and volunteering. Thank you for your generosity.

Follow us on social media.

STIX Diabetes Programs

www.stixdiabetes.org stix@stixdiabetes.org https://www.facebook.com/CampSTIX/

PO Box 8308 Spokane, WA 99203

What We Do:

STIX Diabetes Programs is dedicated to enhancing the lives of those affected by diabetes through programs that empower, educate, uplift, and promote community.

Camp TWIGS: day camp for children ages 6-8. Camp STIX: 1-week residential camp for youth ages 9-16. Adventure Camp: 4-day excursionbased camp for youth ages 16-19. Community Outreach: We strive to make contact as soon as possible to be a support to families with newly diagnosed children. We offer year-round community outreach programs serving families within our diabetic community.

How Can You Get Involved?

Throughout the year we have many fun and engaging volunteer opportunities and WE NEED YOU! Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information on where you can offer your gifts and talents to STIX. Additionally, consider becoming a monthly donor, scholarship a camper and/or sponsor one of our fundraising events.

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Transitions

3128 N Hemlock St Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

509.328.6702 www.help4women.org info@help4women.org

Transitions works to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane.

Our six unique programs, reaching over 1,000 women and children annually, include: the Women’s Hearth daytime drop-in center, New Leaf Kitchen & Cafe job training, Transitional Living Center for moms and their kiddos, EduCare licensed trauma-informed childcare, Miryam’s House transitional housing for single women, and Home Yard Cottages permanent supportive housing.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate: From money to bus passes to diapers, our participants depend on the generosity of our dedicated donors. Volunteer: Whether regularly on-site, in a committee, or at a single event, we heavily rely upon our wonderful volunteers. Advocate: Help ensure that housing, poverty, and domestic violence issues are in the forefront of our representatives’ policy-making.

Union Gospel Mission 1224 E Trent Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.535.8510 uniongospelmission.org info@uniongospelmission.org

The Union Gospel Mission provides a pathway out of homelessness by addressing its underlying causes.

Founded in 1951, UGM has expanded from a simple soup kitchen to include four shelters for men, women and children, plus a Student Impact Center and summer camp for at-risk youth. UGM offers case management, spiritual care, job training, health clinics and addiction recovery programs free of charge.

How Can You Get Involved?

Hold a drive or organize a service project. Call 509-535-8510 to schedule.

Volunteer. Call 509-532-3813 to begin the process.

Go to uniongospelmission.org/4-ways for a comprehensive list of things you can do to help.

Volunteers of America 525 W. Second Ave. Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.624.2378 www.voaspokane.org info@voaspokane.org

We specialize in providing care to youth and adults with housing first solutions and low barrier access to services, because homelessness shouldn’t be a life sentence.

For 125 years, we have been uplifting individuals and communities including, disabled adults, veterans as well as pregnant and parenting teens helping them to weather life’s storms. In addition to our community based housing, we own and operate the Crosswalk Youth Shelter (13-17), Hope House shelter (18+) and the brand new overnight Young Adult Shelter (18-24).

How Can You Get Involved?

Help us move to the Crosswalk Youth shelter downtown!

Whether you give $5 or $5,000, all funds will be matched by the generosity of the Windermere Foundation and a private donor (up to $60,000)

World Relief Spokane

1522 N Washington St, Suite 200 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.484.9829 worldrelief.org/Spokane wrspokane@wr.org

As the only refugee resettlement agency in the Spokane area, we partner with the local community to welcome refugees and immigrants and empower them to rebuild their lives.

Working alongside churches and other community organizations, we help refugees find jobs, housing, schools for their kids, get legal assistance, and more. We have connected hundreds of local volunteers to refugee families, building long-lasting relationships. It is our mission to see every refugee flourish, and use their unique gifts and experience to contribute to our community.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer: We are always looking for volunteers to help with tasks such as move-ins and cultural orientation.

Donate to World Relief: Your donations enable us to train more staff, cover housing for new arrivals, and more.

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509.324.1995 wcfrspokane.org philanthropy@wcfrspokane.org

Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen 1408 N. Washington St. Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

Serve as a vital safety net filling nutritional gaps for women and children in need while fostering dignity and respect, within our restaurant and in the community.

At Women & Children’s Free Restaurant, our mission stems from the belief that access to food is a basic human right. Good nourishment keeps our minds and bodies going and plays an important role in connecting families and communities. Food is critical to well-being, yet tragically, 1 in 5 children in our community struggle with hunger and families are forced to make tough choices between food and other basic needs. Many households experiencing food insecurity do not qualify for federal nutrition programs and now, more than ever, rely on organizations like WCFR to make it through the day.

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, we pivoted our services by making prepared meals and groceries available curbside and delivering meals to shelters and care centers across the community. In our 17th month of curbside services, WCFR has provided 1,918,314 meals to women, children, and shelter residents since last March.

The pandemic continues to impact our program families, with many women still unemployed and struggling to meet their basic needs. We anticipate continuing at this pace through the fall and winter months, surpassing 2 million meals before the end to of the year. Your donation today will make it possible for us to distribute meals and groceries to our program families, shelters, and childcare centers. Together, let’s ensure that no woman or child goes hungry in our community.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer | Donate | Participate Volunteer your time: help with food rescue, assist in the kitchen, distribute fresh meals and groceries, package meals, deliver meals.

Go to wcfrspokane.org/volunteer.

Donate or pledge: give online at wcfrspokane.org/donate.

Participate in Dinner Beyond the Bridge presented by Canopy Credit Union: support our reimagined bridge dinner by purchasing a five-course gourmet dinner for curbside pick-up on 9.17.2021. Visit bridgedinner.org.

YMCA of the Inland Northwest

509.777.YMCA (9622) www.ymcainw.org jzumbro@ymcainw.org

1126 N. Monroe St. Spokane, WA 99201

We give everyone a safe place to learn, grow & thrive by strengthening the foundations of our community through healthy living, youth development & social responsibility.

The YMCA is addressing major challenges facing our community exacerbated by covid: • Lack of childcare and early learning which impacts children’s potential and parent’s ability to remain in the workforce • Significant health disparities which increase the risk of illness for more vulnerable groups

What We Do:

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate today at ymcainw.org/donate to help low-income families afford childcare ensuring academic support for children who need it most, and vulnerable neighbors have a safe place to improve their health ensuring access for all to YMCA programs and services.

YWCA Spokane

509-326-1190 ywcaspokane.org/impact connect@ywcaspokane.org

930 N Monroe St, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

Provide free & confidential services focused on safety, healing, education, and skill development for women, men, children, & families impacted by domestic violence, poverty, homelessness, and unemployment.

Our services support victims of domestic violence (DV), build economic empowerment through our Women’s Opportunity Center, facilitate early childhood education, provide trauma-informed services for children who witness DV, and confront racial & social justice issues impacting clients. By working at the intersections of inequality, poverty, and DV we are able to disrupt longstanding societal patterns of trauma.

What Can Your Donations Do? Join our community with a one-time or recurring monthly donation of $5 or more by visiting ywcaspokane.org today so we can continue to serve the 17,000 clients who walk through our doors each year. Thank you!

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NATURE

Restoring the Land

Members of the Lands Council move a biochar kiln to Executive Director Amanda Parrish’s backyard.

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The Lands Council’s new director, Amanda Parrish, wants to expand restoration and focus on climate change

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fter starting at the Lands Council in 2009, one of the first job requirements Amanda Parrish had was to become a certified beaver trapper.

The Lands Council had started working to relocate nuisance beavers to areas where their ingenuity would be better appreciated and needed, as their dams can actually work to restore much-needed habitats.

“In so many ways, this one animal is a really important part of the North American landscape,” Parrish says. “Beavers, through the dam building that they do to create their own habitat, are creating habitat for a number of other species. It’s keeping water on our landscape longer, it’s creating wetlands, which act as a water filtration area. Beaver dams are also sources of wildfire breaks.”

Parrish relocated to the Inland Northwest in 2008, when she hopped in the car the day after graduating with an environmental science degree from the University of San Francisco and headed to Worley, Idaho. There, she worked for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, before soon finding work with the Lands Council.

In that early Lands Council role — “my parents loved that my business card said ‘Beaver Program Director’ for a while” — Parrish would literally take her work home with her sometimes.

“Our first beaver holding facility was in my backyard in the Perry District,” she says.

Beaver families would wait in an enclosure in her backyard before getting relocated to other areas like the

BY SAMANTHA WOHLFEIL Colville National Forest.

Parrish then served as the watershed program director for several years and later took on the job of operations director, keeping track of the books and learning about every cent that flowed in and out of the organization.

Twelve years after starting, Parrish is now the executive director, and hopes to continue growing the Lands Council’s many diverse programs with an emphasis on addressing climate change and working to find more onthe-ground environmental solutions in North Idaho and Eastern Washington.

“My vision for the Lands Council going forward is that we really center environmental justice and climate change solutions into all of our work,” Parrish says. “I want to make sure that the Lands Council is poised to move quickly on action that needs to be taken, because we just have very little time as a society to make drastic greenhouse gas reductions.”

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ven as executive director, Parrish is still taking her work home with her. One of the Lands Council’s latest projects is testing how biochar — a charcoal made from heated organic material — can be fine-tuned to work in the Inland Northwest.

“Biochar is enhanced compost — it’s organic material burned at a high temperature in the absence of oxygen,” Parrish says. “It’s great for restoration, and it’s used in agriculture because it adds a lot of organic material to

agricultural fields.”

But one of the tricks is figuring out how to make biochar from Eastern Washington biological material, like the slash piles left after logging, since much of that material in this area includes pine needles. Those needles create a lot of smoke, Parrish says, which can contribute to air quality issues and release the greenhouse gases that biochar is intended to sequester.

“If we want to have biochar sequestering carbon, there needs to be a low smoke point,” Parrish says. “If it adds to another problem like atmospheric carbon or air quality, it’s not a helpful solution.”

So, on Aug. 19, Parrish picked up and installed biochar kilns in her own backyard that will be used for further experimentation as the Lands Council continues looking at the problem.

Parrish notes that many of the Lands Council programs start by addressing an issue directly, which can help illuminate current barriers to progress. Then, the staff of six to nine people (depending on funding) can work to change laws or find resources to make environmental restoration work easier for everyone.

For example, through the beaver program, Parrish says the council was able to take what was initially just a Washington Fish and Wildlife program to relocate animals that were bothering property owners, and help pass a state law to intentionally use relocated beavers as agents of restoration. ...continued on next page

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“This is the story of a lot of things the Lands Council has done. The role we play is to advance solutions around the environmental issues we believe in,” Parrish says. “We’re never going to be a major player in beaver relocations or a major producer of biochar, but we can see what obstacles we come into contact with that keep us from advancing this solution, and what are the regional Inland Northwest variables coming into play?”

Recently, the council hired social scientists from the University of Idaho to interview regional farmers to see what obstacles still stand in the way for those who haven’t volunteered to plant trees and other shade plants Amanda Parrish that can help fish moving through waterways that cut through their properties, such as Hangman Creek.

“We’ve already worked with the landowners who voluntarily want to work with us. We want to see, what are we missing, what are the obstacles to adopting riparian buffers?” Parrish says. “I want to hear from the farmers: What am I not thinking of? How can I change not only my language, but the sort of policy the Lands Council advocates for?”

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he council has also partnered with the city of Spokane to plant neighborhood trees at properties with homeowners and tenants who are willing to help water those new plants as part of the SpoCanopy project.

The city intends to increase its tree canopy coverage to 40 percent by 2030, as trees provide benefits such as needed shade and cooling during the warmer months, on top of beautifying neighborhoods.

“Just as in so many communities around the country, here in Spokane low-income neighborhoods and neighborhoods that were traditionally redlined are not so coincidentally lacking in tree cover,” Parrish says. “That has environmental justice implications, and it means increased utility bills in the summer because you have no shade to cool your house.”

The program will plant hundreds of trees every year.

This fall the Logan Neighborhood will see 160 new trees planted under the program, and West Central has also benefited from the program, she says.

(As an aside, Parrish is pretty familiar with plants as she not only makes time to run the Lands Council, but also owns the floral and plant shop Parrish and Grove.)

Two of the largest volunteer opportunities the Lands Council hosts each year are coming up soon. You can sign up ahead of time (which is preferred) or just learn more about each event by visiting landscouncil.org or following the Lands Council on Instagram and Facebook.

On Sept. 18, the Lands Council will host its annual Spokane River cleanup day, when hundreds of volunteers usually remove several tons of trash from the river, with teams working sections of the river from Stateline to Spokane Falls.

Then on Oct. 23 they’ll host their annual Reforest Spokane Day, when volunteers will plant thousands of trees in a single day.

Or, if you’re looking to really devote time and take on a career in this work, Parrish says she hopes the Lands Council will soon be able to hire a climate justice program director. n

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Holly Weiler with the Washington Trails Association.

Blazing a Trail

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Inland Northwest hiking trails are paved — or carved, dug or graded — with good intentions

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he Inland Northwest has plenty to offer outvisit www.evergreenmtb.org/support-us/becomedoors enthusiasts, including miles and miles a-member to join the alliance. The organization of hiking trails. And it’s the work of volunteer maintains over 100 miles of trails, and is working on organizations that keeps these trails maintained and a new trail from the Mount Spokane summit to the safe for everyone to enjoy. top of Trail 290.

One such organization that builds and maintains Evergreen East has also recently built the Zephyr trails in the Inland Northwest is the Spokane Mounconnection trail, the Etter Ranch trails and the Inland taineers. The organization has been Passage trail, and they are planning around for over 100 years, and its additional work this fall on the conservation committee oversees Mackenzie Natural Area and Mica Spokane Mountaineers: trail maintenance and construction.

Peak, Larson and Conley say. spokanemountaineers.org Spokane Mountaineers The Washington Trails Associatypically has between 600 and 800 tion also builds and maintains trails Evergreen East: evergreeneast.org members, with 80 to 90 people a and has launched multiple camWashington Trails year working on trail projects, says paigns within the past three years, Association: wta.org Lynn Smith, trail work coordinator according to their website. One of Friends of Mt. Spokane for the Spokane Mountaineers. To these campaigns, called Trails for State Park: mountspokane.org get involved, visit spokanemounEveryone, seeks to make Washingtaineers.org and go to the conservaton state’s hiking community more Spokane Nordic: tion committee’s page. inclusive for everyone. spokanenordic.org “It really goes as needed; “Everyone deserves to have you know, whatever’s happening opportunities to recreate outdoors locally,” Smith says of Spokane and to have safe, welcoming and Mountaineers’ trail work. inclusive experiences on trail,” says Idaho Trails Association: This year, Spokane Mountainthe WTA’s website. idahotrailsassociation.org eers built a new trail called Inside In Idaho, the Idaho Trails AssoFriends of Scotchman Peaks Passage, which was finished in ciation — modeled after the WTA — Wilderness: scotchmanpeaks.org May. Other current projects include takes on trail maintenance projects ongoing maintenance at Painted of various lengths and difficulties.

Rocks Trail, Lone Lake and Stevens Lakes Trail.

During its 11-year history, the Idaho Trails AssociaAnother organization in the area that works on tion has grown from 10 members to over 500, with trail building and maintenance is Evergreen East, 300 volunteers a year working on trails, says Tom one of eight chapters of Evergreen Mountain Bike Dabrowski, president of the Idaho Trails AssociaAlliance. tion’s board of directors.

Not only does Evergreen East build and maintain This year, the Idaho Trails Association has unlocal trails, but they also work to engage the commudertaken 46 projects around the state, including new nity through education and recreation advocacy, says projects where 14- to 18-year-olds can work on trails Melinda Larson, vice president of Evergreen East, around Idaho, Dabrowski says. To get involved, go and Chris Conley, president of Evergreen East. to idahotrailsassociation.org.

The Evergreen East chapter currently has 631 “There’s always something to do,” Dabrowski members, and people looking to get involved can says. n

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NATURE Pets • Wildlife • Public Lands • The Environment

Cat Tales Wildlife

17020 N Newport Hwy, Mead, WA 99021-9539

What We Do:

HOW TO GIVE READ THE GIVE GUIDE Read all about the goals of local nonprofits in this special section; make a note of the ones you connect with most.

GO ONLINE Grab your credit card, scan a QR code or log on to the charity websites found in these pages and make a contribution.

PICK UP YOUR PHONE

Call your nonprofit of choice via the numbers listed here and make a pledge of cash or volunteer hours.

509.238.4126 www.CatTales.org mail@cattales.org

Spokane’s Own Wildlife Rescue and Big Cat Sanctuary. Workforce Board licensed Zookeeper Academy incorporating public wildlife education for all ages.

30 years focused on K-College education while providing urgent intake and lifetime care for non-releasable, displaced, illegal and/ or owner surrendered exotic animals & wildlife. Animal health & welfare needs supported with shelter, nutrition, veterinary care, cleanliness, compassion, choice & more.

How Can You Get Involved?

With rising costs for basic supplies & operations, financial support is essential.

On site visits, sales & donations help. Check website for more Info.

Friends of the Centennial Trail P.O. Box 351 Spokane, WA 99210

What We Do:

509.624.7188 www.spokanecentennialtrail.org friends@spokanecentennialtrail.org

Assist and encourage development and maintenance of the Spokane River Centennial Trail, adjacent parklands and connecting trails.

Your Spokane River Centennial Trail is the backbone of eastern Washington’s recreation trail system and was named a National Recreation Trail in 2010. The 39 mile Washington span follows the Spokane River, showcasing valley, downtown and Riverside State Park vistas.

How Can You Get Involved?

