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RESIDENTS OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST are pretty fortunate. The region is filled with a wide diversity of nonprofit organizations, each boosted by the passion of its leaders, staff and volunteers for doing good and giving back to the community. This means that every summer, as we compile the Inlander’s Give Guide, our yearly philanthropy issue, it’s simultaneously difficult and easy to narrow down a handful of organizations to write about. While we can’t cover them all in just one issue, this year’s Give Guide highlights several nonprofits, from those that are brand new as of the past year to one that’s been working to make the region a better place for five decades and counting.
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Inside the 2022 Give Guide, meet a Ukrainian couple fleeing the war who’ve landed in Spokane, where they’ve been aided by the newly established Thrive International. And read how one local family experienced a profound tragedy and started Kellen Cares, a nonprofit that aims to prevent suicide in youngNext,men.learn about the ambitious plan of Innovia’s LaunchNW to make the dream of at tending college a reality for every young student in the community. Then find out how the Kootenai Environmental Alliance has been influencing poli cies to protect the health of one of the area’s most beloved natural resources, Lake Coeur d’Alene. And there’s even more information in the ad vertising throughout this section as well, with more than 100 local nonprofits sharing their stories — many in our special Give Guide format — describ ing the important work being done by so many dedicated people. These stories and more seek to inspire and inform all of us to give back when we can, so we’ve also included resources on how to get involved by donating time or money.
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T hrive International Director Mark Finney had been thinking about the housing problem for years back when he was director of World Relief, an Evangeli cal refugee resettlement organization in Spokane. The growing housing crisis was clear as early as 2016. During that last year of his second term, President Barack Obama dramatically upped the cap on refugees. And with Spokane’s vacancy rate at rock-bottom levels, finding places for those refugees to live became all the more
Thrive International turned a motel into a landing zone — and takeoff runway — for Ukrainian refugees BY DANIEL WALTERS
On the other hand, the couple isn’t remotely used to this outpouring of kindness. They’ve been in America barely a month, and already they’re antsy. Usually, they’re the ones helping others. Hrabovskyi worked at a Christian nonprofit called Mission Eurasia. He and his wife spent their former lives in Ukraine trying to help homeless people, drug addicts and alcoholics. They’d even adopted a disabled child born to a homeless woman seeking rehabilitation. “There was a time when we were helping, and now people are helping us,” says Hrabovskyi, “and this is a completely different feeling.”
Yaroslav Hrabovskyi (center) and his wife Oksana Boiko (center right) with some of the children also staying at Thrive Center.
O ksana Boiko had always talked about moving — away from her hometown, away from her country, Ukraine. But for 42 years, she never did. “It was never possible to leave,” she says. “My roots were so deep.” But then war hit. In one swift motion, she says in Russian through a local translator, she had to “cut her roots” and leave. And now she’s sitting in a conference room in Spo kane, in a country she never wanted to come to, living in a former motel room. A huge Ukrainian flag in iconic blue and yellow hangs behind the reception desk of the onetime Quality Inn just northeast of downtown. The nine-story apartment building where Boiko’s family lived back in Irpin still stands, though shockwaves from explosion after explosion from Russian shelling have busted out the windows. Boiko talks rapidly, bubbling with opinions, nuance, memories — cracking jokes. She smiles and laughs. Her husband, Yaroslav Hrabovskyi, is more laconic and reserved.Onthe one hand, they’re deeply grateful for every thing others have done to get them here. How Ukrainian Spokanites who Boiko previously taught via remote Zoom exercise classes during COVID had invited them to come to Spokane. How a local church raised money for their airfare. How their necessities, and beyond, have been provided for them. How they were invited to this hotel, which the new local nonprofit Thrive International offered rent-free through July, and at a very low rate after that. “At every point and level I sense and I feel this car ing,” says Hrabovskyi. “This is something that surprises me about America.”
“Literally,difficult. every time we got housing for somebody, it was like a ‘Praise the Lord’ miracle scenario,” Finney says.He’d pitched the idea of World Relief getting involved more directly in housing — buying up properties — but the national organization wasn’t interested in going in that direction. So last year, as a flood of Afghan refugees entered the United States, he assembled some allies, pooled their resources and bought land with 16 apart ment units, intending to use it to house refugees fleeing Afghanistan. He’d be able to build on an existing vacant land, too.
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A former Quality Inn northeast of downtown Spokane is now the nonprofit Thrive Center, offering housing for refugees. KWAK PHOTO
Todd Miller and Rowena Pineda (pictured) committed to supporting community health after they’re gone, designating part of their wealth for scholarships for Washington State University College of Nursing students, in memory of Todd’s mother, Mary M. Miller. Thanks to their commitment, our region will grow healthier.
Hrabovskyi is trained as an accountant. Boiko has experience leading fitness classes, but her friends have pointed out her other talents as well. Maybe she should be a care giver, they’ve told her. She’s already caring for two disabled children. All of this is so new — even the homeless people they see, the sort GET INVOLVED! Go to thriveint.org/donate to make a financial donation. At the same page, you’ll also find an opportunity to buy needed goods from Amazon, including school supplies, bathroom kits, baby items, toys and more.
Make a di erence where it matters. Together, we can transform our region. Nearly everyone in our region has something to give, especially when we look beyond cash on hand. Our potential to benefit our community through end-of-life gifts can be significant if we look at our homes and real estate holdings, retirement and other investment accounts, businesses and life insurance.