Many citizens support the Centennial Trail with financial gifts. With your membership, and others like you, we keep the Centennial Trail safe, maintained and easy to use. Join on our secure website today: www.spokanecentennialtrail.org

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SHOP OR DONATE TO A THRIFT STORE Local thrift shops, including Salvation Army or the Arc of Spokane, are powered by charity and give back to those most in need.

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Kootenai Environmental Alliance

208.667.9093 kealliance.org info@kealliance.org

206 East Indiana Avenue, Suite 112, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815

What We Do:

Kootenai Environmental Alliance (KEA), the oldest environmental nonprofit in North Idaho. is proud to have your support.

KEA celebrates our 50th Anniversary in 2022 and for 49 years we have been working diligently to fulfill our mission: To conserve, protect and restore the environment, with a particular emphasis on the Idaho Panhandle and the Coeur d’Alene basin. Right now, we need your support more than ever! The health of our environment, and especially the Lake Coeur d’Alene water quality, is under great duress. Many factors contribute: exponential population growth, lake shore development, nutrient loading and the devastating impacts of climate change warming the water and potentially releasing toxic metals…. . KEA’s work focuses on Lake CDA water quality, land use and climate change. As the Lake CDA Waterkeeper, KEA advocates for clean, drinkable, swimmable, fishable water. We are a grassroots organization, committed to enriching our community through education programs encouraging careful water usage, watershed and lake protection. We offer curriculum to elementary, middle school and high school students in collaboration with several other organizations. We host many public forums each year on how to become aware and engaged in environmental issues facing the Inland Northwest. We invite you to get involved - attend an event and learn more by visiting the KEA website at https://kealliance.org/

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate now to support our Waterkeeper and water-focused educational programs. Your onetime gift or monthly donation allows KEA to continue critical work in our areas of focus: water, land use & climate change. www.kealliance.org Become a Water Warrior! Volunteer with KEA! Simply complete the volunteer form on the KEA website, and we’ll connect you with your area of interest.

River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary 11511 West Garfield Road Spokane, WA 99224

www.riverswishanimalsanctuary.org info@riverswishanimalsanctuary.org

River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary saves lives through rescue, education and advocacy. By treating animals as individuals and expressing both their wonder and plight through art, we foster empathy and understanding that leads to compassionate life choices.

What We Do:

Located on 65 acres in NW Spokane County adjacent to Riverside State Park, River’s Wish has been providing sanctuary and refuge to animals for more than 25 years. We also offer Sanctuary Based Education with Art and Animals.

Currently we provide refuge to many animals, including equines, bovines, sheep, goats, pigs, turkeys, geese, ducks, roosters, hens and rabbits.

While sometimes our residents stay only briefly until they can move to forever homes, the ones that stay with us often have special physical, medical, or emotional needs that necessitate they live their lives with us safely, ensuring they are treated with love and compassion.

Online Virtual Tour • Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @RiversWish.

Consider us for your next facebook Fundraiser.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Monthly Animal Sponsorships • One-Time Donations • Online Sanctuary Store • Volunteer Opportunities

• Small Group Projects • Amazon Wish List • Besquests, Wills & Trusts • Vehicle Donations

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The Spokane Humane Society

6607 N. Havana St. Spokane, WA 99217 • P.O. Box 6247 Spokane, WA 99217

What We Do:

509.467.5235 x209 www.spokanehumanesociety.org gailg@spokanehumanesociety.org

SHS provides veterinary care, shelter, nourishment, and love to homeless and neglected animals in our community until their forever home is found.

Since 1897 SHS has been a refuge for thousands of animals. Our mission is to enrich the lives of animals and their people through Support, Education, Advocacy and Love. SHS is funded by donations and fees for adoptions and services. We are committed to never euthanizing animals due to lack of space.

How Can You Get Involved?

Adopt Volunteer Donate.

Each is essential in our mission to ensure the animals in our community are always treated with compassion and respect.

For more information visit spokanehumanesociety.org

Spokane Parks Foundation PO Box 8127 Spokane, WA 99203

509.326.5233 www.spokaneparksfoundation.org terri@spokaneparksfoundation.org

Since 1951, the Spokane Parks Foundation has provided resources for vibrant, healthy and accessible parks throughout Spokane County. In addition, through our Make a Splash in a Kid’s Life and Community Grants programs, we provide funding to allow at-risk and low-income youth the opportunity to participate in outdoor recreation programs and activities.

What We Do:

Our beautiful region is home to over 70 bodies of water, including community pools, lakes, rivers and streams. Knowing how to swim and the importance of water safety is critical to enjoying all our region has to offer. Our Make a Splash in a Kid’s Life program provides scholarship funds for life-saving swim lessons, free drowning prevention swim clinics and free open swim sessions for those in need. While there are many opportunities provided in our area, we remove financial barriers so all children can enjoy their summer safely.

There is significant disparity regarding participation in outdoor recreation programs throughout our region. While there are many wonderful experiences being provided by our municipalities and other groups, cost continues to be a barrier for many. Through our Community Grants program, the Spokane Parks Foundation removes financial barriers and increases access to outdoor recreation programs by providing scholarship and programming funds to support a wide variety of outdoor camps and activities.

What can your donation do?

Donate now and help us preserve our beautiful parks and help all children in our community enjoy their summers safely!

• $50 will fund life-saving formal swim lessons for 1 child • $100 will fund a water safety and drowning prevention swim clinic for up to 8 children • $250 will fund the cost of a one week outdoor summer camp experience for 1 child • $500 will fund a free community pool party for up to 150 children

Spokane Riverkeeper

35 W. Main Avenue Suite 308 Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.464.7614 SpokaneRiverkeeper.org jerry@spokaneriverkeeper.org

Spokane Riverkeeper is the only nonprofit dedicated solely to the protection of the Spokane River watershed.

We use advocacy, education, and, when needed, litigation to make sure your river is fishable and swimmable.

Our litter pickup program organizes hundreds of volunteers annually to pick up trash all along the shoreline. Our policy and legal program ensures accountability for all operations that discharge into the river. We also educate the public about the issues that threaten the Spokane River – and about what we can all do to keep our river healthier.

How Can You Get Involved?

By supporting the Spokane Riverkeeper, you help us actively patrol for pollution, illegal discharges, and shoreline destruction. Your support also helps us educate youth about our river. Your generous donations ensure the Spokane River has a voice at the local, state, and federal level. Visit our website to donate or call us to schedule a litter cleanup event!

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COMMUNITY

Gym for I Artists A rapidly growing art collective offers community for artists new and old

BY NATE SANFORD

Artist Melanie Campbell shows a mixed media piece to Crystal Lebsock and Leon Phox during M.A.D. Co. Lab Studios’ vendor market.

t’s no surprise that Spokane’s new artist collective is absolutely plastered in art.

Located in the industrial East Central district, Make a Difference Co. Lab Studios, known as M.A.D Co., is tucked away in the second story of an old brick warehouse. As soon as you walk up the stairs, you’re greeted with vibrantly colored wall-to-wall murals and paintings. Make your way through the maze of rooms and you’ll see art of all mediums.

There’s a classroom, pottery studio, artist workspace and even a small coffee shop.

On the floor, a serpentine set of paintings called “Ego Trip” guides you through the main thoroughfare to bathrooms and an office. It was painted by students from Garfield Elementary.

“It’s to show artists that I don’t care if you’re on the walls, we all start painting trees and clouds,” says co-founder Morgan Walters.

Walters and her fiance, Anthony Mattox, founded M.A.D Co. in 2020. Over the past year, it’s grown into a collective with more than 47 artists. Along with providing a space for local artists to create, network and display their work, M.A.D Co. offers regular classes for kids and adults.

“This is so much bigger than anything that we imagined.

When we were setting the tile, we didn’t have any idea really what this place was going to be,” Walters says.

Walters describes M.A.D Co. as a sort of gym for artists.

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For a monthly fee, artists can become members with regular access to the studio and its various amenities. If artists aren’t able to afford the membership, they can volunteer with one of several nonprofits instead.

Art can be a solitary pursuit, but M.A.D Co. helps provide a space for artists to work in the same room, on separate projects or in collaboration. It’s an eclectic group, Walters says. Some of the artists are well established in the industry, but there are also lots of newcomers. The collective environment also helps up-and-coming artists get their foot in the door and navigate the business aspects of art.

“The higher-end artists that are really looking for the rolling out the red carpet, you know the galleries, they can handle all that,” Walters says. “But the new artists who might not be confident in their skills, or they’re looking for a community or looking to learn, that’s more so what this place was for.”

Walters says M.A.D Co. works hard to encourage new artists. If someone’s work isn’t quite ready to be sold in the gallery, they’ll invite them to one of the regular artists nights where they can learn from other artists.

M.A.D Co. started as a for-profit business, but is in the process of transitioning into a nonprofit, Walters says. M.A.D Co. takes a 20 percent commission from art sold at the gallery, 15 percent of which is divided up between Jewels Helping Hands, The Jonah Project and Black Dog foundation. ...continued on next page

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Walters and Mattox both have backgrounds in construction. But when Walters started experiencing PTSDrelated seizures several years ago, Mattox convinced her to stop working and focus on her art full time. They later connected with Denny Carman, who introduced them to the building’s previous owner and helped them jumpstart the project.

For Walters and many of the other artists, art can be a way of dealing with PTSD. “A lot of the artists here, whether they’ve had their own traumatic experiences or they’ve had to completely revamp their life because of something,” Walters says.

“We’ve got some who’ve had accidents, for example, and art was their way of discovering their identity.”

Walters says they’ve been in touch with people from the NEA Military Healing Arts Network, and are hoping to host a veterans event where veterans from around the country can come share their art. The event was postponed because of COVID, but Walters says they’re planning to schedule it as soon as things become safe.

M.A.D Co. has an expansive ceramic studio that hosts regular pottery classes. The classes have various themes, including mug-making and date night. (Walters says the date night classes often involve calls from frantic, last-minute anniversary planners.) Brian Joyce, the ceramic studio manager, says they mostly teach beginner classes, but are hoping to start offering more advanced work soon.

“We want to teach a ceramic chemistry course,” he says, “so you obviously need some foundation before we’re going to let you jump into that.”

Walters grew up in a small town in upstate New

M.A.D. Co. Lab Studios founder Morgan Walters.

York. One of her fondest memories was when the owner of an abandoned building in town invited the elementary school class to come paint the building’s windows.

“As a kid, being able to have an art piece to drive by all the time, it was pride, it was cool. It was a bonding experience.” Walters says.

It’s that experience of childhood discovery that Walters says she tries to replicate at M.A.D Co. They host regular youth events where kids of all experience levels can come learn about and create art. The work is proudly displayed in the building’s Youth Gallery.

“I’ve had 14-year-olds who’ve never worked with clay

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COMMUNITY The Arts • Friend Groups • Sports • Neighborhoods Foundations • Faith-Based • Education • Social Services American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland NW 3021 S Regal Ste 104 Spokane, WA 99223

509-995-5431 www.acco.org/inlandnw lesliewoodfill@accoinlandnw.org

ACCOIN helps children and families on their journey with Childhood Cancer. Your partnership provides support, education and patient advocacy so they will not fight cancer alone.

Our program serves all children diagnosed with cancer from Eastern Washington and those traveling to Spokane, Washington from North Idaho and Western Montana for treatment. In addition, funds raised locally remain in our communities to help children with cancer in the Inland Northwest.

What We Do:

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate: We have a great new way to donate and do roundup giving- https://www.acco.org/inlandnw/donate/ Other ways to help would be to: Do a fund raiser, check out our wish list on Amazon, help with Adopt A Family at Christmas.

We can always use volunteers as well.

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and 6-year-olds who are just running around pretending that they’re digging for treasure on one of the floor murals, they just really have a good time,” Walters says.

Walters says she and Mattox are still trying to wrap their heads around the project’s rapid success. The project has grown bigger than they ever thought was possible, she says. Things are changing so quickly they’ve given up on making long-term plans and started taking things as they come.

“The sky’s the limit,” Walters says. “We’re honestly just reactive to what walks through the door at that point in time.” n

HOW TO GIVE READ THE GIVE GUIDE Read all about the goals of local nonprofits in this special section; make a note of the ones you connect with most.

GO ONLINE Grab your credit card, scan a QR code or log on to the charity websites found in these pages and make a contribution.

PICK UP YOUR PHONE

Call your nonprofit of choice via the numbers listed here and make a pledge of cash or volunteer hours.

Bonner Community Food Bank

208.263.3663 www.foodbank83864.com info@bonnercommunityfoodbank.org

1707 Culvers Dr. Sandpoint, ID • 45 S. McKinley St., Suite 107 Priest River, ID

What We Do:

Our mission is to support our local community with supplemental food resources in a time of personal crisis.

The Bonner Community Food Bank has been feeding people in need for over 40 years. Our services include client choice market, emergency food programs, weekend food program for children, and healthy eating education that provides opportunities for self-sufficiency for families and individuals.

How Can You Help?

Volunteer your time or make a monetary or food donation: canned vegetables, pasta sauce, tomato sauce, rice, cereal, chili, pasta (any variety), canned meats, canned beans, peanut butter / jelly, fresh produce List of Needs: Canned vegetables, Pasta Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Rice, Cereal, Chili, Pasta (any variety), canned meats, canned beans, peanut butter/jelly, fresh produce

Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County Clubs in NE Spokane / Mead / Spokane Valley (coming soon!)

What We Do:

509.489.0741 www.bgcspokane.org

Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring & responsible citizens.

Since 2001, Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County has provided thousands of young people, (ages 6-18), with a safe & positive place to “dropin” after school & during the times when kids are out of school for summer, winter and spring breaks. Our Clubhouses offer programs proven to help kids realize academic success, develop good character & citizenship and attain healthy lifestyles.

How Can You Get Involved?

$30 Helps the Clubs waive a child’s annual membership fee $100 Pays for 75 healthy breakfasts for Club kids $500 makes possible field trips for both Clubs $1,000 Buys four new chrome books for the Club Tech Centers

Carl Maxey Center 3116 E 5th Avenue, Spokane

509.795.1886 carlmaxeycenter.org carlmaxeycenter@gmail.com

Mailing address: 1312 N Monroe #148, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

The Carl Maxey Center is committed to changing lives and improving the well-being of Spokane’s African American community.

The goal of the Carl Maxey Center is to uplift, empower and transform Spokane’s African American community from the inside out by focusing on four areas: (a) Racial & Social justice and Equity, (b) Business & Workforce Development, (c) Education & Advocacy and (d) Cultural Enrichment.

How Can You Get Involved?

A donation to the Carl Maxey Center provides support for one of our current programs including Rent & Utility Assistance, Black Business Technical Support, COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach, or our Student Technology Fund. Donations may also be designated to support the remodel of the CMC building which will become a cultural hub and gathering space in the East Central neighborhood.

Catholic Charities Eastern Washington

509.358.4250 www.cceasternwa.org info@cceasternwa.org

12 E. Fifth Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

Catholic Charities affirms the dignity of every person, partnering with parishes and the greater community to serve and advocate for those who are vulnerable, bringing stability and hope to people throughout Eastern Washington.

We collaborate with partners in business, government, church and nonprofit fields to solve community problems. We pioneer innovative programs to inspire action and hope among our clients. At all times, we commit steadfastly to the dignity of every person at all stages of life.

What We Do:

What Can Your Donations Do?

$10 furnishes the food bank at St. Margaret’s Shelter for one week. $28 provides a warm bed and support services for one night at the House of Charity. $50 supports COSP (Circle of Security Parenting) materials and classes for four parents. $100 purchases a new bed for a child at our Rising Strong program.

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Christ Kitchen

509.325.4343 www.christkitchen.org sales@christkitchen.org

2410 N Monroe, Spokane WA 99208

What We Do:

Christ Kitchen is a job-training program providing work, instruction, discipleship, support, and fellowship for women living in poverty in the Spokane area.

Through the production and sale of gourmet dried food products, a café, coffee house, food truck and full service catering, women learn to work, become employable, and support themselves and their families without reliance on government programs or destructive relationships, thus ending the cycle of poverty.

How Can You Get Involved?

Purchase our products and gift baskets in store or online Order our catered and delivered boxed meals Make a gift at www.christkitchen.org/donate

Christian Youth Theater Spokane

509.487.6540 www.cytspokane.com office@cytspokane.com

3901 E. Main, Suite A Spokane, WA 99202

Christian Youth Theater develops character and creativity in kids of all ages through quality theater arts training that brings families and communities together while reflecting the Creator.

CYT Spokane aims to serve our community by providing quality, educational theater arts programs and productions at an accessible price to all interested families. We believe in validating and celebrating the artistic expression and hearts of all of our youth in a safe, compassionate environment. Unfortunately, ticket sales and class tuition only cover a percentage of our operating budget. We need loving, committed, service-minded donors who believe in our mission to partner with us.

What We Do:

How Can You Get Involved?

Every dollar contributed assures that CYT will continue to deliver top-notch affordable programming to all who need it. Please consider joining us as we continue to develop character one stage at a time.

Community-Minded Enterprises (CME) 2001 N Division St, Suite #130 Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.242.3405 www.community-minded.org info@community-minded.org

Community-Minded Enterprises is advancing diversity and inclusion, supporting lifelong health, and promoting education and well-being for all those in need.

CME’s family of programs include Recovery Café Spokane and Recovery Community Services which are committed to removing barriers for adults in recovery. Services are free. Clients and members have access to recovery coaching, financial assistance, job training, meals, peer support and more!

What Can Your Donations Do?

Café clients needs, toiletries, socks, gloves, underwear The Café needs coffee, bottled water, paper products $50 provides School for Recovery supplies $100 covers a recovery circle

509.828.1435 www.getlitfestival.org getlit@ewu.edu

Get Lit! Programs

CAT 440, 601 E. Riverside Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

Our mission, both in our festival programming and our educational outreach, is to celebrate the written word, amplify diverse voices, advance the arts, and empower creativity.

Get Lit! Programs is a self-supported organization housed within Eastern Washington University. We have presented the Get Lit! Festival every spring in Spokane since 1998. Our festival presents over 30 free and low-cost readings, craft classes, panel discussions, and more featuring up to 60 authors from our region and beyond. Visit our website to watch our 2021 virtual festival anytime, and save the date for our next festival: April 21st-24th, 2022.

How Can You Get Involved?

We rely on sponsorships, grants, donations, and ticket sales to run our program and present the festival. Visit our website or email getlit@ewu.edu to find out how you can help!

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Family Promise of Spokane 2002 E. Mission Ave Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.747.5487 www.familypromiseofspokane.org office@familypromiseofspokane.org

We exist to equip families and communities to end the cycle of homelessness.

We prevent families from becoming homeless through rental assistance and support, provide round the clock care for currently homeless families and prepare families for a stable future through skills classes and community connections... all while keeping the entire family together (including pets!).

How Can You Get Involved?

Invest $24.50 each month to provide one day of holistic care for a child Volunteer to move a family into their new home Learn more by liking us on social media

Habitat for Humanity Spokane 1805 E. Trent Ave. Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.534.2552 www.habitat-spokane.org development@habitat-spokane.org

Habitat-Spokane believes EVERYONE deserves a decent place to live. We partner with families and individuals to help them build strength and self-reliance through affordable homeownership.

Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside hundreds of volunteers. They also take financial readiness courses and save for a downpayment to buy their house and pay an affordable mortgage. This wouldn’t be possible without YOU – GIVE TODAY to support the MANY families in need of a safe and healthy place to call home.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer opportunities are available year-round to help build Habitat houses.

Donate to help purchase the materials needed to build Habitat homes.

Shop at the Habitat Store!

KSPS PBS

3911 S Regal St. Spokane WA 99223

What We Do:

509-443-7700 www.ksps.org ksps@ksps.org

KSPS PBS provides programs and events that entertain, engage, and educate to enrich all the communities we serve.

More than great television, KSPS PBS directly impacts daily lives with after school help for kids, career information for young people, promotion for regional artists and trustworthy information about the issues that affect us.

What Can Your Donation Do?

Provide PBS Kids STEM Camps at low-income schools Showcase local artists on Inland Sessions Help students find careers on CareerExploreNW.org

Latinos En Spokane 1502 N. Monroe Ave. Spokane, WA 99201

509.558.9359 info@latinosenspokane.org www.latinosenspokane.org

Latinos en Spokane works to support the Latino population in their integration, community development, and civic participation in Spokane County . We do our work through our community events, workshops, activism, partnering with local organizations and service providers.

What We Do:

Our Mission is to build capacity within Latino immigrant families and support the advancement of Latino community members, leaders, business-owners, and organizations in Spokane; to address the needs of the growing Latino population through arts, culture, inclusive community engagement, connections to local resources; and serve as catalyst for immigrant rights, social/racial/economic/environmental justice for a more equitable Spokane County.

How Can You Get Involved?

Becoming involved with ¡Latinos en Spokane! helps in countless ways. Whether you can donate to keep our outreach and programs running or volunteering. Our collective efforts make the Latino community stronger in Spokane. Visit our website at www.latinosenspokane.org to volunteer and donate

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Lutheran Community Services Northwest 210 W Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.747.8224 www.lcsnw.org lcsnwSpokane@lcsnw.org

Behavioral Health, Crime Victim Advocacy, and Foster Care services for trauma recovery. Partnering with individuals, families, and communities for #HealthJusticeHope

LCSNW makes our world a safer, healthier, more hopeful place to live for us all. We help vulnerable children, families, immigrants and others overcome life’s most difficult challenges to become flourishing members of society. We help save lives and create thriving communities enriched by diversity.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer a shift on our 24/7 support line.

Learn about becoming a Foster Parent.

Like/Follow us.

Visit www.lcsnw.org/Spokane to volunteer and donate

Mission Community Outreach Center 1906 E Mission Ave Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.536.1084 www.4mission.org mcoc.spokane@gmail.com

Mission Community Outreach Center is a free clothing, housewares, hygiene and diaper bank.

Mission Community Outreach Center first opened its doors in 1996 and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We provide families and individuals with gently used clothing, housewares and hygiene items once every 60 days. Our infant and a diaper bank provides babies with diapers and wipes once every 30 days.

How Can You Get Involved?

Your donations of gently used clothing, household items, new hygiene items and financial support are always appreciated. Mission Community Outreach Center is run mainly by volunteers so we are always looking for new people to join our team. Our new hours for shopping and donations are Monday 1:00-4:00pm, Wednesday 10 am-1 pm and Thursday 1-4 pm.

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture 2316 W First Ave, Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.456.3931 www.northwestmuseum.org/support

Your Museum | Your Art | Your Culture, The MAC collects and preserves objects and stories that serve as the “memory” of our region and presents exhibitions that enrich and inspire people of all ages.

The Smithsonian-affiliated cultural hub of the Inland Northwest, the MAC serves almost 100,000 people annually. Our collection of over one million artifacts, works of art, photographs, and texts includes the largest known Plateau Indian collection and the historic Campbell House, which continues to create fond memories of childhood and family visits.

How Can You Get Involved?

Buy a membership! Help bring exhibitions such as Pompeii: The Immortal City and Dressing the Abbey to the MAC and help fund educational programs and preserve historic objects for future generations. You’ll enjoy free admission and other great benefits.

The Salvation Army Spokane 222 E. Indiana Ave., Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.325.6810 www.makingspokanebetter.org

Through numerous programs and services, The Salvation Army helps transform the lives of Spokane County’s most vulnerable individuals and families so that they can become self-sufficient.

Since 1891, our commitment has been to help the whole person physically, emotionally and spiritually without discrimination and always with dignity and respect. Presently, 92 cents of every dollar donated to The Salvation Army goes to life-changing programs that bring hope and change to those in need.

How Can You Get Involved?

$75 provides three healthy meals daily for one month for an individual! $300 provides one week of transitional housing for a family of three! $1,000 provides a month of care for a neglected, physically abused or sexually abused child, age 2-12, at Sally’s House! *A Will or Estate can leave a lasting legacy that will benefit children, individuals and families for years to come!

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Morning Star Boys’ Ranch (MSBR)

509-448-1202 www.morningstarboysranch.org amarshall@msbranch.org

4511 S Glenrose Rd Spokane, WA 99223

What We Do:

Morning Star Boys’ Ranch has four community-based program services: the Murphy House Behavioral Residential Service; In-Home Wrap Around Care; Case Aide; and Morning Star Foster Care.

• Murphy House Behavioral Residential Services for boys ages 6 to 13.5 – The residential program implements best practices in treatment programs, setting behavioral improvement goals in social skills, emotional regulation, and education for each resident. Once a boy graduates from the program and settles into a placement, he may receive a continuum of care through additional Morning St services, including InHome Wraparound Care, Morning Star Foster Care, and Case Aide.

• Case Aide Program Prevention services for all genders and ages 6 to 18+ – The Morning Star Case Aide Program provides stabilization services for families around Spokane with outstanding outcomes. Our highly qualified Case Aide team members help maintain placement for foster children and families who have identified needs. Services include in-home, specially trained Case Aides; support in goal setting; assistance with activities of daily living (ADL); and life skills mentoring.

helping kids, healing families, serving our community

• Foster Care & Adoption Services: A Child Placement Agency providing basic and therapeutic foster care to all genders and ages 0 to 18+ – Morning Star Foster Care recruits and licenses new foster care families for all foster children in our community. Morning Star Foster Care supports current foster families’ with in home services and license renewals. Morning Star Foster care is also contracted to provide home studies for adoption through the Department of Children Youth & Families.

• In-Home Wrap Around Care for all genders and ages 6 to 18+ – Morning Star In-Home Wrap Around Program provides services to children who are in a therapeutic foster home and need additional support to preserve placement. The goal is to provide additional stabilization within the home for the foster family and child(ren). Services include comprehensive behavioral supports, case and medication management, life skills mentoring, monthly respite (for boys 6 to 13.5), and 24-hour on-call crisis intervention.

How Can You Get Involved?

• Please consider donating to support children and families who have experienced abuse and neglect.

• Become a licensed Foster Parent with Moring Star Foster Care.

800.722.6924 northwestharvest.org info@northwestharvest.org

Northwest Harvest PO Box 12272, Seattle, WA 98102

What We Do:

Since 1967, Northwest Harvest has worked to provide universal access to nutritious food in partnership with 375 food banks, meal programs, and schools in every county across the state of Washington.

Hunger is not just the absence of food: it’s the absence of justice. Northwest Harvest is working to end hunger and to bring about a more just and equitable society.

While hunger can be found in every community, people of color, women, veterans, immigrants, LGBTQ and rural communities experience hunger at disproportionally higher rates than other Washingtonians.

Black, Brown and Indigenous communities experience egregious inequities in our society—a lack of access to quality healthcare and education, discrimination in accessing housing and jobs, and racism.

At Northwest Harvest, we prize respect and dignity for our neighbors. We believe food should be a human right. Food security is a foundational building block to creating a more just and equitable society where all families thrive. We are working to achieve food justice by breaking down barriers that prevent people from accessing nutritious, culturally-relevant food, and by addressing the root causes of poverty and hunger -policies and practices that perpetuate racism and inequity.

Washington is rich in resources, from agriculture to innovation and wealth. Yet today, 1 in 4 households struggle to put food on their tables, a number that doubled in the past year.

We stand with communities who experience discrimination and inequality. Just as COVID continues to disproportionally impact Black, Brown and Indigenous communities, these same communities experience egregious inequities and higher rates of food insecurity.

From Spokane, to Walla Walla, to Yakima, to Olympia, Northwest Harvest is uniting businesses, growers, grocers, and policy makers in committing to long-term systemic solutions for the root causes of hunger and poverty. These partnerships help provide immediate relief and access to nutritious food necessary for the health and mental wellbeing of our neighbors, making our communities places where we all thrive.

How Can You Get Involved?

Nothing makes an impact on a hungry person more than a healthy meal. And nobody is more efficient at turning your dollars into nutritious meals than Northwest Harvest. This year we are working to raise 21 million meals to meet the needs of our neighbors across Washington.

We invite Inlander readers to find out more on how to make a difference by donating, volunteering, or raising your voice. Please go to northwestharvest.org to learn more.

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Safe Passage

850 N. 4th Street, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814

What We Do:

208.664.9300 Safepassageid.org Admin@safepassageid.org

We provide safety and empowerment to victims of sexual and domestic violence.

We also provide prevention education and outreach programs to the community.

Safe Passage offers emergency safe shelter, counseling, court and medical advocacy, and safety planning to all survivors of sexual and domestic violence, including children. Through our Children’s Advocacy Center, we respond to allegations of all types of child abuse in a safe, child-friendly setting, providing healing through treatment, advocacy and investigation services. We also offer outreach services to educate the community on the signs of abuse, barriers to leaving, emotional and psychological abuse, financial abuse and the dynamics of power and control in relationships.

All of our survivor services are free and confidential. But we need the continued generosity from people like you to keep these crucial services available to those who need them. The number of survivors who require our services has grown steadily since we opened our doors.

And we know that there are many instances of domestic, sexual and child-related violence that still go unreported. Please help us continue our mission to make Idaho a safe place for everyone. Give ‘til it doesn’t hurt.

How Can You Get Involved?

There are many ways you can help our fight against violence in the community. For $208 a year (just $17.30/month), you can join The Great 208 to ensure survivors of abuse get the services they need. As a club member, you’ll also get exclusive invites to networking happy hours and other special events. Or you can give at any level you choose, including through volunteer opportunities.

Text to give at: 208.502.8847 or visit our website www.safepassageid.org to learn all the ways you can help fight domestic and sexual violence.

Second Harvest

1234 East Front Ave Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do :

509.534.6678 www.2-harvest.org info@2-harvest.org

This is Second Harvest’s 50th year as the leader of the hunger-relief network that serves children, families and seniors who need help with food in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Second Harvest builds healthier communities by bringing volunteers, donors and community partners together to provide food assistance and nutrition education to our neighbors in need. Second Harvest was founded in 1971 and currently provides food at no cost to more than 280 food banks, meal sites and other programs – including its own Mobile Market – that feed thousands of families facing hunger.

At the time the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded in March 2020, Second Harvest was providing food for 70,000 meals per day in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Today that number has grown to more than 114,000 meals each day. As economic recovery begins to take hold, there’s still a long road ahead for so many people who have faced extraordinary challenges during the pandemic. Generous supporters have joined Second Harvest to ensure that people hit hardest have access to the food they need. Donations have helped keep shelves stocked at partner food banks and allowed for increased Mobile Market free food distributions, bringing healthy food directly to where it’s needed most.

Volunteers can sort a variety of bulk food items at our Spokane Volunteer Center.

With families facing continued financial hardship and shrinking grocery budgets from the pandemic, it’s more important than ever to care for one another.

How Can You Get Involved?

You can help get healthy food to every person, every day.

• Volunteer – sort food, collect and deliver food, help at a food drive or event • Donate – every $1 helps get food to where it’s needed most • Leave a legacy – consider leaving a portion of your estate to help future generations access healthy food • Organize – host your own fundraiser or food drive Volunteers power our drive-through Mobile Market free food distribution events.

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul

www.svdpspokane.com svdp.spokane@gmail.com

P.O. Box 2906 Spokane, WA 99220-2906

What We Do:

A Catholic lay organization, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul helps neighbors in need directly in any way possible, with the primary focus being on preventing homelessness.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which has been helping those in need in Spokane for over 100 years, develops its members’ spirituality through service to others. While our informal motto is ‘No work of charity is foreign to the Society,’ our main goal is to help our neighbors remain housed by assisting with rent, mortgage, power, food, and in other ways.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate: Monetary donations are our sole funding.

Remember us in your will: Contact us to find out how to support our work into the future.

Start a Society conference in your parish!

Spokane Arts: Amplifying the Arts Spokane Arts, PO Box 978 Spokane, WA 99210

What We Do:

509.321.9614 www.spokanearts.org artshelper@spokanearts.org

Promote arts and culture in the Spokane region through programming, grant-making, advocacy, and educational opportunities.

Spokane Arts is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to amplifying arts and culture in Spokane. Our many projects include: public art programs like murals, signal boxes, and sculpture; the Spokane Poet Laureate program; “Meet the Makers” film series; curating the Chase Gallery; organizing the annual Arts Month and Spokane Arts Awards; Poetry Out Loud; Visual Art Tours; and more.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer with Spokane Arts. Apply for a SAGA grant. Add your name to our Artist Roster. Find opportunities to submit your work. Donate to support our programs. Check out spokanearts.org for more information and resources.

Spokane Childrenʼs Theatre 2727 N. Madelia St. Suite #5 Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

509.328.4886 spokanechildrenstheatre.org info@spokanechildrenstheatre.org

Spokane Children’s Theatre has been providing enjoyable, educational, and affordable live theatre entertainment for children and families since 1946.

Spokane Children’s Theatre (SCT) is Spokane’s Oldest Theatre Organization! SCT is a 501(c)3 non-profit and all donations are tax deductible.

SCT is also a debt-free organization, so all donations go directly to supporting our mission and helps to keep our ticket prices low so that any family in Spokane may enjoy a night out at the theatre.

Our 75th Season will feature these 5 productions: Roald Dahl’s Matilda Oct. 8 - Oct. 24, 2021

A Year With Frog and Toad Apr. 15 - May 1, 2022

Babes in Toyland Nov. 26 - Dec. 19, 2021

Alice in Wonderland May 20 - June 5, 2022

Freaky Friday Feb. 4 - Feb. 20, 2022

How Can You Get Involved?

Your tax-deductible donation will touch the lives of many children as well as improve the quality of life in our community. Ticket sales help defray the production and administrative costs of each show, but they can’t cover everything. Your contribution is vital and necessary to allow us to continue serving the amazing and talented children in our community.

Live Theatre is an expression of the Human Spirit. We’ve all been through an unexpected storm and now it is time to clean up and rebuild...

STRONGER THAN EVER! The Human Spirit requires connection and our mental well-being requires connection. Spokane Children’s Theatre has worked hard to stay connected with our community and we are excited to continue the 75 Year tradition of Spokane’s Oldest Theatre! We are committed to providing quality LIVE theatre to families at an affordable price. Our goal is to bring our community together using the stage! Our actors need audiences and our audience needs actors. By donating to Spokane Children’s Theatre you are helping us accomplish these goals and ensuring that this theatre will continue to be a staple in the Spokane Community for another 75 years! Donate, purchase Season Tickets, come see a show and be part of the human connection that is Live Theatre.

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SNAP

509.456.SNAP (7627) snapwa.org/give fundraising@snapwa.org

3102 W. Whistalks Way, Spokane, WA 99224

What We Do:

SNAP guides neighbors along their journey to exit poverty from crisis to stability – and has for over 50 years.

With over 30 programs, we give a hand-up to 1-in-10 Spokane county residents annually. Especially now, our neighbors need a trusted resource to connect them to services needed when life sends unexpected hardships. We are that neighbor by their side.

How Can You Get Involved?

Our supporters are our best assets. Through October, we host a fundraising campaign that depends on YOU. Join us for our largest fundraiser – the Power of Connection. As a fundraiser, you can be a powerful ally connecting your network to support our neighbors. www.snapwa.org/connect

Spokane Public Radio 1229 N. Monroe Street Spokane WA 99201

What We Do:

(509 or 800) 328.5729 www.spokanepublicradio.org kpbx@kpbx.org

SPR stations KPBX 91.1 FM, KSFC 91.9 FM, and KPBZ 90.3 FM provide news, discussions, music, and information from here and around the world to the Inland Northwest.