In January, Finney resigned in protest. A month later, Putin invaded Ukraine. Ukrainian im migrants coming to Spokane in the aftermath also actually eligible for federally subsidized refugee reloca tion funds and case-management work that World Relief provided.Forsix months, meanwhile, the owners of the former Quality Inn building had already been looking to lease the space to a nonprofit. All those circumstances converged to put Finney in the perfect place to make a big move. He launched Thrive International, and, thanks to an infusion of Wash
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of the room. This cost reduction gives them a runway of three to six months to get up to speed on living in America. They can start learning English, figure out our transportation system, get their kids enrolled in school and hopefully find a job to become more financially inde pendent. It’s not just focused on helping refugees survive, in other words. It’s helping them thrive.
But then, World Relief became immersed in a major controversy, one that caused Finney to question his role at the nonprofit. The national organization had a policy banning anyone in a same-sex marriage from working there, and a gay Spokane attorney sued after World Relief withdrew a job offer. To Finney, a local pastor, the ban was particularly perverse considering the kinds of discrimination that some of the refugees often were fleeing. “I’ve literally met people at the airport whose first question to me was, ‘I’m gay in my country. They were trying to kill me. Is it OK for people to know that I’m gay in America?’” Finney says. “Like, before we get their bags off their baggage carousel.”
B oiko and Hrabovskyi are eager to launch their new lives. They have a child with special needs, so they don’t just need a school — they need a specialist to help them. They’ve already filled out their work authori zation paperwork, but there’s a lot more they need to do.
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For over 50 years local people have been turning to Planned Parenthood for vital reproductive health care services, comprehensive and inclusive sex ed, and to join the fight for rights, freedom and access to care.
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“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.”
Fight to ensure abortion is accessible for people near and far during unprecedented attacks on civil rights.
Become a Patient Receive expert health care from our providers and support the services we provide to our community.
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.
Your Support Will: Help over 35,000 people annually get the health care services required to be healthy and plan for the future.
Donate Your generosity will ensure everyone in our community can receive the care they need. No matter what.
Advocate for comprehensive sex ed in our community so youth have the knowledge they need to be healthy, safe, and plan their futures.
— Taylor D., Spokane patient How Can You Get Involved?
Volunteer The gift of your time and energy is invaluable in the fight to protect and advance reproductive rights.
What We Do: We provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and fearless advocacy for all.
30 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION AHANA – Multi-Ethnic Business Association 2525 E 29th Ave STE 10B #368 Spokane, WA 99223 How Can You Get Involved? AHANA champions economic and social equity for multi-ethnic businesses and people. By helping our community grow through seasoned leadership, strengthen connections, and access to opportunities, we increase prosperity and drive social and economic well-being for everyone in the Inland Northwest • Become an AHANA Member • Become a board member • Support BIPOC owned businesses • Visit our online business directory of multi-ethnic businesses www.ahana-meba.orgahana@ahana-meba.org509.990.2981 What We Do: How Can You Get Involved? Donations allow us to provide resources to schools and organizations (public and private) throughout the Paci c Northwest. As we work to get our curriculum into schools, your donations enable us to provide training and materials to students and educators throughout the state. Volunteers are needed to prepare resource packets for schools; soon, we will seek volunteers with a mental health background to donate time to teaching in the classroom. alifeYOUnited 3915 W. Randolph Rd. #4 Spokane, WA 99224 alifeYOUnited works to prevent and respond to the tragedy of suicide with compassion and understanding. We provide learning opportunities and resources while building community and creating conversations. Our k-5 curriculum encourages kindness, belonging, compassion, resilience, awareness, and responsibility in an e ort to nurture children’s self-concept and reduce violence towards self and others. We have provided more than 100,000 prevention/intervention resources in the Paci c Northwest. drmarystover@me.comalifeYOUnited.com509.528.8362 What We Do: GIVE GUIDE Kids • Social Services Civil and Human Rights Education 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. HOW TO GIVE
At e Arc, we promote the inherent right for all to be respected, appreciated, and included as valuable members of society. Advocating for the worth and value of every person is part of our core mission, and e Arc seeks to create systemic change for every person to live an independent and vibrant life.
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AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 31SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION The Arc of Spokane 320 E 2nd Ave. Spokane, WA 99202 How Can You Get Involved? When you give to e Arc, you help support programs for people with IDD to live inclusive lives and engage as full members of the community. Please consider making a gi to e Arc of Spokane at www.arc-spokane.org/give. info@arc-spokane.orgwww.arc-spokane.org509.328.6326
Supported Employment: O ers services throughout the entire employment process including resume building, interview skill building, job development, job coaching, and training. Sta members work diligently to o er job placements in the community and personalized support, centering e orts on each person’s interests and abilities. We pride ourselves in hiring sta with diverse backgrounds to support individuals in various work industries.