SPR provides high-quality informational, educational, and artistic programming to 750 communities across 20,000 square miles of the Inland Northwest. SPR offers 1.25 million people easy access to local, national, and global news and information as well as to music, entertainment, and the arts.

How Can You Get Involved?

Listener gifts pay for programming, and pledges are SPR’s chief source of income.

You can be a part of the journey by donating and volunteering today!

Spokane Workforce Council 140 S Arthur St, Suite 300A, Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.960.6255 www.spokaneworkforce.org admin@spokaneworkforce.org

The Spokane Workforce Council helps people achieve living wage employment and helps businesses find the workers they need.

The Spokane Workforce Council is a non-profit organization whose mission is to elevate local workforce efforts with critical insights, researched guidance, innovative funding, and strategic partnerships to cultivate a flourishing Spokane, together. We advise and fund the WorkSource system in Spokane which consists of two career centers and 19 affiliated sites across Spokane County. We are also a founding partner in the Spokane Resource Center, a one-stop social services center where a consortium of community partners provide resources to underserved members of our community to achieve economic empowerment. WorkSource Spokane is our largest career center and provides a full range of personalized services to any adult job seeker in Spokane County. The Next Generation Zone is the only young adult career center in Spokane County and provides education skills training and career guidance to over 800 young adults ages 16-24 each year.

During the COVID-19 crisis, we have worked diligently across our campus and with our many partners to continue providing services to our community and now provide a full range of services both virtually and in person.

Throughout the pandemic, the WorkSource Spokane campus has provided rental assistance to over 800 households, offered workshops and career coaching virtually, provided laptops to Spokane community members seeking employment, helped numerous students graduate with their GEDs, and hosted numerous virtual hiring events to connect local businesses with those seeking employment.

The Spokane Workforce Council is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Washington Relay 711.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donations of any size are used to support a wide variety of initiatives and programs in our system. $5 provides a bus pass to a young adult who needs transportation to get to school or work $15 provides breakfast and lunch for a young adult studying for their GED $25 provides a gift card for a job seeker to get a professional haircut $50 provides professional clothing for an individual to wear to a job interview $100 or more provides technology for an individual to participate in online training

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Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank and Family Services 10814 E Broadway Spokane Valley, WA 99206

What We Do:

(509) 927-1153 www.svpart.org admin@svpart.org

Prevent hunger and poverty alongside great community partners.

In crisis, families visit Spokane Valley Partners for emergencies and temporary food needs. But, Spokane Valley Partners is so much more than a food bank. With services including: Emergency Assistance, the Inland Northwest Diaper Bank, and Food For Thought, Spokane Valley Partners is here to see our community through the complexities of hunger AND poverty

What Your Donations Can Do:

$10 Provides 20 healthy meals $15 per month provides weekend food security for one student for the entire school year $30 Diapers for one baby for 1 month $50 Provides 6 weeks of meals for a family of four

Stop the Silence: Changing Lives & Healing Hearts

www.changinglivesandhealinghearts.com stopthesilencespokane@gmail.com

109 S Scott St, Ste D1 Spokane WA 99202

What We Do:

Changing Lives and Healing Hearts brings awareness and education of domestic violence to the greater Spokane area.

Changing Lives and Healing Hearts provides “GO” bags for individuals in need of leaving unsafe situations in a hurry.

Go bags have toiletries, gas cards, food cards and other necessities so people can leave at a moments notice.

How Can You Get Involved?

$100 donation sponsors a complete “GO” bag. $50 donation provides a gas card and a food card. $25 donation provides a gas card.

Please visit our website for events and volunteer opportunities.

West Central Community Center

509.326.9540 www.westcentralcc.org

1603 N. Belt, Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

WCCC provides the community with health, education, recreation and enrichment programs and resources.

There’s a place for you here: Headstart, Unify Community Health Clinic, Spokane Police Department, Women, Infants and Children (nutrition education and support), Before and After School Childcare, Summer Camp, Prevention Education for Youth and Teens, and Supportive Services for Adults with Developmental Disabilities.

How Can You Get Involved?

Volunteer, donate, and participate. Join our neighborhood coalition!

Like us on Facebook @westcentralcc. Subscribe to our newsletter!

Join us on September 18th, 2021 for Building Dreams - Bright Futures for Our Kids. Funds raised will support our programs at WCCC. Visit westcentralcc.org for more information.

Enriching Lives. Creating Community.

Women Helping Women Fund

509.328.8285 whwfspokane.org info@whwfspokane.org

3704 N Nevada St, Ste 201 Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

We are strongest when we learn, grow, and give together. We’re building a community of engaged and strategic givers to ensure women and children have opportunities to reach their highest potential.

With donor and member support, WHWF has awarded more than $6 million locally through grants for local programs and scholarships for young mothers.

How Can You Get Involved?

Join the new Collective Giving Community with a pledge of $25 or $50 per month. Membership is designed to help you participate at a level that fits into your goals, budget, and schedule. Visit whwfspokane.org/give-together or scan the QR code to learn more!

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HEALTH

FROM LEFT: Janet Angulo, Anngie Zepeda, Jennyfer Mesa and Andres Sanchez meet at Latinos En Spokane. ERICK DOXEY PHOTO

En Spokane, En Casa From the Trump era through COVID, Latinos En Spokane has broken through fear and isolation

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here are moments where it feels like the mission of Latinos En Spokane is everything and everywhere.

It’s about translation and immigration information and food distribution and housing assistance and legal advice and COVID testing and political activism and cultural connection.

They put on farmers markets and vaccination clinics.

When Border Patrol interrogates passengers at Spokane’s downtown Greyhound bus depot, Latinos en Spokane passes out Know Your Rights cards.

When a Latino farmworker caught COVID-19 and his employer, Washington Fruit and Produce, refused to pay for his medical bills, Latinos en Spokane intervened.

They contacted journalists who told his story. They scraped together money for a hotel, a wheelchair and a ticket home.

When a multigenerational Latino family, living in a small mobile home in Spokane Valley, came down with COVID, Latinos En Spokane showed up at their door offering anything they needed help with.

“They couldn’t believe that it was just free,” says Jennyfer Mesa, co-founder of Latinos En Spokane. “They couldn’t believe that this existed, where they could

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BY DANIEL WALTERS get support with rent and food. ... It’s been a beautiful experience.”

Even as we sit in the Latinos En Spokane offices on Monroe on a Wednesday evening, we have to move to the tables in the back, as a small troupe of attorneys from the Volunteer Lawyers Project and the Northwest Justice Project flood in.

They’re here to help Latino community members navigate the finer points of divorces, parenting plans and evictions.

Navigating the legal system can seem mind-numbing, but Mesa knows firsthand how bureaucracy, identity and community are intertwined. Sharing her story at Pivot, Spokane’s nonfiction storytelling show earlier this year, Mesa described how paperwork could be the difference between home and exile.

Born in Colombia, she recalls how her mother guarded a folder filled with identifying information.

“Even at that young age, I knew that folder was sacred,” Mesa says, adding that without the documents they contained, “I’d be nameless.”

Yet when her family immigrated to Miami, that folder went missing. It was stolen, she believes. Someone had

un-documented her, forcing her to continually prove she was who she said she was.

But today, in an era when Spokane’s Latino population has been threatened by deportation and disease, she’s helping the entire community prove who it is.

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tart with a precept, an obvious but overlooked reality: There are Latinos in Spokane.

About one of every 15 residents identifies as Hispanic or Latino, according to the 2020 census. But it doesn’t always feel that way.

“There is this invisible presence of the Latino population,” Mesa says. For some undocumented immigrants, that invisiblity is a survival technique. If your immigration status could get you deported, Mesa says, you may not feel safe participating in activities in your school, your neighborhood or your community. You may decide to keep your head down, lest you draw the wrong kind of attention.

When Mesa came to Spokane in 2012, she says, there was basically one restaurant or nightclub — Tacos Tumbras — where Latinos in Spokane would congregate. ...continued on page 59

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The Strength to Smile ACCOIN is there to help when kids and families get tough news

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BY JAY McGREGOR

hen a child’s cancer diagnosis is delivered, it’s like “all air is immediately sucked out of the room,” says Leslie Woodfill, executive director of the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest (ACCOIN). Many parents and children are justifiably overwhelmed by the life-changing news.

To “bring a breath of fresh air back to the family,” ACCOIN steps in with a comfort bag filled with all of the resources and supplies a family needs as they grapple with pediatric cancer.

With an office located inside the Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital, ACCOIN can quickly be there for kids whenever they need them. ACCOIN employees and volunteers bring the kids anything that could bring them some form of comfort — sometimes it’s something simple.

Woodfill says it’s amazing what even a bag of Cheetos can do.

Woodfill felt the inspiration to be a part of ACCOIN after working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and seeing kids deal with cancer. “If you’ve ever seen a kid battle cancer, you’ve seen true courage and spirit. Just amazing strength,” she remarks. “There’s a little guy at the hospital battling liver cancer, and you’ll get a smile from behind that pacifier.”

ACCOIN states that a “donation brings a deep breath to a parent whose child has cancer.

It brings joy to a child when they are afraid. It brings relief for a parent that is struggling to pay their bills. It provides resource information to educate the child and their parents about their specific form of cancer. It provides snacks and toys to help when a child faces a procedure. It provides a comfort bag filled with the things a family needs as they navigate childhood cancer.”

All donations to ACCOIN raised in the community stay in the community, helping children and parents around the Inlander Northwest deal with childhood cancer. n To donate, visit acco.org/inlandnw/donate. On Thursday, Sept. 9, as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, ACCOIN supporter Wake Up Call will be offering special $3 drinks at all 10 of its Inland Northwest locations, with a dollar from each going to the effort. And on Sept. 25, ACCOIN hosts its 17th Annual Light the Way auction, virtually. For more information, visit one.bidpal.net/accoin/welcome

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Maddie’s Place’s founder Tricia Hughes.

Nurturing Care

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A new nonprofit aims to provide a space for babies experiencing withdrawal

BY NATE SANFORD

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nonprofit nursery for babies recovering from substance withdrawal is set to open in Spokane later this year. The nursery, called Maddie’s Place, has been in the works for several years. Founder Tricia Hughes says the project was inspired by deep personal experience.

In 2008 Tricia and her husband, Carey, adopted a 3-week-old baby named Maddie. It was immediately clear that something was wrong; the baby was shaking, vomiting and sweating profusely. She was also showing an aversion to noise and eye contact. Hughes took Maddie to a doctor, who confirmed that the baby was going through severe opiate withdrawal.

Over the next six months, Tricia learned to care for Maddie. She kept the baby in a tight wrap close to her body and worked to create a calm, nurturing environment. It was a difficult experience, but when Maddie recovered, Tricia was inspired to keep up the work.

Maddie was experiencing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, which is caused when a baby experiences withdrawal from drugs they were exposed to in the womb. The U.S Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that nearly 80 newborns a day are diagnosed with the syndrome.

“I realized there were more and more kids coming into care that looked like this as the opiate crisis just built,” Tricia says.

Over the next decade, Tricia fostered several other babies going through withdrawal. The idea for Maddie’s Place began to take shape when Carey suggested she consider expanding her efforts.

“My husband was like, ‘We can’t adopt them all, you can’t do it by yourself, maybe you can teach other people to do what you’re doing,’” Hughes laughs.

Infants going through substance withdrawal are typically discharged from the hospital within a couple days, Tricia says. With Maddie’s Place, she hopes to provide an environment that can help support longterm recovery. The nursery will have a staff of nurses, social workers and volunteers to help families care for babies.

Construction for Maddie’s Place is underway. The bright lights and noises of hospitals can be excruciating for newborns experiencing withdrawal, so Tricia is focusing on making the facility feel gentle and calming.

“We’re going for like a home but with all the availability of medical care if you need it,” she says.

Maddie’s Place is planning for a soft launch on Nov. 1, with capacity for three babies and their families.

The facility will fully open with capacity for 17 on March 1.

“We’ve just been overwhelmed with the support and generosity we’ve received for Maddie’s Place,” Hughes says. “We’re so excited to get started.” n

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“We just don’t have cultural landscapes,” Mesa says.

There wasn’t a space for the Latino and Hispanic community to thrive.

“How can we start shifting that?” Mesa was asking herself. “We know the population’s here, we’re just not connected.”

By fall 2017, that disconnectedness felt particularly dangerous. Donald Trump, who had launched his campaign by declaring that Mexico was flooding America with rapist immigrants, was president.

“We wanted to keep the community safe,” she says.

Mesa and a few friends launched a private Latinos En Spokane Facebook group as a way to share information between a select group of people.

“We had our little filter process to enter the space. We wanted it to be safe. Safe from Border Patrol, safe from trolls,” Mesa says. “Even if we couldn’t have a physical space, we wanted to have an online space.”

They’d translate news articles into Spanish and post them. Facebook group members would ask questions, and Mesa and others would track down the answers.

Soon, Mesa began to learn where the biggest needs — the most frequently asked questions — were. In early 2018, they held their first workshop, on a budget of just $20 at the Downtown Spokane Library. An expert from the Seattle satellite campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico trained the attendees on how to become citizenship advocates for the Latino community.

“We had a full house,” Mesa says. “We had people from Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, a person from Japan.”

And when the Trump administration announced it would be ending temporary protected status for people from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, they launched another workshop.

“Our group grew from like 200 people to over a thousand within the first year,” Mesa says.

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nd all the fears around immigration and the Trump administration also imperiled another vital process: the 2020 census.

The census is about counting people, yes, but also about making people count.

“We have been undercounted in the past, and that doesn’t help us,” Mesa says. “We need to be heard and be knowing that we’re here so we can advocate for resources in our community.”

With some Latino residents understandably wary about answering questions from the Trump-led federal government, the Washington Census Alliance gave Latinos En Spokane a big grant to help them reach out to the community.

Latinos En Spokane hired trusted messengers who then contacted 30 and 40 families each.

They held tamaladas, food festivals featuring tamales from eight different parts of Latin America.

They assured undocumented immigrants that the census information they shared wasn’t going to get them deported or hurt their immigration efforts.

Ultimately, the census would show that in the last decade, the Latino share of Spokane

County’s population jumped from 4.5 to 6.6 percent. And all those efforts had an unexpected benefit.

“When COVID hit, we were able to turn to our trusted messengers and say, ‘Hey, call your contacts, see how they are doing,’” Mesa says. “It was beautiful.”

In the early days of the pandemic, a lot of the most important information wasn’t available in Spanish. Latinos En Spokane rushed to translate breaking news and answer questions like “Will the Cheney School District be open tomorrow?” and “Is day care going to be open?’”

They teamed up with the Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition to launch a GoFundMe that raised $25,000 for families impacted by the pandemic.

Funding from Better Health Together, a local health care nonprofit, allowed Latinos En Spokane to hire more staff and train them to help navigate complicated bureaucracies. When Latino families fell behind on rent, Mesa and the other Latinos En Spokane members helped them find rental assistance.

“He said, ‘I haven’t felt community or space like this in Spokane, and I’ve been here for years.’”

Early on, a small grant from Innovia Foundation had allowed them to put on drive-thru events to pass out food and masks and even provide COVID-19 tests. “[But] we were missing that social connection,” Mesa says. “It was really hard to just see people with our mask on and have them drive through and open their trunk and just leave.”

Enter El Mercadito: An outdoor farmers market featuring fresh produce, booths from local entrepreneurs, and local health care providers offering COVID testing and vaccinations.

“We also dance there,” Mesa says, smiling.

“We do Zumba.”

In a way it’s a celebration. It’s a culmination of all of Mesa’s ambitions with Latinos En Spokane: creating jobs, helping her community, reshaping the cultural landscape.

“I’m seeing it now,” she says. “I’m seeing it take place.”

El Mercadito represented a community breaking free of isolation — an isolation deeper than the one imposed by COVID. She recalls seeing one of the market’s young volunteers emotionally overcome by what the market represented.

“He said, ‘I haven’t felt community or space like this in Spokane, and I’ve been here for years,” Mesa says. “‘I loved hearing people speak Spanish, I love serving my community, I love the music.’”

His mask may have hid his smile, but not his tears.

“He said, ‘I felt at home and I’ve never felt that,’” Mesa says.

But he says it, of course, in Spanish: “Me sentí como en casa.” n

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GIVE GUIDE

HEALTH Foundations • Patient Support • Health Education • Advocacy Groups

Alzheimer’s Association PO Box 10060 Spokane, WA 99209

What We Do:

800.272.3900 509.456.0456 www.alzwa.org

The Alzheimer’s Association is the world’s leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Serving Washington and North Idaho.

Our mission: The Alzheimer’s Association leads the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.

What Can Your Donations Do?

By donating to the Alzheimer’s Association, you’re providing critical funding for Alzheimer’s research and support services for people affected by the disease. Locally, we offer a 24/7 helpline, support groups, education and more. We also raise funds and awareness through our annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Join the movement at alzwa.org.

American Red Cross, Greater Inland Northwest 315 W. Nora Ave. Spokane, WA 99205

What We Do:

509-590-7691 www.redcross.org ryan.rodin@redcross.org

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

Communities throughout the Greater Inland Northwest count on the American Red Cross for help every day – and supporting those communities is at the heart of what we do. Our work never stopped during the pandemic, we rose to the challenge and reimagined how to deliver services to people and families in need. We respond to home fires in local neighborhoods, providing comfort and assistance to the individuals displaced. When wildfires threaten homes and lives, our volunteers respond quickly to provide safe shelter from smoke and flames, or excessive heat.

Each year, the generous support of donors and partners enables our disaster workforce— 90% volunteers—to help millions of people in the U.S. We aspire to turn compassion into action so that... ...all people affected by disaster across the country and around the world receive care, shelter and hope; ...our communities are ready and prepared for disasters; ...everyone in our country has access to safe, lifesaving blood and blood products; ...all members of our armed services and their families find support and comfort whenever needed; and ...in an emergency, there are always trained individuals nearby, ready to use their Red Cross skills to save lives.

How Your Time Can Help?

Disaster Action Team: Comfort and support people forced from their homes due to fires and other emergencies so they don’t have to face tough times alone.

Shelter Support: Help coordinate basic human needs like shelter, food and clothing so those who are unexpectedly impacted by disasters can begin putting their lives back together.

Disaster Health Services: Be part of a tradition of healthcare professionals who have served as the core of our organization since the very beginning.

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HOW TO GIVE READ THE GIVE GUIDE Read all about the goals of local nonprofits in this special section; make a note of the ones you connect with most.

GO ONLINE Grab your credit card, scan a QR code or log on to the charity websites found in these pages and make a contribution.

PICK UP YOUR PHONE

Call your nonprofit of choice via the numbers listed here and make a pledge of cash or volunteer hours.

Ashley House NW

253.533.9050 www.ah-nw.org

4118 S. Cook Street Spokane, WA

What We Do:

Ashley House provides comprehensive, cost effective, quality care to medically fragile children, teens and young adults in home-like settings.

When children with severe medical diagnoses leave the hospital, they often still need complex medical care. Ashley House provides transition between hospital and home for children who require complex care. At Ashley House a child can receive skilled nursing care while the family adjusts and prepares for their child’s homecoming at a much lower cost than if the child stayed in the hospital.

Our goal is to help families cope with crisis by providing a warm, caring environment in which they may learn how to meet the demands of their child’s disabilities and illness.

How Can You Get Involved?

When we open, we will have volunteer opportunities to work with our kids. This includes reading to one or two kids, helping kids with homework, and just being there to support kids and their families emotionally.

Better Health Together

509.321.7500 www.BetterHealthTogether.org Reese@betterhealthtogether.org

1209 W. 1st Ave. Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

Better Health Together tackles health inequities throughout eastern Washington. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at being healthy.

We work with more than 100 organizations across seven counties to promote practical solutions to meet the needs of the people and communities we serve. Our Community Voices Council is a chance for our region’s Medicaid beneficiaries to be heard, inform local leaders, and foster change in healthcare.

How Can You Get Involved?

Join our Community Voices Council and help us recruit new members to collaborate at monthly meetings. Members are paid a stipend for participation.

Cancer Care Northwest Foundation

509.228.1019 ccnwf.org foundation@ccnw.net

1204 N. Vercler Rd. Ste 101 Spokane Valley, WA 99216

What We Do:

CCNWF is a non-profit organization that helps Inland Northwest cancer patients and their families through educational, emotional and financial support.

The CCNWF offers limited financial support for basic necessities such as transportation, prescriptions, groceries and rent, counseling for children and families, and community resource referrals. The CCNWF also supports the advancement of cancer research.

How Can You Get Involved?

Your donation helps ensure that Inland Northwest cancer patients and their families have the support they need throughout their journeys with cancer.

To make a donation, please visit www.ccnwf.org

Childrenʼs Miracle Network Hospitals Spokane 101 W. 8th Ave. Spokane, WA 99204

What We Do:

509.474.4917 sacred-heart.childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org

We provide kids with the best care possible by raising funds and awareness for Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital. Money raised locally stays right here in our community.

Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has helped fill funding gaps by partnering with businesses like Costco, Walmart, Ace Hardware, Panda Express, credit unions and others to raise more than $7 billion, most of it $1 at a time through Miracle Balloon campaigns and cash register “round ups.”

What Can Your Donations Do?

You can help Miracle Kids like Levi, who spent a record-setting 51 days on ECMO – a form of life support – at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital. This life-saving equipment was made possible thanks to generous community donations.

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CHAS Health Foundation

509.444.8888 www.chas.org foundation@chas.org

611 N. Iron Bridge Way Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

The mission of the CHAS Health Foundation is to create health equity by strategically investing in patients, partners, and communities.

By choosing to donate to the CHAS Health Foundation, you are investing in access to quality healthcare for any community member in need, regardless of their situation.

CHAS Health is a non-profit, federally qualified health center (FQHC) that provides high-quality medical, dental, pharmacy, and behavioral health services to families and individuals of all ages, regardless of ability to pay. Serving approximately 100,000 patients annually across the Inland Northwest, our goal is to provide a brighter, better, healthier future for all families.

How Can You Get Involved?

The CHAS Health Foundation has several funds that allow donors to align gifts with their giving passions. As a donor, you may choose to contribute your donation to any of the following funds: • Greatest Need • Patient Support • Health Equity Programs (this includes homelessness outreach) • Specific Rural Clinic: Cheney, Deer Park, Moscow, Lewiston/ Clarkston If you have questions about the CHAS Health Foundation, it’s work and mission, or making or designating a donation, please email us at foundation@chas.org or call us at 509-444-8888 and ask for the CHAS Health Foundation.

Elevations: A Childrenʼs Therapy Resource Foundation 325 S. University Rd. Suite #203 Spokane Valley, WA 99206

What We Do:

509.385.2116 info@elevationsspokane.org www.elevationsspokane.org

Elevating children with special needs to reach their full potential by providing access to the resources and support they need to improve their families’ overall quality of life.

The weight of realizing that your child’s future may not be affordable is a tremendous burden to bear. Elevations provides funding for effective, evidence-based therapy services and special home therapy equipment for children with special needs.

What Can Your Donations Do?

Any donation can change the trajectory of a child’s life. $30 can help with a copay. $50 can help pay for a therapy session. $100 can help provide therapy equipment.

Every Woman Can

509.315.5940 www.EveryWomanCan.org ICan@EveryWomanCan.org

827 W 1st Ave, Suite 320 Spokane, WA 99201

Every Woman Can is at the heart of the women’s cancer fight. We provide money for mammograms, advocate for equity in and access to healthcare, and create community for women living with + surviving cancer. 100% of donations stay local.

What We Do:

We know life changes with a cancer diagnosis. We can connect you to resources, to programs and to a community of hope.

And remember — mammograms save lives.

How Can You Get Involved?

Donate today. Your dollar keeps hope alive for a woman right here in our region. Attend our events.

Gift your talents and become a volunteer. On behalf of the survivors, thrivers and those who live on in our memories, thank you for your support.

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FailSafe for Life

509.475.7334 www.failsafeforlife.org sabrina.votava@failsafeforlife.org

PO Box 28955 Spokane, WA 99228

What We Do:

At FailSafe for Life, our goal is not easy, but it’s simple. We want to end suicide attempts and deaths in our community.

FailSafe knows that strength not only lies in our words, but in our actions as well. We have set out on a mission to end suicide in Spokane.

Founded in 2016, FailSafe for Life inspires action through education, instilling hope, and connecting communities. We’re driven by a firm belief in the power of understanding, and the knowledge that the pain surrounding suicide can be treated.

How Can You Get Involved?

Not everyone has the ability to devote time for service work, but anyone can make a difference. One of the easiest and most effective ways to support FailSafe for Life’s mission is to donate. Your support will go directly to services essential for suicide prevention in the Spokane area. Visit our website for volunteer opportunities or to donate today!

Hospice Of Spokane

509.456.0438 www.hospiceofspokane.org

P.O. Box 2215 Spokane, WA 99210

What We Do:

Northeast Washington’s only nonprofit hospice, serving anyone of any age with any terminal condition through a holistic approach to end-of-life care.

Hospice of Spokane focuses on ensuring patient comfort and supporting quality of life. From delivering specialized care right in the home day or night, to around-the-clock phone support and grief counseling for family members, we are here for our patients and their family.

How Can You Get Involved?

Hospice volunteers help in a variety of ways, such as providing companionship to a patient, helping with light housekeeping or yard work, meal preparation, playing a musical instrument or singing; helping in the office with mailings or other office tasks, or helping with one of our community or fundraising events throughout the year. Background check is required, and training is provided.

Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington 104 S Freya St, Yellow Flag Bldg #207 Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509-458-2618 Toll Free: 888-790-7005 Wish.org/akwa

The mission of Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington is simple and clear: Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

It’s our vision to grant a wish to every eligible child because wishes have a physical and emotional benefit that can give children with critical illnesses a higher chance of survival. But, we need your help to achieve this!

You can help promote hope, health and healing whether you make a donation, become a volunteer, fundraise to grant wishes or refer a child! · Become a Volunteer! Share your time and talents as a volunteer and transform a child’s life in as little as two hours a month. · Donate now! Become a monthly giving donor or give a one-time donation and make a big difference for local children-transforming lives, one wish at a time. · Fundraise! Whether it’s through athletic events, lemonade stands or birthday fundraisers, passionate supporters rally their networks to grant wishes in their communities. · Refer a Child! If you know a child between the ages of 2 ½ and 18 years old who has a life-threatening critical illness and has not previously received a wish, you can refer them.

When wish children are stripped of the most basic rights of childhood—the things most of us take for granted—you can clearly see how a wish is unlike anything else available to them as part of their treatment plan.

How Can You Get Involved?

To learn more about how you can help be a part of this life-changing and transformational mission, visit wish.org/akwa.

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Morning Star Community Services (MSCS) Gateway Building | 140 S Arthur St, Ste 610 Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.927.1194 www.morningstarcommunityservices.org khills@msbranch.org

Morning Star Community Services provides outpatient behavioral health to individuals and families in a safe, therapeutic, caring environment through hope, support, and healing.

All families struggle from time to time, and some families must learn to cope with life-altering trauma, mental health challenges, and/or changes in family composition or lifestyle. Located in the Gateway Building in the South Perry District, Morning Star Community Services is a preferred provider for most insurances, Apple Health, and offers a sliding-scale self pay fees.

How Can You Get Involved?

Please consider donating to support our community-based behavioral health www.morningstarcommunityservices.org

The NATIVE Project 1803 W Maxwell Spokane, WA 99201

What We Do:

509.483.7535 www.nativeproject.org npinfo@nativeproject.org

Sacred Hospitality For All

The NATIVE Project is a non-profit health facility that provides medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, patient care coordination, wellness, and prevention services for both Natives and Non-Natives in the greater Spokane community. We serve ALL people. Medicaid, Medicare and most private insurances are accepted. You will not be charged your insurance co-pay if you provide proof of tribal enrollment/ descendency.

The NATIVE Project’s Service Delivery Philosophy is a patient centered care model that embraces action, education, culture and spirituality on the road to healing and wellness. Our team commits to providing patient centered care that includes physical, emotional, mental and spiritual wellness and healing. Services will be offered through the practice of “Sacred Hospitality”. Our philosophy has roots in the medical model of disease prevention, treatment and management that is solution based in the recovery oriented model of care, including drug free lifestyles.

We utilize the highest level of care using evidence based and promising practices to promote healing and wellness in individuals, families, staff, and communities.

How Can You Get Involved?

Everyone can be a patient here. Be informed, go to our website, NativeProject.org, and subscribe to our email list, follow us on social media and check out our events calendar. Join our circle of care, where using one team and one voice, individuals, staff, families and agencies will utilize skills, leadership, cultural and spiritual consciousness to give back to his or her community by living as: WARRIORS, NURTURERS, SCHOLARS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS

Northwest Autism Center

528 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. Suite 14 Spokane, WA 99202

What We Do:

509.328.1582 www.nwaustim.org info@nwautism.org

NAC exists to support, facilitate and build accessible and comprehensive approaches to helping individuals with autism and their families.

NAC information and resource referral, provider, parent and community training and education, ABA intensive treatment clinic for 2-5 year olds, free screenings and political advocacy.

How Can You Get Involved?

$25 Pays for individualized parent resource referral $50 Pays for one screening for autism $100 Pays for Special Education Books

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Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

123 E. Indiana Ave. Spokane, WA 99207

What We Do:

1-866-904-7721 Donate.ppgwni.org Donations@ppgwni.org

We provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and fearless advocacy for all.

For over 50 years local people have been turning to Planned Parenthood for the resources they need to be healthy, plan their families and futures, and achieve their dreams. Your support will: Help over 30,000 people annually get the health care services required to plan their families.

Advocate for comprehensive sex ed in our community so youth have the knowledge they need to be healthy, safe, and plan their futures.

Ensure reproductive freedom is protected for everyone during unprecedented attacks on these civil rights.

“As a cancer survivor, my visits to Planned Parenthood help provide peace of mind in addition to health care that is affordable and attainable. They genuinely care about my mental health just as much as my physical health.” — Taylor D., Spokane patient

How Can You Get Involved?

DONATE Your generosity will ensure everyone in our community can receive the care they need. No matter what.

TELL YOUR STORY The best way to promote, practice, and preserve comprehensive reproductive health care and overcome stigma surrounding these services is to share our stories.

VOLUNTEER The gift of your time and energy is invaluable in the fight to protect and advance reproductive rights.

BECOME A PATIENT Receive expert health care from our providers and support the services we provide to our community.

Providence Health Care Foundation 101 W. Eighth Ave. Spokane, WA 99204

What We Do:

509.474.4917 www.Providence.org/givingewa PHCFoundationEW@providence.org

We help ensure access to compassionate, world-class care by supporting life-changing projects and programs at Providence health care ministries in Spokane and Stevens counties.

For more than 135 years, our region has counted on Providence not only for exceptional medical care, but to answer the call for help from our less fortunate neighbors. Gifts to Providence Health Care Foundation stay local, to help care for the most vulnerable in our community and support breakthrough technology that saves lives.

What Can Your Donations Do?

Your gift helps support a wide range of programs, from cancer and cardiac care to specialized resources that help critically ill kids at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.

And our Patient Emergency Fund provides essentials for families struggling financially due to a medical emergency.

Rayce Rudeen Foundation 24201 E Knox Lane, Liberty Lake, WA 99019

509-217-4440 raycerudeen.org info@raycerudeen.org

The Rayce Rudeen Foundation works with organizations and programs that encourage a healthy and productive lifestyle, free from addiction.

The Rayce Rudeen Foundation began it’s work after a tragic overdose of our beloved Rayce. In his honor, we strive to address gaps in the systems of care for those who are struggling with addiction. We implement a diverse approach in working with various organizations to make a sustainable impact in our communities by focusing on prevention, treatment and recovery. In all of our work we emphasize the importance of removing the stigma of addiction. It is a disease not an embarrassment.

What We Do:

How Can You Get Involved?

Contact us at info@raycerudeen.org for volunteer opportunities Donations can be made through our website.

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HOW TO GIVE

INDEX AHANA........................................................................................... 30 Alzheimer’s Association................................................................60 American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland NW................. 46 American Red Cross, Greater Inland Northwest. . .........................60 ARC of Spokane, The..................................................................... 29 Artisans.......................................................................................... 30 Ashley House NW........................................................................... 61 Better Health Together. . ................................................................. 61 Bonner Community Food Bank..................................................... 47 Boy Scouts of America Inland NW Council ................................... 31 Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County .......................................... 47 Camp Fire USA Inland Northwest Council..................................... 31 Cancer Care Northwest Foundation............................................... 61 Carl Maxey Center. . ........................................................................ 47 Cat Tales Wildlife. . ......................................................................... 42 Catholic Charities Eastern Washington ....................................... 47 Children’s Home Society ............................................................... 31 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Spokane............................. 61 Christ Kitchen................................................................................ 48 Christian Youth Theater Spokane.. ................................................ 48 City Gate, The................................................................................. 31 CHAS Health Foundation. . ............................................................. 62 Communities in Schools of Spokane. . ........................................... 32 Community-Minded Enterprises (CME)........................................ 48 Elevations: A Children’s Therapy Resource Foundation . . ............. 62 Every Woman Can.. ........................................................................ 62 EWU Get Lit! Programs.. ................................................................ 48 FailSafe for Life. . ............................................................................ 63 Family Promise of Spokane. . ......................................................... 49 Friends of the Centennial Trail...................................................... 42 Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho. . ................ 32 Giving Back Packs / Spokane Quaranteam.. ................................. 32 Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest............................... 33 Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels. . ................................. 33 Habitat for Humanity Spokane.. .................................................... 49 Hospice of Spokane....................................................................... 63 Hutton Settlement......................................................................... 33 Idaho Youth Ranch - North Idaho................................................. 34 Joya Child & Family Development................................................ 34 Kootenai Environmental Alliance. . ................................................ 43 KSPS PBS....................................................................................... 49 Latinos en Spokane....................................................................... 49 Lumen High School. . ...................................................................... 34 Lutheran Community Services Northwest.................................... 50 Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington. . ........................................ 63 Mission Community Outreach Center.. .......................................... 50

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READ THE GIVE GUIDE Read all about the goals of local nonprofits in this special section; make a note of the ones you connect with most.

GO ONLINE Grab your credit card, scan a QR code or log on to the charity websites found in these pages and make a contribution.

PICK UP YOUR PHONE

Call your nonprofit of choice via the numbers listed here and make a pledge of cash or volunteer hours.