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What We ArtisansDo: 220 W. Francis Ave. Ste. B Spokane, WA 99205 • 200 E. 2nd Ave. Ste. A Spokane, WA 99202 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. Sta support provided Individuals: • Mentor individuals by teaching job skills and so -skills • Donate monetarily or with services to support clients in their interview and employment endeavors admin@theartisans.orgwww.theartisans.org509.325.4489
Artisans Community Inclusion, and Independent Living services in Spokane, Stevens and Pend Oreille Each person serve is unique and has speci c skills, abilities, and talents. Because of this, agency prides itself in o ering and employment opportunities as diversi ed as those we serve.
e Arc of Spokane’s mission is to create an inclusive community for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. e Arc of Spokane promotes independence and choice and enhances the quality of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. As a chapter of e Arc of Washington and e Arc of the United State, e Arc of Spokane joins over 600 chapters across the country on the front lines to ensure that people with IDD and their families have access to the support and services they need to be fully engaged in their communities. e collaboration of state and local chapters creates a powerful network ensuring that people with IDD and their families have the strongest civil rights advocates promoting and protecting their needs at all levels.
Locally, e Arc of Spokane is one of the largest social service agencies serving people with IDD in our community. Our major programs serve over 3,000 people each year through our Community Center; Supported Living homes; Transition & Young Adult Programs; Supported Employment; Community Inclusion; Rep Payee services; Advocacy & Family Support; and we are the only agency in Spokane with the mission of advocating for this uniquely vulnerable population. In addition, e Arc runs a ri Store, where the proceeds directly support the services we provide.
Community Inclusion: O ers 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.
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A donation from $25 to $25,000 + will make a di erence in shaping the lives of our local kids here in Spokane and the surrounding area. Call us to discuss estate planning or major gi s.
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Camp Fire Inland Northwest owns and operates two summer camps: Camp Sweyolakan, an overnight camp on Lake Coeur d’Alene and Camp DartLo, a day camp along the Little Spokane River. Camp Fire kids can learn and grow in our camping and school-year programs where they develop leadership skills, implement community service projects, and have the opportunity to just be a kid while in an inclusive and outdoor environment.
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Our work aims to holistically move funding and critical support “upstream” to reach families early with comprehensive, equitable solutions focused in three areas: family support, early learning and behavioral health for continued success in all areas of life. gi will go to directly support children and families in Spokane. $40 buys a box of diapers for a family; $120 covers a family counseling session.
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Established in 2006, Believe in Me funds children’s charities that provide marginalized kids with a safe place to call home, a family that loves them, a feeling of community, and opportunities to learn, build self-esteem and have fun. e foster care, adoption, and education programs we fund create a sense of belonging and help to build self-con dence for kids who don’t have a family and lack the resources and support they need to excel in life. ese services help foster kids to establish loving and supportive relationships, improve academically, and envision a brighter future for themselves.
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Children’s Home Society of Washington 2323 N. Discovery Pl. Spokane Valley, WA 99216 How Can You Get Involved? We o er comprehensive, proactive support, serving entire families’ unique needs to maintain overall well-being and create a brighter future for every family.
Young people want to shape the world, Camp Fire provides the opportunity to nd their spark, li their voice, and discover who they are. In Camp Fire, it begins now.
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How Can You Get Involved? At FailSafe for Life, our goal is not easy, but it’s simple. We want to end suicide attempts and deaths in our community.
Did you know that asking one question could stop someone from attempting suicide? FailSafe for Life’s goal is not easy but it’s simple: we help prevent suicide attempts and deaths in our community by equipping people to recognize and react – even with just a few kind words - when someone they encounter is at risk.
What We Do: Every Woman Can is at the heart of the women’s cancer ght. 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.
Cash donations may be made on our website or directly via PayPal.
Every Woman Can is a grassroots organization made up of volunteer advocates with a mission of advocacy, awareness, wellness and education for women’s health. Since 2017 we’ve produced six runs, raised money for awareness, education and provided dollars for women to get clinical breast exams, mammograms, follow up diagnostics, and transportation assistance. Help us spread the word throughout the Paci c Northwest - mammograms save lives.
What We Do: Family Promise of North Idaho (FPNI) 501 E. Wallace Ave. Coeur d’Alene ID • Mailing: PO Box 3682 Coeur d’Alene ID 83816
The City Gate 170 South Madison Spokane, WA 99201 How Can You Get Involved? e City Gate exists to Reclaim, Rebuild and Restore, Lost and Broken Lives, transitioning from homelessness e 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.
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Family Promise of North Idaho is a faith based and community driven homeless shelter which provides dedicated guidance and support to families with children in our community by providing temporary shelter, meals, transportation and training while seeking permanent employment and a ordable housing. Your support and generous donation of $25, $50, $100 or $1000 helps in our e ort to support families and curb homelessness in our amazing community. www.familypromiseni.org208.777.4190
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Make an impact by donating, attending our events, volunteering your time. We know every dollar and hour spent with us represents a story, a connection to someone loved. Each donation stays local, right here at home in our community. We’re here to help and together we can make a di erence!
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One of the easiest and most e ective ways to support FailSafe for Life’s mission is to donate. $30 provides 2-hour training for one person in QPR – Question, Persuade, and Refer- three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. $1000 sponsors an entire workshop. $100 ensures that every patient in our local hospitals receives a message of hope from a member of our community We always love volunteers! Please contact us at info@failsafeforlife.org.
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How Can You Get Involved? 6% of children under 6 experience homelessness in Idaho. Family Promise of North Idaho provides HELP, HOPE and a HOME to homeless families with children in our area.
Donations of all kinds are always welcome to support our clients. Donations of seasonal clothing, non-perishable food and paper products, co ee, and cash all of which will go to support those we serve.