Morning Star Boys’ Ranch (MSBR). . ............................................... 51 Morning Star Community Services (MSCS).. ................................. 64 Morning Star Foster Care (MSFC)................................................. 34 Native Project, The........................................................................ 64 North Idaho College Foundation, Inc. . .......................................... 35 Northwest Autism Center.............................................................. 64 Northwest Harvest. . ........................................................................ 51 Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture....................................... 50 Odyssey Youth Movement............................................................. 35 Partnering for Progress................................................................. 35 Partners with Families & Children . . ............................................... 35 Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington & North Idaho....... 65 Project Beauty Share..................................................................... 36 Providence Health Care Foundation ............................................ 65 Rayce Rudeen Foundation.. ........................................................... 65 River’s Wish Animal Sanctuary..................................................... 43 Safe Passage. . ................................................................................ 52 Salvation Army Spokane, The....................................................... 50 Second Harvest. . ............................................................................ 52 Society of St. Vincent de Paul. . ..................................................... 53 Spokane Arts: Amplifying the Arts............................................... 53 Spokane Children’s Theatre.......................................................... 53 Spokane County Human Rights Task Force.................................. 36 Spokane County United Way . . ....................................................... 36 Spokane Humane Society . . ............................................................ 44 Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners (SNAP)......................... 54 Spokane Parks Foundation.. .......................................................... 44 Spokane Public Radio - KPBX....................................................... 54 Spokane Riverkeeper.. ................................................................... 44 Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank and Family Services........... 55 Spokane Workforce Council.......................................................... 54 Stix Diabetes Programs................................................................. 36 Stop the Silence: Changing Lives & Healing Hearts..................... 55 Transitions.. .................................................................................... 37 Union Gospel Mission.................................................................... 37 Volunteers of America. . ................................................................. 37 West Central Community Center. . ................................................. 55 Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen...... 38 Women Helping Women Fund...................................................... 55 World Relief Spokane.................................................................... 37 YMCA of the Inland Northwest . . .................................................... 38 YWCA............................................................................................. 38 TO BE INCLUDED IN NEXT YEAR’S GIVE GUIDE, CONTACT SALES@INLANDER.COM

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A CULTURE OF STEWARDSHIP AND GIVING. At the center of the rich Kalispel Tribe culture is a drive to be a powerful force for change in our community. By committing our time and resources to helping our neighbors, we serve as stewards and seek to build a better world for future generations.

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, with the same talented hands that built winter villages and harvested food and medicine from the land, now partners with hundreds of local charities and organizations for the betterment of our community. Since 2000, more than $20 million has been donated throughout the greater Spokane and Pend Oreille Counties.

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THE BUZZ BIN

Quite the underground scene in Wallace, Idaho.

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WANDERING WALLACE

PEACOCK PROUD If British sitcom We Are Lady Parts fails to find an American audience because it resides on the Peacock app, that would be a damn shame. Written and directed by Nida Manzoor, it’s a brilliant blast of energy courtesy of the fictional band at its center, the Lady Parts, consisting of all Muslim women. Anjana Vasan is the heart and soul of the show as the band’s newest member Amina, a devout and hilarious guitarist who vomits whenever she has to perform. The three other members – all hilarious, all utterly unique – convince Amina she can overcome her stage fright and navigate a potential romance with drummer Ayesha’s brother, being a maid of honor in her best friend’s wedding and keep her new punk habit a secret. The songs are infectious (and actually performed by the cast), the relationships feel real, and it’s unlike any show you’ve seen, an inspiring outlier a la Atlanta. (DAN NAILEN)

The historic Silver Valley town is a wonderful, quick trip with plenty to see, do, eat

BY CHEY SCOTT

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or the longest time, I’ve had this on my summertime to-do list: Explore Wallace, Idaho. Finally, it’s been crossed off. My partner and I took a quick overnighter, although at just under two hours from Spokane, it’s also possible to pack a lot in to a day trip. If you go, these Silver Valley highlights are highly recommended!

SIERRA SILVER MINE TOURS

By far, the top feature of our Silver Valley adventure was a brief spelunk into an abandoned silver mine about a mile north of town. While I pictured a deep descent into the earth and actual mine carts ferrying us through the cool, wet tunnels, you actually just need close-toed shoes and a light jacket, plus the provided hardhat. Retired silver miners lead these 75-minute tours and demonstrate old mining equipment used over the decades. We were delighted with our quirky guide, Fast Freddie, who sprinkled in fun, old-timer humor and stories into his tour. Details: 509 Cedar St., Wallace; open daily, May through October; $9-$16; silverminetour.org

RADIO BREWING CO.

This stop is in Kellogg, Idaho, just off I-90 on the way to Wallace. Drive up the hill to the center of this charming town and you’ll find Radio Brewing on Main Street. With all-ages seating and a roomy bar, the retro-themed brewery boasts a quaint patio out back with shade coverings, a small stage and plenty of places to enjoy a pint or two on a summer evening. For solid sustenance, I can’t recommend the maple, bacon and blue cheese burger enough! Details: 319 Main St., Kellogg; radiobrewingcompany.com

NORTHERN DEPOT RAIL MUSEUM

Although the Silver Valley was built on the backs of

its mines (or more aptly, of its miners), that industry couldn’t have thrived for over a century without railroads. Those rails are the highlight of this immersive museum inside the town’s 1901-built Northern Pacific Railroad depot. Wander through the main floor with a ticketing window, stationmaster’s office and waiting area, then climb twisting stairs to the second level, formerly lodging quarters of railroad agents. The depot is packed with artifacts and ephemera, plus model trains, gift items and more. Details: 219 Sixth St., Wallace; open daily 9 am-5 pm, April 15-Oct. 15; npdepot.org

OLIVER’S MERCANTILE

While many of Wallace’s dining and drinking establishments were closed when we visited, Oliver’s Mercantile was happy to welcome us for a beer. Half bar, half gift shop, Oliver’s stocks sleekly designed North Idaho lifestyle apparel and a couple coolers filled with regional craft beer to build your own six pack. On the bar side, all taps feature local brews, which you can order in a red plastic cup to enjoy walking around town. Details: 605 Bank St., Wallace; facebook.com/oliversmercantile

THINGS WE MISSED

We inadvertently picked a less-ideal time to visit, as much of the town still seems to be recovering from pandemic-caused labor shortages or closed for a break on Mondays and Tuesdays. This meant we missed the highly recommended Wallace District Mining Museum. We also didn’t get to tour the famous Oasis Bordello, which ceased operations in 1988 and is now a museum. (Apparently, due to lack of volunteers, the Oasis has been closed all summer.) We also didn’t have time to hike the Pulaski Tunnel Trail, or enjoy dinner at the The Fainting Goat wine bar. We enjoyed Wallace so much, though, it looks like we’ll have plenty of things to check out next time. n

SERIOUS BUSINESS New documentary Hysterical aims to delve into what life is like for women navigating the boys club of stand-up comedy, and it manages to be revealing and entertaining at the same time. The movie, now streaming on Hulu, is pretty straightforward, full of interviews with comedians at varying stages of their careers, including Kathy Griffin, Iliza Shlesinger and Margaret Cho. Their stories of breaking barriers and creepy club owners make the movie move at a good clip, but the best parts include lesser knowns like Carmen Lynch, the brave woman who roasted Harvey Weinstein when the rapist was in the audience at one of her shows. Hysterical is well worth a watch for any stand-up fans. (DAN NAILEN) THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST There’s noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online Aug. 27. To wit: HALSEY, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. If you have Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) producing your album, you have power.

BIG RED MACHINE, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna To Last? The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon welcome a slew of famous faces to collaborate on this set.

DANKO JONES, Power Trio. These hard rockers scaring the hell out of a room full of Sundance Film Fest stiffs is one of my favorite concert memories. (DAN NAILEN)

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INLANDER RESTAURANT WEEK

MEET YOUR CHEF

Rory Allen is the new executive chef at Remedy Kitchen & Tavern on Spokane’s South Hill

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ory Allen kind of fell into restaurant and chef life by accident. When he was younger, Allen took a dishwasher job in Bellingham, the only job he could find at the time, to get out of Spokane. But after working around and taking in the aromas of good food every day, he decided he wanted to learn how to make that food himself. After 10 years away, Allen returned to Spokane curious to see what opportunities were available to him in his hometown’s culinary scene. Today, he loves being immersed in Spokane’s restaurant culture and enjoys creative freedom in the Remedy Kitchen & Tavern, where he recently came aboard as executive chef.

INLANDER: What is your culinary vision and philosophy?

ALLEN: I try to highlight the best ingredients I can get my hands on and be as local as I can. I want to represent the actual ingredients and not get too caught up in complicating things. I want the clean ingredients to speak for themselves. I’ve also made a name for myself working with duck. It’s definitely a passion of mine to learn to cook it properly and in a thousand different ways.

How do you challenge yourself to stay creative in the kitchen?

I just try to pull ideas from every place and person that I can and establish creativity as a team effort in the Remedy kitchen. You can pull ideas from everybody around you, and then it all comes together in the end to create something delicious.

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When you are able to dine out, what do you enjoy and look for?

Anybody playing with game meats or proteins off the beaten path, whether it’s upscale fare or simply a wild boar burger. And chicken wings. Hogwash has amazing chicken wings, but I usually end up cooking my own in my backyard.

What’s special about the region’s culinary scene right now, emerging from the pandemic?

I think this is kind of a second blank slate for Spokane. A lot of locations opened up after the shutdown with new concepts, and some concepts got hit really hard and changed themselves into something totally new that Spokane needed or was craving. We now have a unique opportunity to try out some new concepts in places that were once something popular but didn’t survive this past year.

What are the biggest challenges you faced over the past year, and how did you overcome them?

First, sourcing ingredients… At all! There wasn’t much of anything available that we’d been used to ordering, so Inlander Restaurant Week we had to pivot and rewrite our 2021 continues through menus to fit what we could get.

Saturday, Aug. 28. Find And staffing, which is what evthree-course menus for erybody’s dealing with right now. all 40-plus participating We’re constantly adjusting our venues at InlanderReshours and menus to stay open and taurantWeek.com. not run out of things.

Duck bacon carbonara

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What was the most crucial thing you learned during the pandemic about being in the hospitality industry that will carry you into the future in a sustainable way?

How to create a culture that both staff and customers really want to be a part of and stick with it through difficult times.

What are you most looking forward to during Restaurant Week?

We are highlighting peaches a lot this year, since they’ll be in season. It will be interesting to see fresh peaches and corn and tomatoes on people’s menus! They normally didn’t get to use these ingredients, because they had a late winter/early spring menu during Restaurant Week. Now it’s going to be the height of the Inland Northwest’s produce season! As much as we dread getting our butts kicked for 12 days straight, we’ll get to work with food and fresh ingredients that we are happier cooking.

— S. MICHAL BENNETT

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FOOD | TO GO BOX

Bits and Bites Updates from the region’s food and drink scene: closings, openings, events and more

BY CHEY SCOTT

CHARLEY’S GRILL & SPIRITS CLOSES

Some sad news: Longtime restaurant Charley’s Grill & Spirits, located on North Monroe near the Spokane County Courthouse, is closing. Operated by Shirley and Jack Williams since 1978, the pub’s last day of service was Aug. 9, although a “last hurrah” with friends and loyal customers is planned for this Friday, Aug. 27, at 5 pm.

Shirley Williams and her family made the difficult decision to close the restaurant and bar after the recent and unexpected passing of her husband, Jack. Williams says the restaurant’s catering business, Charley’s Catering Co., will continue to operate from the location, which may also transition into a private event facility. Future updates will be made on the restaurant’s Facebook page.

CRAVE! RETURNS

The good news: Crave! food and drink festival in Spokane Valley is back this Friday, Aug. 27, after a year off in 2020. The bad news: It’s sold out. Hopefully you got tickets early, but if not, consider this your warning that

Shirley and Jack Williams operated Charley’s Grill since 1978. for the 2022 version — the date for which hasn’t been set yet — you’ll want to purchase early, at cravenw.com.

This year’s festival is a one-day event, whereas past iterations spanned multiple days, and features the culinary creations of more than a dozen local chefs from establishments such as Wooden City, Tavolata, Zona Blanca, Baba and more.

CASCADIA SPLIT

The ownership group of Cascadia Public House have parted ways, and the vegan-friendly eatery’s second location on Hamilton Street, which just opened in spring of this year, is no more. In a recent Facebook post, two of Cascadia’s founding owners, Jordan Smith and Rob Hatch, say they’re sticking with Cascadia’s original Five Mile spot, which opened in 2017 and has since become

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a popular neighborhood hangout. The duo also shared that the future of the now-shuttered Hamilton location involves new ownership and will reopen as a completely new restaurant.

BIJOU NO. 2

One of Spokane’s tiniest bars is growing up, and moving out (sort of). Bijou cocktail bar and cafe on the southern end of Browne’s Addition is expanding with a soon-toopen second location on the South Hill. While the exact location hasn’t been revealed, Bijou owners Shelayna and Tyson Skidmore are already looking to staff up the new bar, and are even considering applicants without bartending or barista experience. Stay in the loop at facebook.com/BijouBeverages. n cheys@inlander.com

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Deep Roots Candyman is a scary sequel that dares to delve into America’s racist past

BY MARYANN JOHANSON

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CANDYMAN

Rated R Directed by Nia DaCosta Starring Yahya AbdulMateen II, Teyonah Parris

had never seen the 1992 horror film Candyman, and I’m so glad I watched it before I saw the new movie of the same name. This is being promoted as a “spiritual sequel” to the ’92 film, but it’s very much a direct follow-on from the original story. Would the new movie be incomprehensible without the background of the first one? Not at all. But if there is anything you find even the least bit appealing about this new Candyman, you would do very well indeed to watch, or rewatch, the ’92 film. (It’s available on Amazon Prime and other streaming services.)

The older Candyman holds up extremely well 30 years later. No spoilers: It’s the tale of grad student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen), who is writing a thesis about Chicago’s urban legends. And she becomes a tad obsessed with one about Candyman, a bogeyman figure with a hook for a hand who appears if you say his name in a mirror five times, at which point he kills you. So why on earth would anyone summon Candyman? Ah, well, this is one of the things Helen is studying: what hold urban legends have on those who revel in them, and what they say about our collective cultural fears.

Here’s the thing, though: Helen is White, and she is investigating a manifestation of the Candyman legend among the residents of the notorious Cabrini-Green housing project, which is home to poor Black people.

Candyman is Black, too (he’s played by Tony Todd), and the tragic roots of his story are fixed in America’s horrific racist past, just as its impact at Cabrini-Green springs from America’s racist present. The film avoids becoming a White-savior narrative for lots of reasons, but as powerfully as it explores the legacy of American racism, its tale is nevertheless told from the perspective of a White person.

But with this sequel, co-screenwriter and director Nia DaCosta, a Black woman, fully centers Black stories and Black experience. We are back in Chicago at Cabrini-Green, though it is much changed. The neighborhood has undergone massive gentrification, and the Black people at the center of the story now are very well off: artist’s agent Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris), and her partner, painter Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II).

Today, Anthony is the one obsessed with Candyman: He’s only just heard about this urban legend, and something in it speaks to him for reasons he doesn’t initially understand. Researching the story leads him to Helen Lyle’s tale, which has itself become mythologized and misinterpreted, her name deployed by some for purposes that suit their preconceptions, not reality.

Some of that comes via a former Cabrini-Green resident Anthony encounters, Burke (Colman Domingo), who claims to have been visited by Candyman as a child, and who is a thwarted artist himself. Some of Helen’s story and other aspects of the rich cultural canvas Anthony uncovers unfurl onscreen as a shadowplay of paper puppets; this was a medium Burke experimented with as a child. It’s a clever, beautiful, and strikingly original way for DaCosta to toy with the unreliable narrator that culture can be, and the power of storytelling regardless of that sometimes unreliability. The film will put Anthony right about Helen’s story eventually, but if you come into this new Candyman aware of what “really” happened with her, via a recent viewing of the 1992 movie, you can see the subtle warp and weft of DaCosta’s story as it unfolds rather than in retrospect.

Inextricably woven together here are inescapable legacies of violence, the boundary between unacceptable cultural appropriation and genuine artistic inspiration, the pernicious influence of historical racism into today, and how wealth and influence cannot protect the people in racism’s sights. They come together in a tapestry the big picture of which is this: We absolutely must not bury even the worst, most terrible stories but remember them and spread their lessons far and wide.

As with the 1992 film, there is plenty of gore here, but what’s scary in Candyman is not blood and guts, not monsters jumping out at us. It is the very real horror of the hatred that is baked into our society, a hatred that is always lurking in the shadows and all too often rears its hideous face.

This is not a movie about White people, and yet we might hear Candyman’s insistence to “Tell everyone” directed squarely toward that quarter. Perhaps a juicy genre flick like this one is one way to get that heard. n

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JAN, THE TOY LADY, ALWAYS FELT A NEW SCHOOL YEAR WAS THE START OF EXCITING DISCOVERIES:

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This sequel to the 1992 thriller has Jordan Peele (Get Out) on board as a co-writer and the hook-handed killer back in effect, this time in a gentrify-

ing neighborhood in Chicago. (DN) Rated R

NOT GOING QUIETLY

A documentary looking at progressive

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Luke Wilson plays a high school football coach who turns a ragtag team from a Texas orphanage into Texas state champions in this inspirational tale inspired by a true story. At the Magic Lantern (DN) Rated PG-13

AILEY

This documentary on dance pioneer Alvin Ailey shines the spotlight on how his choreography reflected his Black American experience. At the Magic Lantern. (DN) Rated PG-13

BLACK WIDOW

A flashback in the Marvel Universe in which the title character (Scarlett Johansson) is overshadowed by her spunky sister (Florence Pugh) in an action-packed affair. (DN) Rated PG-13

CRYPTOZOO

Michael Cera, Lake Bell and Zoe Kazan all give voice to characters in filmmaker Dash Shaw’s animated, hallucinatory story about biodiversity and acceptance. At the Magic Lantern. (DN) Not Rated

DON’T BREATHE 2

A sequel to the surprise 2016 hit about home invaders encountering surprising resistance takes place a few years later as the Blind Man lives with his past misdeeds. (DN) Rated R

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The original Escape Room movie was a lot less fun than actually going to an escape room, but was enough of a hit to warrant watching six new contenders try their luck. (DN) Rated PG-13

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The long-awaited ninth episode finally hits theaters, bringing Vin Diesel’s Dom back into action to foil a plot hatched by his long-forsaken brother Jakob (John Cena). (DN) PG-13

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acter taking charge of the game’s narrative. (DN) Rated PG-13

THE GREEN KNIGHT

Dev Patel stars in a twist on King Arthur’s story as the nephew who adventures to confront a giant green-skinned knight and prove his character. (DN) Rated R

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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Bronx-set musical hits the big screens under the direction of John Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), tracking a bodega owner’s dreams of forging a better life in a neighborhood full of colorful characters (and a whole lot of music). At the Magic Lantern (DN) Rated PG-13

JUNGLE CRUISE

Disney taps Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for a river adventure based on the famous ride in which they journey down the Amazon and search for an ancient tree with healing powers. (DN) Rated PG-13

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activist Ady Barkan, who suffers from ALS and helped spark at movement of confrontational protests over America’s lack of decent healthcare. At the Magic Lantern (DN) Not rated

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The animated adventures of heroic dogs who have to save the citizens of Adventure City from the dogs’ rival, and Adventure City’s new mayor, Humdinger. (DN) Rated G

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Nicolas Cage plays a truffle hunter who has to leave the wilderness and head to Portland to find the person who stole his beloved pig. A recipe for some John Wickish fun. (DN) Rated R

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Raised from childhood to become a contract killer, Anna (Maggie Q) finds herself in a rivalry and potential romance with a brutal fellow killer (Michael Keaton). (DN) Rated R

REMINISCENCE

Hugh Jackman plays a private eye of the mind who helps clients find their lost memories, but a new client (Rebecca Ferguson) leads him into a potentially lethal new case. (DN) Rated R

Rebecca Hall carries this tale of a widow visited by horrific nightmares in the house her husband left her, dreams that lead her to discover he wasn’t exactly who she thought he was. (DN) Rated R

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Winston Duke stars as a mysterious figure tasked with determining which souls deserve a trip to live on Earth.

(DN) Rated R

This documentary explores the complex life of Spokane jazz musician Billy Tipton, a trans pioneer whose life was largely misrepresented after his death revealed he was born a woman. At the Magic Lantern. (DN) Not rated

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M. Night Shyamalan is back with a tale of a secluded beach that makes its visitors age rapidly, reducing their entire lives to one day. (DN) Rated PG-13

Aretha Franklin gets the biopic treatment she’s long deserved, with Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson in the title role.

(DN) Rated PG-13 Hey look, it’s another reason for people to argue over who is better, the Michael Jordan of the original Space Jam or Lebron James in this new version. (DN) Rated PG Matt Damon plays a working-class Oklahoman who has to travel to France in hopes of exonerating his daughter from a murder charge while navigating the obvious cultural barriers. (DN) Rated R

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Director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) takes the realm of this team of violent ex-con supervillains including Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, King Shark and more on a mission to save the world. (DN) Rated R n

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Counting Crows are pushing themselves in new directions.

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Counting Crows’ Adam Durtitz finds a new songwriting groove decades into his career

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dam Duritz didn’t resent the unexpected, pandemic-forced time away from performing with his long-running pop-rock band, Counting Crows.

The band recorded its latest record, Butter Miracle Suite One, in February and March of 2020, but a scheduled supporting tour never happened due to COVID-19.

“We’ve been on tour for like 30 years now, basically, so I don’t know that I miss it,” he says. “I tend to be in the present more than anything; I am where I am. If I’m touring, I’m completely involved with it, but I’m not missing it if I’m not.”

Ruminating on the present moment has been an important exercise for Duritz throughout his time as the primary songwriter for the Crows, though he acknowledges that his music can powerfully recall the past, as well.

“It touches emotional places in people that remind them of other times in their life, maybe, or music they loved at those times in their life,” he says.

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Counting Crows is playing the new Spokane Pavilion in Riverfront Park on Saturday. Duritz is excited by the prospect of performing all 20 minutes of Butter Miracle Suite One for audiences for the first time. It remains to be seen how well the new material translates to the live setting, but he’s optimistic that it will fit into the band’s greater catalog.

“I think it’s going to be a great chunk of the show, to be able to do it all at once,” Duritz says. “I’m very curious to see how prepared the band is going to be. You never know how much you need to kick some butt to get people moving, but my hope is that everyone will come in really prepared and we’ll just be working on details.”

The hits “Mr. Jones,” “Round Here” and “Rain King” off the 1993 album August and Everything After ensured that Duritz’ voice would forever be part of the sound of the 1990s, though those songs — along with a 2002 cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” — were brutally over-

played on the radio, likely causing some listeners to tune out from the band’s more recent records.

Those who haven’t checked in with Counting Crows since its heyday may be surprised by how the band has retained its signature sound, both in terms of rootsy instrumentation and the emotive quality of Duritz’ voice.

“What you’re writing about changes a lot, but you’re still you,” he says. “How I write changes all the time.

I wrote all these songs on a farm in England — that’s certainly never happened before. For whatever reason, at that point in my life, that was the place that made me want to write songs.”

He adopted a new style of songwriting, with the ending of one song “very much determining” how the next begins, he says. The end result was Butter Miracle Suite One, which comprises four tracks — “Tall Grass,” “Elevator Boots,” “Angel of 14th Street,” and “Bobby and the Rat Kings” — designed to blend seamlessly together,

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blurring the lines between endings and beginnings.

“I think I would have loved to have done this at any point in my career, but especially nowadays, music is so seemingly digestible in one-song chunks; nobody is lining up to listen to a record,” he says. “In some ways, it may be smarter to make singles, but we’re not really a singles band — we make these worlds you can climb into. So, it’s kind of about finding a way to do that that’s not an hour long, getting people who want to listen to one fourminute thing to listen to more because they go together so well.”

Duritz has since returned to the same farm in Western England and written another batch of songs in a similar style — “each song being born from the one before,” he says — finding the new method to be an intriguing challenge and the place to be mysteriously productive. The new material lends itself to following up Butter Miracle Suite One with another multipart suite intended for listening all the way through.

“Making the songs flow together like that seemed, conceptually, like a really cool thing, but there wasn’t any way to know until we finished mixing it and played it back,” he says. “Then I heard it and was like, ‘Oh, it works.’ There was no concept at the beginning for a series of suites, but I really loved doing it, and I think I’m going to do it again.”

No matter the format of the band’s next collection of music, it surely will be covered in the fingerprints of Duritz and his bandmates, whom he credits with maintaining the band’s sonic consistency. And he’ll personally give it everything he has.

“That’s something we’ve always tried to do — make music we’re passionate about, make it as good as we can, make it everything we want it to be and play it with all our heart,” he says.

“We’ve always approached music the same way, and I think that’s why it always turns out well — we’re just trying to make something we love.” n Counting Crows with Matt Sucich and Sean Barna • Saturday, Aug. 28 at 6 pm • $50-$100 • All ages • Spokane Pavilion in Riverfront Park • 574 N Howard St. • spokanepavilion.com • 888-929-7849

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When artists of different stripes collaborate, the results are often surprising, sometimes amazing, and always interesting. The Music Video Jams mini-festival, now in its third year, facilitates just such a clash of artistic visions when it pairs six local musicians or groups with six local filmmakers and gives them basically a month to knock out a killer video clip. Sunday night the results are revealed at a celebration of all the folks involved, and a panel of judges along with audience members (Hey! That’s you!) will vote for their favorite. The winning team gets $500 cash, but truly all involved are winners — from the array of local art-supporting individuals and venues that pull the event together to Spokane music lovers to the artists involved. This year, that includes (on the music side) Buffalo Jones, Jason Evans, Liz Rognes, Kathlyn Kinney, Thomas Tarpley and Ayre. The filmmakers involved are John Stanson, Roxanne Best, Jason Corcoran, Miguel Gonzalez, Michael Notar and Mikayla Daniels.

— DAN NAILEN Music Video Jams • Sun, Aug. 29 at 6 pm • $5 cash; $6 with card • The Big Dipper • 171 S. Washington St. • bigdipperevents.com • 509-863-8098

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COMMUNITY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

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Family Movie Night at the Museum • Sat, Aug. 28 at 8 pm • $5; kids 5 and under free; preregistration recommended • Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture • 2316 W. First Ave. • northwestmuseum.org • 509-456-3931

Coeur d’Alene Artists Studio Tour • Sat-Sun, Aug. 28-29 from 1-5 pm • Free • Various locations • Details and event map at artsandculturecda.org/artists-studio-tour

Grab your picnic blankets — and face masks — and head to the MAC for a special movie night under the stars, showing a very fitting title: Night at the Museum. While you and the family are enjoying the special outdoor screening in the museum’s amphitheater, perhaps the gallery exhibits inside its walls are coming to life, too, as the comedy starring Ben Stiller proposes. Before you settle in for the film, pay a visit to the MAC’s current exhibits, which are open late, until 7:30 pm (regular admission still applies). You’ll find a retrospective on famous ornithologist John James Audubon, plus the interactive science exhibit Roots of Wisdom. Also catch What We Make: Nature as Inspiration and Wild Things; the latter is a period clothing display inside the Campbell House.

— CHEY SCOTT

Galleries and museums are great, but there’s something particularly cool about seeing an artist’s studio, getting a glimpse behind the scenes of sorts of their creative work and where it happens.

Such opportunities are rare, and having several of those opportunities all at once, well, that’s pretty cool for sure. This weekend the Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance is hosting the ninth Coeur d’Alene Artists Studio Tour, offering access to 16 studios and the 38 artists who use them. You can talk to the artists and buy art directly from them if so inspired. Maybe they’ll even encourage you to pick up a brush yourself. You can find a full list of the studios and artists involved at the link below; suffice to say, there’s bound to be a few you like, and it’s hard to find a much better way to spend a weekend afternoon.

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leave my vehicle behind as the parking garage had a small flood. I thought there wasn’t much harm in retrieving my vehicle, but later thought about how I could have impeded the fire department from fixing the sprinkler.

So, my sincerest apologies. I hope others were more respectful. Your job is likely a thankless one, and I feel terrible for adding to the thanklessness.

Next time I’ll listen (though I doubt I’ll be parking in that, or any, parking garage from here on out. Turns out you don’t want to be stuck in a concrete cave when disaster strikes).

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MIKE, A HUGE THANK YOU Thank you, Mike, for stopping to help me when my tire blew out on I-90. Only a couple people checked on me, and you even stayed and waited with me. Thanks for your kindness.

THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS THANK YOU to the very kind person or family who left a note on the car with the Gold Star license plates in the northside Trader Joe’s parking lot last week. Gold Star families don’t display these plates and pictures of our fallen hero to garner attention, but merely to ensure their sacrifice won’t be forgotten. Freedom has a cost, and we continue to bear it every day. Your simple gesture along with your thoughts and prayers means more to us than you’ll ever know — God bless you for your thoughtfulness.

RIVERPARK SQUARE SECURITY GUARD OR: BADASS QUEEN KILLING HER JOB To the employee working security (monitoring the parking garage) on Saturday Aug 21: Thank you for taking your job seriously. I felt so bad by defying your order to

TO THE MAN WHO INSISTED I WAVE BACK I was taking my morning run today around 8, headed up a street in Gleneden neighborhood (I am not permited to share the street name, lest my post be removed from this forum) as you were coming down from the opposite direction. I do not know you at all, and was very concentrated on readying myself for the steep climb ahead, so I did not make eye contact with you or even look in your direction. I gave a wide berth to you and yours and as I passed I saw, from the corner of my field of vision, your hand go up in a wave. Choosing to continue my cadence uninterrupted, and remain focused on the road in front of me, I did not return your wave. Your response to my decision to ignore the wave was to step and lean toward me, and wave again, this time lowering your hand to my field of vision. I am writing this post now to inform you that no woman is obligated to return a wave and smile from a man they do not know, and to ask you to please refrain from demanding that they do so. Perhaps you mistook me for one of your friends, but if not please con-

tinue reading. I am a woman on a morning run for exercise and peace of mind, not a casual stroll through the neighborhood to engage with men I am not familiar with. I am a very friendly person who initiates countless cheerful greetings with people I pass

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dog poop.” (crying) “But I don’t want to.” “I know but sometimes we have to do things we would rather not do.

Shoes make you safe and we want you safe. OK?” “OK... but no mask.” “OK. Love you.”

the staff needs to be better trained on how to handle unruly behavior.

RE: ANTI-VAXXERS MAGA MORONS? Lol, sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words can never hurt me!!

No woman is obligated to return a wave and smile from a man they do not know.

on the trail, but I do so if and when I choose. I have never had someone in my neighborhood behave in this manner; stepping toward me and waving in my face. Some will not understand what it means to live with memories of being assaulted to various degrees on multiple occasions by unfamiliar men, so I am asking you now to please consider holding some reverence for the innumerable proportion of women who exist in that reality every day. Not a single one of us owes any level of engagement to any unfamiliar man, regardless of how harmless he may be. Thank you for your consideration.

RE: MY BODY, MY BUSINESS You are what makes “society” degrade. I bet you want to block “my body, my business” from reproductive rights. Such hypocrites. I now wear a mask while fully vaccinated because people like you lie. Your mom must be so proud of you.

BUT MOMMEEEE. “Mommy, I don’t want to wear any shoes to school today. They are sooo ugly.” “But sweetie you have to wear shoes. It’s not safe. You could get a cut or step in

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JERKS AT CONCERT Jeers to the inconsiderate couples at the Nathaniel Rateliff concert at Riverfront Amphitheater Sunday evening. They chose to stand up and dance (if you could call it that) in front of several columns of concertgoers who had settled in the grass above them. When the concert started they were blocking the view of all of us. I asked them nicely to please sit down or go down to stage level where they could stand, but they refused. The biggest jerk told me, “Hey, it’s a public concert, and we all paid the same for tickets.” One young woman said she was celebrating her dad’s death. All I could think of was “would your dad be proud of your bad manners? Or did he teach you any manners?” I asked two staff employees to please ask them to move below to stage level and was told they couldn’t do anything about it. I politely told them that it was their job to do so and then asked them again five minutes later. Several minutes later they apparently told the jerks to move at which point they left. The new amphitheater is awesome, and it was a beautiful summer evening, but too bad a few made it unpleasant for many. And

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LAZY A .08K The Angels Over Sandpoint host the second annual .08K and obstacle course. All proceeds support Bonner County residents in need. Aug. 28, 1 pm. $25-$50. MickDuff’s Beer Hall, 220 Cedar St. mickduffs.com/beerhall SUMMER FESTIVAL WITH FREE REIN THERAPEUTIC RIDING Celebrate Free Rein’s community, impact and connect in-person during a barbecue with lawn games and fun. Dinner served from 4-6 pm; please pre-purchase by August 25.

Aug. 28, 2-6 pm. $20. Camp Caro, 698 S. Sargent Rd. freereinspokane.com SHRIMP BOIL + RAFFLE This annual family-style dinner supports the Cutter Theatre. Seating is limited, so get your reservations early! Raffle tickets are $20 each for a change to win $1,000.

Sept. 4, 6 pm. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St., Metaline Falls. cuttertheatre.com

Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com HALF & HALF Join the BDT Players as they switch between fast-paced games and longer scenes that tell a story. Fridays at 7:30 pm in August. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland. bluedoortheatre.com SAFARI Blue Door’s version of “Whose Line,” a fast-paced improv show with a few twists and turns added. Rated for mature audiences/ages 16+. Reservations recommended. Saturdays from 7:30-9 pm. $8. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com RYAN NIEMILLER Despite being born with ectrodactyly, Niemiller, the selfproclaimed “Cripple Threat of Comedy” shares his views of the world from the perspective of the handicapped. Sept.

2-3 at 7:30 pm. $15-$30. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com (509-318-9998)

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GARETH REYNOLDS Gareth is an internationally-touring comedian whose clever quips perfectly offset Dave Anthony’s hilarious snark on their smashhit podcast The Dollup, which gets more than 5 million downloads every month. Aug. 26, 8 pm. $20. Spokane Comedy Club, 315 W. Sprague. spokanecomedyclub.com COLLIN MOULTON Collin’s had a stand-up special on Showtime, has been on Nickelodeon and was recently featured on Last Call with Carson Daly.

Aug. 27-28 at 7:30 and 10 pm. $20-$28.

ROOTS OF WISDOM Children and families can discover the unique partnership between cutting-edge western science and traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples. Through Sept. 5; Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $5-$12. Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org LIBRARY YARD SALE Sale items to include furniture, household items, holiday decorations, books and more, with proceeds benefitting library programs and services. Masks required for ages 5+. Aug. 27, 10 am-6 pm and Aug. 28,

10 am-5 pm. Free. The Center, 104 S. Main St. whitcolib.org (509-397-4366) SPARK CENTRAL ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE Meet staff, volunteers and members of Spark Central’s creative community to mingle and reflect on five years of creativity, innovation and imagination for all. Refreshments provided. Aug. 27, 5-8:30 pm. Free.

Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org/events/open-house BACK-TO-SCHOOL COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINIC Providence offers COVID-19 vaccine appointments for children ages 12-17. Appointments (required) available from 9 am-12:30 pm.