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Invest $49 each month to provide one day of holistic care for an entire family Volunteer to move a family into their new home Learn more by liking us on social media
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Girl Scouts of Eastern WA & Northern ID is the pre-eminent leadership organization for girls. rough innovative programming in STEM, outdoors, nancial 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. $30 could provide a girl with a year of Girl Scout membership $50 could out t two girls with uniforms $150 could send a girl to day camp for one week www.gsewni.org509.747.8091
Support our programs by giving a donation on our website at DiscoverGoodwill.org/monetary-donations/ Invest in one of our programs. Contact our team if you have property you could rent to someone looking for a home or apartment. Provide a job for someone Goodwill is helping with employment. Invite us to speak to your group, or contact us for a tour. Donate your gently used items at your local Goodwill Donation Center. Shop at our Goodwill stores, or online. You can nd all of our retail and online stores at DiscoverGoodwill.org.
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GoodwillDo:Industries of the Inland Northwest 130 E. ird Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202 How Can You Get Involved?
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discovergoodwill@giin.orgDiscoverGoodwill.org509.838.4246; or programhelp@giin.org We help people with training, employment, housing support and nancial stability. Together, we create opportunities that change lives and strengthen communities.
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Goodwill Industries of the Inland Northwest has been changing lives since 1939. We help people with employment, training and education, housing support, and nancial stability. Do you need to learn computer and digital skills to get a job, or even just connect with family? Do you need help getting a job? Are you struggling to pay rent? Do you need help managing your nances? Visit our website at discovergoodwill.org/i-need-help to nd a program that might help you. You can also call 509-838-4246. Some of our programs require a referral. Other services are available on a walk-in basis. Our programs are funded primarily by our Goodwill stores and online sales, and from customers who donate a few cents when they Round Up their purchases. We also receive funding from grants and donations. Out of every dollar earned from our stores and online sales, more than 85 cents support our programs. ere are thousands of stories behind our Goodwill stores, stories of lives who are changed by the help they get at Goodwill. In 2021, we served more than 4300 people in eastern Washington and north Idaho. We’ve helped more than 55,000 people in the last ten years. Scan the QR code below to read some of their stories. You can also visit discovergoodwill.org/news or watch these stories on our YouTube channel at GoodwillINW.
Girl Scouts of Eastern WA & Northern ID is a local non-pro t organization with the mission to build girls of courage, con dence, and character who make the world a better place.
Girl Scouts of Eastern WA & Northern ID 1404 North Ash Street Spokane, WA 99201
How Can You Get Involved? 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!).
Family Promise of Spokane 2002 E. Mission Ave Spokane, WA 99202
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Morning Star Foster Care recruits and licenses new foster homes and helps to maintain current foster families’ licenses.
How Can Get ll and distribute full to those who are experiencing homelessness. Giving Back Packs is a very simple concept. We provide local agencies and nonpro ts with full backpacks to give to those who are experiencing A full of new items and resources can sometimes be the di erence between life and death.
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How Can You Get Involved? 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. 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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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.
Please join our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/gbpacks) where we o en post volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more! What We Do: Giving Back Packs Spokane | Spokane Quaranteam P.O. Box 30321 Spokane, WA 99223 info@gbpacks.orgwww.gbpacks.org509.389.2503
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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 di erence in a foster child’s life.
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• Support a licensed foster parent by donating to www.morningstarboysranch.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!
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.
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North College Foundation, W. Coeur ID 83814 Idaho College is committed to meeting the diverse educational needs of students, employers, and the communities of northern Idaho. Foundation, Inc. is an independent, non-pro t charitable organization. rough contributions and prudent stewardship, the NIC Foundation provides scholarships for students and invests in programs and services to enhance educational excellence and student success at North Idaho College. educational interrupt, and repair cycles of abuse and neglect within families. and for children, substance use disorders treatment for parenting adults, Advocacy Center is a safety net for abused and neglected children with the ability like specialized medical exams, forensic interviews, and child legal advocacy. 208.664.9300 Admin@safepassageid.orgSafepassageid.org help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse nd safety, resilience, and empowerment to live a life free from violence.
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Founded in 1977, Safe Passage is the largest agency in North Idaho providing support, resources, and crisis intervention for adults and children a ected by domestic and sexual violence, stalking, and human tra cking. Programs include 24-hour crisis line services, an emergency shelter, legal advocacy, licensed counseling, sexual assault hospital response and intervention services, forensic interviews for children of abuse, prevention education, bystander intervention training, as well as family advocacy and support for children a ected by Inviolence.2021,we experienced a huge increase in survivors needing long-term, safe housing. While Safe Passage works every day to meet these growing needs, we are struggling to do so. Our temporary shelter is at capacity almost daily, with shelter intake screens doubling in the last few months. In a single month this year, we had 21 survivors report that they could not leave or returned to an abusive relationship because of lack of housing. Supporting Safe Passage directly supports survivors, gives them and their children safety and stability, and helps them look to the future with resilience and HOPE. What We Do:
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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. Sports Camp: Our newest camp, for youth ages 8-18. Community Outreach: We strive to make contact as soon as possible to be a support to families with newly diagnosed children. We o er year-round community outreach programs serving families within our diabetic community. roughout 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 o er your gi s and talents to STIX. Additionally, consider becoming a monthly donor, scholarship a camper and/or sponsor one of our fundraising events.
AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 37SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Special Olympics Washington 2815 2nd Avenue, Suite 370 Seattle, WA 98121 How Can You Get Involved? rough programming in sports, inclusive health, education and community building, Special Olympics is changing the lives of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Special Olympics empowers individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities to be valued on and o the playing eld. In Eastern Washington, we serve thousands of athletes, o ering year-round wellness programs as well as sports training and competition. ese programs are o ered at no cost.
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What County United Way WA Get Spokane County United Way stays here in our community to address our most pressing issues. Together we tackle homelessness, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence and educational achievement gaps for kids. Together we create solutions, and make lasting impact that improves people’s lives. To live better we must LIVE UNITED! New to our community this year - every child birth to ve years old is able to build their own at home library through our partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Sign a child up in your life! ank you for your generous support that makes impact right here at home.
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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.
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Union Gospel Mission 1224 E. Trent Ave. Spokane, WA 99202 Hold a drive or organize a service project. Call 509-532-3809 to schedule. Volunteer. Call 509-532-3813 to begin the process. Go to uniongospelmission.org/annual-report-21 for stories and stewardship information. How Can You Get Involved? What We Do: ATTEND CHARITYAEVENT Support local music of all kinds at the Spokane Fall Folk Festival Attend Ashley’s House’s Heartbeat of Hope BreakfastInlander.com/GiveGuide YOU HELP!CAN
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38 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Thrive International, (Thrive Center) 110 E 4th Ave Spokane, WA 99202 What Can Your Donation Do? e mission of rive International is to empower multicultural communities to THRIVE. rive International is on the front lines of the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Spokane. We turned a formerly vacant hotel into housing for over 100 refugee families that we call rive Center. At rive Center, immigrant and refugee communities can not only survive but THRIVE. • Your nancial gi empowers Ukrainian refugee families to THRIVE by providing housing, education, and mentorship at rive Center. • Volunteer opportunities. • We are always interested in partnering with community organizations who can provide educational opportunities or resources for residents at rive Center.
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Founded in 1951, UGM has expanded from a single soup kitchen to a comprehensive ministry including four shelters, three recovery programs and a summer camp for at-risk children. UGM o ers case management, medical care, counseling, job training and trauma-informed recovery programs free of charge.
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 wonderful volunteers. Help ensure that housing, poverty, and domestic violence issues are in the forefront of our representatives’ policy-making.
Working alongside churches and other community organizations, we help refugees nd 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 ourish, and use their unique gi s and experience to contribute to our community.
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AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 39SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Volunteers of America 525 W. Second Ave. Spokane, WA 99201 How Can You Get Involved? Volunteer your time, talent or treasure! Volunteers are key to our success and make a di erence in our participants’ lives. Your treasure helps us to provide front door keys to those in need with 92¢ of every dollar raised going directly to Allprograms.gisaremeaningful and transformational to someone experiencing homelessness. A gi of $25 can provide a youth at Crosswalk with funds needed to take their GED exam and a gi of $250 can provide a month’s worth of groceries to someone newly housed. To learn more about our volunteer opportunities or to give and help us reach our donor match please visit our website. info@voaspokane.orgwww.voaspokane.org509.624.2378 We specialize in providing care to youth and adults with housing rst solutions and low barrier access to services because homelessness shouldn’t be a life sentence. For 126 years, VOA has been upli ing individuals and communities to provide services and whole-person care to the greater Spokane homeless community. With more than 15 programs, serving young mothers, veterans, teens, young adults, foster youth we are here to meet people where they are on their journey of becoming housed. We also own and operate three low barrier emergency shelters - Crosswalk Youth Shelter (13-17), Hope House shelter (18+) and the young Adult Shelter (18-24). What We Do: Join us this for EYE CONTACT a night of art and live performances September 22, 2022 5 PM | Washington Cracker Building For more information, visit: voaspokane.org HOMELESS ART EXHIBIT & FUNDRAISER SEPTEMBER 22 • 5PM Washington Cracker Building 304 W. Pacific Ave SCAN TO DONATE NOW! Women Helping Women Fund 3704 N Nevada St, Ste 201 Spokane, WA 99207 How Can You Get Involved? WHWF promotes and funds programs that remove the social, economic, and educational barriers preventing women and children from reaching their full potential. With donor and member support, WHWF has awarded nearly $7 million in Spokane County. Scan the QR code for more information.
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Volunteer: Be a refugee’s US friend, help them learn English, navigate the city and experience the culture. Donate: We need furniture and household goods to help people establish their new homes, as well as nancial donations to support the work of resettlement.
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40 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen 1408 N. Washington St. Spokane, WA 99201 How Can You Get Involved? Volunteer | Donate Volunteer your time: Join our volunteer team for curbside distribution of fresh meals and groceries, assist in the kitchen with food prep, packaging meals, food rescue, delivering meals, and more. Go to wcfrspokane.org/volunteer Consider a nancial gi , in any amount, to allow us to continue providing nutritious meals and groceries to local families. If you can help, we invite you to do so today. Donate or pledge: give online at wcfrspokane.org/donate 509.324.1995 philanthropy@wcfrspokane.orgwcfrspokane.org
How Can You Get Involved? give everyone a safe place to learn, grow & thrive by strengthening the foundations of our community through healthy living, youth development & social responsibility. YMCA is addressing major challenges facing our community, including: Lack of childcare and early learning which impacts children’s potential and parent’s ability to remain in the workforce Signi cant health disparities which increase the risk of illness for more vulnerable groups today at ymcainw.org/donate to help low-income families a ord 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. (9622) jzumbro@ymcainw.orgymcainw.org
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WCFR is a vital safety net lling 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 not just food, but healthy food is a basic human right. Good nourishment keeps our minds and bodies going and plays a signi cant role in connecting families and communities. Food is critical to well-being, yet tragically, 1 in 5 children in our community struggle with hunger. Our program participants, including those who are actively employed, continue to grapple to meet basic needs and rely heavily on our programs for nutritional support. 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. Since then, WCFR has provided over 2.5 million meals to women, children, and shelter residents.
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F or anyone who’s been in, on or around Lake Coeur d’Alene, the magnificence of North Idaho’s secondlargest waterway is undeniable — a sapphire gem surrounded by verdant national forest land. Fed by the equally stunning St. Joe and Coeur d’Alene Rivers, the lake resembles a tilted L-shape on the map bridging Kootenai County with Benewah County to the south.
“We didn’t have a lot of foresight,” says Mary Lou Reed, a former Idaho legislator who co-founded the KEA. “We just knew that there was a lot to protect.” There was also a lot of work undoing past damage. According to KEA’s website, “the organization started in response to the extensive environmental damage in the Idaho Panhandle caused by timber and mining interests, land developers, and policies of land managers of the federalReedgovernment.”andherlate husband, environmental attorney Scott Reed, along with Idaho Sen. Art Manley, and sev eral local sporting organizations created the KEA amid a flurry of increased local, regional and national environ mental activism. In 1973, for example, the Reeds also helped form the Idaho Conservation League. On the national stage, the early ’70s saw the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and passage of such landmark legislation as the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act.
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Kootenai Environmental Alliance reflects on 50 years of protecting Lake Coeur d’Alene and its surrounding waterways BY CARRIE SCOZZARO
Looking After the Lake
S ome of KEA’s earliest efforts played out in headlines and courtrooms. In 1983, it filed suit against the Panhandle Yacht Club to challenge its construction of a large private marina. KEA lost in court, but helped increase public understanding of how private interests impact lake use for all. ...continued
Kootenai Environmental Alliance is Lake Coeur d’Alene’s official Waterkeeper.
Recognizing that the lake was a treasure in need of safeguarding, a group of concerned citizens came together in 1972 to form the Kootenai Environmental Alliance, which in 2022 celebrates 50 years as one of the region’s staunchest environmental allies.
Some 25 miles long and several miles wide in spots, Lake Coeur d’Alene offers more than 100 miles of shoreline from which to launch a boat, fish for kokanee, take a dip or enjoy a stunning sunset. Yet the very things about the lake that have made it so attractive, like its natural resources, have also imper iled its health, especially from decades of mining, but also from continued agricultural, commercial and residential development.
Rather than litigation, which is expensive and challenging to carry out, says KEA Executive Director Shelley Austin, the orga nization’s more recent efforts are focused on relationship-building.
In 2011, KEA sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to thwart the removal of old-growth trees along the shoreline of North Idaho College’s Rosenberry Drive, better known as the dike road. The suit raised public awareness, likely resulting in fewer trees being removed.
O ver the years, KEA has also curtailed its reach. Initially, the organization addressed five areas: “climate action, water and land use, and forestry and wildlife,” says Austin, add ing that water quality is now the primary mission, with climate action and land use initiatives in supporting roles.
Learn more about how Kootenai Environmental Alliance is protecting Lake Coeur d’Alene as its official Waterkeeper, and how or volunteer, at kealliance.org1977.
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KEA partners with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Idaho Depart ment of Environmental Quality, the University of Idaho and its extension program called IdaH20 to create the yearlong Conflu ence Project for area high schools, which culminates in a youth summit judged by area science experts.
For example, KEA is a designated Waterkeeper, meaning it’s part of an alliance of more than 350 groups networking across 46 countries to preserve and promote clean water. As such, KEA works with the public — citizen scientists, it calls them — to report on potential concerns, including through free boat tours.
KEA also has a range of educational programs for schools in Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls and Lakeland districts. One plan involves adopting elementary schools as Waterkeeper schools, Austin says.
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“In the last two years with COVID, we didn’t do those fund raisers,” says Austin, noting that the hiatus cost KEA roughly 40 percent of its annual income.
“We’re activists, advocates and educators,” says Austin, who sits on the Coeur d’Alene Lake Advisory Committee, estab lished by current Idaho Gov. Brad Little to improve and protect the lake. “Now we try and advocate and build community around our issues, so that people are aware of the issues that we’re discussing.”
The 2012 Yellowdog Creek project is a good example. KEA worked with several government agencies and fishing hobbyists to rehabilitate habitat impacted by sediment from forest roads that emptied into the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River.
Funding for KEA’s educational and other programs comes from a variety of sources. It hosts a screening of the nationally touring Wild and Scenic Film Festival, which returns in spring 2023, and the annual community-based Junk2Funk fashion show slated for October.
“And what we’re really trying to do is get the kids aware of the [water conservation] language and what does it mean — watershed — and kind of how does water work, because water is complex,” she says.
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Another KEA event to look forward to is historian Douglas Brinkley’s lecture on his forthcoming book, Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening (Brinkley’s July 2022 lecture was canceled due to travel issues and has not yet been rescheduled).