Free parking available nearby. Sign up online at Providence.org/SpokaneCOVIDVaccine. All minors need a parent or guardian with them to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Those who receive their first dose at this clinic will be scheduled for their second dose three weeks later at the same time and location. Per state guidelines, all persons 12 years of age and older are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in Washington State. The Pfizer vaccine is currently the only COVID-19 vaccine approved for ages 12-17. Aug. 28, 9 am-12:30 pm.

Free. Spokane Teaching Health Center, 624 E. Front Ave. Providence.org/SpokaneCOVIDVaccine (509-626-9900) SPARK CENTRAL’S 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY Enjoy cupcakes, participate in creative activities and make your own ice cream as Spark Central celebrates their fifth birthday. Aug. 28, 3-6:30 pm.

Free. Spark Central, 1214 W. Summit Pkwy. spark-central.org/events/5thbirthday-party (509-279-0299)

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EVENTS | CALENDAR SUNWEST’S SUNSET CRUISE AND CAR SHOW All cars in the show go on a sunset cruise around town and around the lake. No entry fee, but food donations are gladly accepted and highly encouraged.

Aug. 28, 1-8 pm. Free; food donations accepted. Sunwest Automotive Engines, 210 S.Broad St. sunwestautoinc.com/carshow (509-299-3200) FIRST FRIDAY LAWN PARTY DJs, local vendors, artists and makers on the front lawn, plus an outdoor camper bar with beer and wine. Sept. 3 from 4-11 pm.

Free. The Longshot, 102 S. Boyer Ave., Sandpoint. longshotsandpoint.com FOX THEATER 90TH BIRTHDAY OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATION Celebrate the theater’s 90th birthday at this open house. Bring a mask and enjoy self-guided tours; Spokane Symphony and other event tickets on sale; virtual concerts on the giant screen; author Jim Kershner signing his book “The Sound of Spokane: A History of the Spokane Symphony;” Chris Bovey’s Fox Theater merchandise for sale; KSPS Public Television’s Fox Theater documentary DVD for sale; refreshments and more. Sep. 3, 12-4 pm.

Free. Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, 1001 W. Sprague. foxtheaterspokane.com COASTER CLASSIC CAR SHOW Classic cars converge on Silverwood over Labor Day Weekend for one of the biggest events of its kind in the Inland NW. Entry for show participants is $20/day or $35/both days; each driver and one passenger get free admission into the park.

Sept. 4-5. Silverwood Theme Park, 27843 U.S. 95. silverwoodthemepark.com UNDER THE FREEWAY FLEA MARKET Hundreds of vendors ply their wares in

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the protected open air space underneath I-90 and on the Depot Grounds. Also includes live music, kids’ games and more.

Stroll from booth to booth and enjoy river, mountain and town scape. Sept. 4-6, 8 am-5 pm. Wallace, Idaho. wallaceid.fun

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NORTH IDAHO STATE FAIR This year’s theme is “There’s Magic in the Fair” and includes a carnival, fair food vendors, live music and entertainment, a demo derby, monster trucks, rodeo and much more.

Through Aug. 29. $6-$8 admission; special events require separate ticket. Kootenai County Fairgrounds, 4056 N. Government Way. nisfair.fun MILLWOOD DAZE Celebrate in Millwood with a community festival that includes a 5K run (8 am), pancake breakfast (8 am-noon), car show, street fair and a free movie in the park on Aug. 27. Aug. 27, 8-10 pm and Aug. 28, 8 am-3 pm. Varies. Millwood Community Center, 3223 N. Marguerite Rd. millwoodnow.org

FILM

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM A special movie night under the stars in the museum’s amphitheater.

Showing is Night at the Museum, the first installment of the fantasy-comedy based on the children’s book by Milan Trenc.

The MAC café and exhibits also have extended hours until 7:30 pm (regular admission applies). Fresh popped popcorn is included with the movie. Kids five and under free; advance registration is encouraged. Aug. 27, 8 pm. $5. Northwest

Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W. First Ave. northwestmuseum.org MUSEUM MOVIE NIGHT AT HREI: THE GRUBSTAKE Join the Museum of North Idaho for a showing of Nell Shipman’s The Grubstake, a silent movie filmed at Priest Lake, Idaho. Aug. 27, 7-9 pm. Free.

Human Rights Education Institute, 414 W. Fort Grounds Dr. museumni.org PAVILLION PARK SUMMER FEST: ABOMINABLE Liberty Lake’s annual summer event series, with weekly outdoor movies at local parks; starts at dusk.

Aug. 27. Free. Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. pavillionpark.org (509-755-6726) CATVIDEOFEST 2021 A compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos and classic internet powerhouses.

Ten percent of ticket proceeds go to the Humane Society of the Palouse. Aug. 29, 7 pm. $10. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org FILMED IN NORTH IDAHO MOVIE NIGHT: BREAKHEART PASS Come at dusk to see Breakheart Pass, drive-in style. This movie was filmed in Lewiston, Idaho. Sept. 1, 7-8 pm. $10. Hayden Discount Cinema, 300 W. Centa Ave. museumni.org

FOOD & DRINK

INLANDER RESTAURANT WEEK 2021 The 10-day, regional culinary celebration returns, offering three-course fixed price menus ($22 or $33) at dozens of restaurants in the Inland Northwest. This year’s charity partner is Big Table Spokane,

which supports hospitality professionals in crisis. Through Aug. 28. InlanderRestaurantWeek.com CRAVE! A walk-around grand tasting dinner showcasing the talents of regional and guests chefs, along with bartenders and local food and beverage purveyors.

21+. Aug. 27, 6-9 pm. [SOLD OUT]. CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place Dr. cravenw.com FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS Downtown Spokane is shutting down Wall Street every Friday this summer to offer a variety of local food trucks and entertainment. Fridays from 11 am-2 pm through Sept. 24. downtownspokane.org RIDE & DINE Every Friday in July and August, enjoy a scenic gondola ride, live music and a savory mountaintop barbecue. Lift ticket is included in the price; also includes an option to mountain bike back down the mountain. Fridays from 3-7 pm through Sept. 3. $8-$55. Silver Mountain Resort, 610 Bunker Ave. silvermt.com (208-783-1111) ROCKET WINE CLASS Rocket Market hosts weekly wine classes; sign up in advance for the week’s selections. Fridays at 7 pm. Price varies. Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave. rocketmarket.com TACOS & TEQUILA A family-oriented event hosted by the Spokane Hispanic Business Professional Association (HBPA). Funds raised go toward scholarships for local students. See link for complete details and participating local businesses in the downtown core. Aug. 28, 1-10 pm; Aug. 29, 11 am-7 pm. Downtown Spokane. tacosytequilafest.com VISTA HOUSE BEVERAGE SERVICE

Enjoy the views from the historic Vista House while sipping a beer for this firstever summer event. Each Saturday in August, staff from Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park provide beverage service at the summit, featuring selections from local breweries, plus snacks and other beverages. Saturdays from 12-6 pm through Aug. 28. Free admission. Mt. Spokane State Park, 26107 N. Mt. Spokane Park Dr. mtspokane.com (509-238-2220) PEACHES & PANCAKES Green Bluff Grange hosts its all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast of eggs, sausage, orange juice and pancakes, plus fresh peaches.

Aug. 29, 8-11 am. $3.50-$7. Green Bluff Grange, 9809 Green Bluff Rd. greenbluffgrowers.com (979-2607) SALMON BARBECUE DINNER A Green Bluff applewood fire adds a special flavor to the salmon, generously coated with secret sauce. Dinner includes potato salad, baked beans, dinner roll, ice cream cup and cookies. Wheelchair/walker accessible with assistance. No reservations needed. Also includes free entertainment in the hall from 2-3 pm. Aug. 29, 12-4 pm. $15/adults; $12/seniors (65+) $10/kids (12 and under). Western Dance Center, 1901 N. Sullivan Rd. SquareDanceSpokane.org YOGA & MIMOSA A guided yoga and pilates class with local instructor Sara Randall. Open to all skill levels, bring your own mat. Tickets include bottled water, keepsake glass and one mimosa. Preregistration required. 21+. Aug. 29, 10 am. $38. Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, 4705 N. Fruit Hill Rd. arborcrest.com (927-9463)

MUSIC

4X4X4 PERFORMANCES The Cutter presents four, 20-minute family friendly performances and a soup dinner for $4 every fourth Friday of the summer. Aug. 27, 5:34 pm. $4. Cutter Theatre, 302 Park St. cuttertheatre.com (509-446-4108) MUSIC VIDEO JAMS The screening event features a panel of local judges. After the screening, the audience can vote for their favorite video, the winning musician/filmmaker team receives a $500 cash prize from Spokane Arts. Hosted by KYRS. Aug. 29. $5-$6. The Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington. bigdipperevents.com SUPER DIAMOND: THE NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE BAND After assembling a band of truly kindred spirits, Surreal Neil and Super Diamond began to perform regularly in San Francisco and then all over the U.S.. Sept. 2, 7 pm. $10+. Coeur d’Alene Casino, 37914 S. Nukwalqw. cdacasino.com 20TH ANNUAL LUDLOW KRAMER MEMORIAL SPOKANE SYMPHONY CONCERT Music Director James Lowe conducts a lineup of light classics, patriotic tunes and music from movies and Broadway. The public is welcome to bring food, blankets, beach towels and low-backed beach-style chairs (28” max. height). No alcohol, glass bottles, or animals (service animals permitted). Sept. 4, 6 pm. Free.

Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Rd. spokanesymphony.org (509-755-6726)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

LIBERTY LAKE THROWDOWN: CORN HOLE A community cornhole tournament to raise funds for the HUB Sports Center. Also includes food trucks, beer garden and music. Aug. 28, 11 am-8 pm. $50-$75/team. Orchard Park, 20298 E. Indiana Ave. hubsportscenter.org RELENTLESS WRESTLING: HOT AUGUST NIGHTS Scheduled to appear: Chase James, Jackson Price, Keita, Chris Ross, Matt Vandagriff, Zicky Dice, Warhorse and former WWE superstar TJP. All ages. Food and alcohol available for purchase. Aug. 28, 7 pm. $21.94-$37.69.

Trailbreaker Cider, 2204 N. Madison. trailbreakercider.com SPRINT BOAT RACES Enjoy a day of jet sprint boat racing in St. John, Washington on five grass terraces carved into the Palouse hills of Eastern Washington. Includes on site retail, food vendors, beer gardens, VIP seating and full access to the pits. Aug. 28. $16.74-$48.24. Webb’s Slough. webbsslough.com CIRCLING RAVEN CHAMPIONSHIP: Be a part of the fame and glory of the Symetra Tour. Sponsorship, PRO AM and volunteer opportunities are available. Aug. 29. $12$28. Circling Raven Golf Course, 27068 S. Highway 95. cdacasino.com PLAY LIKE A PRO AT CIRCLING RAVEN: Test your skills at the championship golf course using the rough, pin placements and tee boxes that pro golfers at the Symetra Raven Championship just played. Aug. 30. Circling Raven Golf Course, 27068 S. Hwy 95. cdacasino.com SPOKANE INDIANS VS. TRI-CITY DUST DEVILS Aug. 31-Sep. 4, 6:30 pm and Sep. 5, 5:09 pm. $5-$14. Avista Stadium, 602 N. Havana. milb.com/spokane/schedule/2021-09

THEATER

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM The Spokane Shakespeare Society presents

its inaugural season of Shakespeare in the Park, featuring free, family-friendly performances. Shows are Aug. 6-29; ThuSat at 6:30 pm and Sun at 2 pm. Seating begins 30 minutes prior to showtime. .

Free. Pavilion at Riverfront, 574 N. Howard St. spokaneshakespearesociety.org NIGHT OF THE BARDS Five original oneacts by Sandpoint playwrights. Aug. 2728 at 7:30 pm, Aug. 29 at 2 pm. $12-$15.

Panida Theater, 300 N. First Ave. panida. org (208-255-7801) PLAYWRIGHT’S PLAYGROUND This show features local playwrights and actors in a premier of three short plays by Cadence Urhausen, Pamela Kingsley and Kathie O’Brien. Aug. 28, 7-8 pm. Free.

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ERNIE WEISS: CORAL II A collection of watercolors by Pullman artist Ernie Weiss is displayed in the Libey Gallery at The Center. On display through Sept. 30; open Mon-Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat 1-5 pm.

Free. The Center, 104 S. Main St. whitcolib.org (509-397-4366) COEUR D’ALENE ARTIST STUDIO TOUR This unique and intimate opportunity creates free, unlimited access to local artists, and a clearer understanding of their stories and creative processes. Aug. 2829 from 10am-4pm Free. Coeur d’Alene, n/a. artsandculturecda.org STAYING HOME: INTERIOR VIEWS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE JUNDT ART MUSEUM This fall exhibit showcases over 20 prints, photographs and paintings from the Jundt’s permanent collection that focus on domestic space as artistic subject. Aug. 28-Dec. 31; open Mon-Sat 10 am-4 pm. Free. Jundt Art Museum, 200 E. Desmet Ave. gonzaga.edu/ jundt (509-313-6843) GLORIA FOX & KAREN ROBINETTE Award-winning Spokane watercolor artists Gloria Fox and Karen Robinette are featured guest artists at Pottery Place Plus through September. Open daily from 10 am-6 pm. Pottery Place Plus, 203 N. Washington St. potteryplaceplus.com ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE OF THE CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA An invitational featuring eight resident ceramic/mixed media artists currently residing and working at the “Clay Studio of Missoula” Missoula. Sept. 3, 5-8 pm and Sept. 4, 12-4 pm. Free. Trackside Studio, 115 S. Adams St. tracksidestudio.net

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Free. Online at humanities.org BUGS IN THE GARDEN Longtime local garden columnist and Master Gardener Susan Mulvihill presents “Bugs in the Garden and How ‘The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook’ Came to Be!” Sept.

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During quarantine, my boyfriend started spending two or three hours a night playing video games. Not only do I think this is unhealthy (since video games apparently lead to violence and psychological problems), but I think gaming has become a coping mechanism/escape tool for him. How can I get him to stop? —Annoyed Claiming gaming causes violence is like claiming white wine causes stabbings. (Give somebody a sip of Chardonnay and before you know it, they’ll be dealing meth and then arrested, convicted, and shanking somebody in prison.)

There’s been a lot of “moral panic” over video gaming. A moral panic is a mass overreaction to some behavior, art form, or group of people, driven by the fear that it poses a threat to society’s values and the social order. Examples include rock lyrics said to be corrupting teenagers and the belief in the 1980s that satanic cults were running nursery schools. About the latter, Margaret Talbot explained in The New York Times Magazine that day care worker/“Devil-worshippers” were supposedly “raping and sodomizing children, practicing ritual sacrifice, shedding their clothes, drinking blood and eating feces, all unnoticed by parents, neighbors and the authorities.”

It’s easy to succumb to a moral panic. Though we like to see ourselves as careful, rational thinkers, when we’re afraid, we engage in reasoning that’s better described as “emotioning.” This makes us prone to believe “if it bleeds, it leads” news stories that report “research says” video games are addictive, lead to social isolation, and cause those who play them to become violent or more violent.

These media reports aren’t lies per se, but the product of reporters understandably unable to parse scientific methodology — usually because they were reporting on celebrities or City Hall until, like, Tuesday, when they got assigned to the science beat. They have no chops to critically analyze studies that, for example, claim video gaming turns normal teens into violent teens: like, if you let a kid play shoot-em-up games, he’s supposedly more likely to take to a campus bell tower with an AR-15.

Reporters inexperienced in covering science typically chronicle the findings of just one (possibly flawed) study — without reviewing the body of research on gaming (dozens or even hundreds of studies). If they did this, they would see “the emerging picture from the research literature,” summed up by psychologist Pete Etchells, who studies the psychological and behavioral effects of playing video games: “Video games don’t appear to have a meaningful impact on aggressive behaviour, and certainly aren’t the root cause of mass acts of societal violence.”

So, what about studies that claim otherwise? Experimental psychologists Andrew Przybylski and Amy Orben explain that this research is largely “riddled with methodological errors” — errors so major they change the conclusion of a study.

(And whaddaya know, the error-driven conclusion is typically the newsmeaty “Lock up your kid’s Nintendo, lady, or you’re gonna be putting your house up for bail.”)

That said, you aren’t wrong that video games can be a “coping mechanism”: thinking and/or behavior we deploy to manage stressful situations and painful emotions. Coping mechanisms themselves — whether going for a run, taking a bath, or engaging in a couple hours of Mortal Kombat — are not bad.

On the other hand, if your boyfriend is at risk of losing his job because he can’t stop gaming or burglarizes the neighbors to buy a bunch of new games, well, that reflects what Przybylski and Orben call “problematic gaming.” However, they explain that this afflicts only a “small subset” of gamers, and it’s likely driven by underlying problems such as anxiety and depression. In other words, problematic gaming is a symptom, not the problem itself.

By the way, contrary to the tired ‘80s/‘90s stereotype of video games played by an isolated loser in the basement, online gaming connects gamers around the globe. Gamers make friends and are part of a community. (Best of all, in the virtual world, nobody’s breathing on anybody, so gamers’ friendships are immune to lockdowns.) And though there’s a widespread assumption that gaming causes social awkwardness, it often opens up a social world for the sort of person who’d rather RVSP to be put to death than go make small talk face to face at a party.

Now, maybe you are so anti-video game that your relationship just won’t fly anymore. But consider whether it’s actually your boyfriend’s gaming that’s bothering you — or whether you’re longing for more attention than he’s been giving you.

If it’s the latter, chances are the answer is not just time spent but quality time: being really present and affectionate when you’re together. Tell him what you need, and see whether he’s up for providing it. It’s understandably upsetting to have serious competition for your boyfriend’s attention — whether it’s from another woman or the 26 druids he has to gun down before dinner. n ©2021, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. • Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com)

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