Brinkley’s presentation is especially timely, Austin says. Not only is this the 50th anniversary of KEA, it’s also been 50 years since Congress passed the Clean Water Act.
The landmark environmental legislation is vulnerable, Austin says. Even though a single waterway might involve numerous states, the Supreme Court might change the Clean Water Act, granting power to individual states to enforce the law as they see fit — or not. n
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AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 43SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Believe in Me 510 W Riverside Ave, Ste 201 Spokane, WA 99201 What Can Your Donations Do? Believe in Me helps kids develop the self-con dence they need to succeed by providing grants and resources to programs that bridge the gaps for marginalized youth. Your generosity funded $137,000 in grants, helping get kids outdoors to play: Bought a Kaboom Imagination Playground for Boys & Girls Clubs; Transported 150 kids to Camp Fire Camps; Provided 60 scholarships to participate in Girl Scouts for free; Funded Playworks playground training for 5 Title I schools $25 gives four kids the chance to play with the Kaboom Imagination Playground $50 transports a low-income child to and from summer camp $500 purchases concert space for young musicians To Make a Donation, visit https://www.believeinme.org contact@believeinme.orgwww.believeinme.org509.448.1412 What We Do: Cat Tales Wildlife 17020 N Newport Hwy Mead, WA 99021-9539 How Can You Get Involved? Financial support is always appreciated as expenses continue to increase. Volunteers are an essential part of our team and matter in more ways than just giving of their time. eir dedicated skills from simple to technical, from seated to physically demanding, and everything in between, enhance and expand our mission. Visit our website for a full list of ways you can support this vital part of the Inland Northwest and the wildlife we have been entrusted to provide and care for. www.CatTales.org 509.238.4126 mail@cattales.orgwww.CatTales.org Making a Di erence in Wildlife Rescue since 1991 Spokane’s forever home for rescued, retired, and non-releasable exotic animals & wildlife. Providing a second chance for wildlife and exotic animals who were once a pet and then became a burden, are considered “mis ts” or in need of medical care, are non-releasable, orphaned, or habituated wildlife, are facing euthanasia due to space shortage at other zoos, and situations too numerous to mention.
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44 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Free Rein Therapeutic Riding P.O. Box 30893 Spokane, WA 99223 What Can Your Donations Do? Free Rein is a non-pro t organization in Spokane, Washington dedicated to providing health, hope, and happiness for children and adults with special needs through equine-assisted services. Free Rein erapeutic Riding is a P.A.T.H. Riding Center located near Millwood. We o er adaptive riding and horsemanship programs for children/adults/veterans with disabilities using horses. We provide services for 40+ riders each week, with 5 horses and 120+ volunteers! What Can Your Donations Do? $50 buys one ASTM/SEI riding helmet $600 funds a 12 week session for 1 rider $2,500 sponsors a horse for 1 year
What We Do: Friends of the Centennial Trail P.O. Box 351 Spokane, WA 99210 How Can You Get Involved? Assist and encourage development and
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Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County 222 N Havana Spokane, WA 99202 How Can You Get Involved?
e Foundation provides nancial support to the Master Gardener Program-Spokane County. We educate the public about sustainable gardening practices. e Program o ers a variety of services to the community. Our Plant Clinic is sta ed by Master Gardeners providing free of charge, research-based information. It is located at 222 N Havana, or can be reached at 509 477-2181, or via email at mgardener@spokanecounty.org. e clinic is open weekdays, March-October. Community-based services and education include: the Waterwise Demonstration Garden, 222 N Havana, in partnership with SpokaneScape. It includes drought-tolerant plants, drip irrigation, various types of mulch, and is open to the public. e Raised Beds Demonstration Gardens at Shadle Park-Spokane Public Library provides the opportunity to learn how to grow a variety of vegetables. e Community Gardens Project teaches community members how to grow their own food in community gardens in several areas of the city. e Youth Program is active in a er school programs teaching children about growing their food and environmental stewardship. Master Gardeners teach classes to the public including speaking to community groups, weekly classes in the spring, and the annual Cabin Fever Symposium in March. We will be at the Spokane County Interstate Fair in September. In 2021, 148 Master Gardener volunteers contributed 13,680 service hours reaching 10,189 citizens.
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info@freereinspokane.orgwww.freereinspokane.org509.979.1468 maintenance of the Spokane River Centennial Trail, adjacent connecting Spokane River Centennial Trail is the backbone of eastern Washington’s recreation trail system and was named a National Recreation Trail in 2010. 40 mile Washington span follows the Spokane River, showcasing valley, downtown and Riverside State Park vistas. the Centennial Trail 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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Become a Friend of the MG Foundation and receive discounts at businesses with your membership card. Watch for news about the Spring Bulb Sale to be held in the fall. Attend the annual Cabin Fever Symposium held in March. Mark your calendars for Garden Fair & Plant Sale, April 28-29, 2023. You get valuable information and great plants while supporting the Master Gardener Program and allowing us to continue to partner with the community as we garden for health and well-being.
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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.
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ere is signi cant 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. rough our Community Grants program, the Spokane Parks Foundation removes nancial barriers and increases access to outdoor recreation programs by providing scholarship and programming funds to support a wide variety of outdoor camps and activities.
AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 45SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition 35 W. Main, Suite 310 Spokane WA 99202 How Can You Get Involved? Save Our wild Salmon works to recover abundant wild salmon and steelhead populations and the many bene ts they bring to our region’s economy and ecology. Restoring a free- owing lower Snake River by removing four federal dams is one of our nation’s best opportunities to restore salmon abundance. Replacing these dams with clean, a ordable energy and transportation will bene t wildlife, recreation, communities, and businesses across the Northwest. Volunteer time on local public education and advocacy projects. Sign up for our newsletter and action alerts to make your voice heard. We greatly appreciate your donations to support the Inland Northwest program. @savewildsalmonwww.wildsalmon.org What We SpokaneDo: Parks Foundation PO Box 8127 Spokane, WA 99203 What Can Your Donations Do? Your tax deductible donation helps us preserve and enhance our parks, keeping them beautiful, safe and accessible for all! Every gi makes an impact! With your help, we can: • Provide kids in need with free opportunities to receive life-saving swim lessons and stay active while attending outdoor summer camps. • Help the Jess Roskelley Foundation fund a new climbing boulder in Audubon Park. • Support COPS Mounted Patrol and Police Activities League programs as they work to build relationships between at-risk youth and local law enforcement during summer camps in neighborhood parks.
• Help rebuild the lawn bowling green at Mission Park, to help continue a sport that everyone from young children to senior citizens have enjoyed in Spokane since 1913 509.326.5233 yvonne@spokaneparksfoundation.orgspokaneparksfoundation.org
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 o er. 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 nancial barriers so all children can enjoy their summer safely.
How Can You Get Involved? Spokane Riverkeeper is the only nonpro t in our area dedicated solely to the protection of the Spokane River watershed. We use advocacy and science as well as community education, outreach and litter pick up to protect and restore the health of the river and its ecology while promoting equitable access to a clean and healthy watershed for all. It’s your river. We protect it. By supporting Spokane Riverkeeper, you help us actively patrol for pollution and shoreline destruction. Your generous donations help us educate youth and the public about our river and ensure it has a voice at the local, state and federal level. Visit our website to donate, attend one of our events, sign up to be a community scientist, volunteer for a litter cleanup event or learn more about becoming a River Partner! https://www.spokaneriverkeeper.org/
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Community members attend a LaunchNW town hall at North Central High School.
Higher Ed for All
“Our theory of action is that children need to have the barriers broken down for them to figure out what they want to do post-high school,” Small says to the gatheredSpokanecrowd.has fairly good high school graduation rates, Small notes, but the number of kids seeking post-high school education is still low — 60 percent of students don’t complete a postsecondary program. That lack of higher education has a significant impact on income as an adult: Fourteen years after graduating from Spokane County schools, the average student has a median income of $30,000, Smalls said. That’s a lot lower than other parts of the state. There’s also a significant gap for disad vantaged students when it comes to college preparatory coursework and AP classes. Aaron McMurray, Innovia’s chief strategy officer, tells the Inlander that in today’s world, a high school degree isn’t as likely to land you a job with a stable, livable wage. When more young people pursue secondary education and land stable jobs, it can have a ripple effect and help address generational poverty and other challenges facing the community, McMurray says.
A t an Aug. 17 town hall, LaunchNW hosted about 40 people in the auditorium at North Central High School. It was a “who’s who” of the Spokane non profit world. Catholic Charities, the Spokane NAACP, the League of Education Voters, Spokane County United Way and others had at least one member in attendance.
A bold plan seeks to fund postsecondary education for every student in the Inland Northwest BY NATE SANFORD
H ere’s a big idea: What if every child in the Inland Northwest had access to scholarships to pursue secondary education? What if every child could find a high-paying job, contribute to the local economy and ensure economic prosperity for Eastern Washington and North Idaho? It’s an ambitious plan, but Ben Small, executive direc tor of LaunchNW, says the region has what it takes. “Here in Spokane County, we do big things,” Small says.LaunchNW is a new initiative incubated by Innovia, a Spokane-based nonprofit community foundation. The program launched in May. Leaders have spent recent months gathering data and local input to lay the ground work for the plan, which aims to raise $150 million to provide scholarships for college and vocational training for every motivated kid in the Inland Northwest. They’re calling it the “Promise Scholarship,” and the goal is to debut in Kootenai and Spokane counties starting with the class of 2024. To make those scholarships effective, LaunchNW also aims to provide wraparound services to prepare children still in the K-12 system for a post-high school education. With the Promise Scholarships as incentive, it hopes to integrate various community organizations and resources to make sure students and families have access to a range of LaunchNWsupports.isstill in the funding and implementation phase. Its team has spent this summer holding a series of town halls to bring community members together, share information and discuss barriers facing children. You can’t solve a problem until you understand it, Small explains.
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AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 47 H ous in g Solu ti ons Fo r The North wes t C RAMEWORKSOMMUNF ITY Leaders and Champions of Affordable Housing Solutions Founded in 1974, housing justice has been an ongoing goal for our organization. Our reach spans a four-state area with successes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Over the last five years our impact includes: 259 Rental homes created, ensuring safe, healthy living opportunities for our neighbors in need 1,248People educated on budgeting, credit and homeownership topics 614 Homeownership opportunities supported across the Pacific Northwest region $360 million Generated in community economic benefit We have been your neighbor in Spokane for nearly 50 years, creating affordable housing as a catalyst to help communities thrive. Community Frameworks is rated by its national partner, NeighborWorks® America, as an Exemplary Organization, the highest possible rating for organizational health. To help us achieve greater impact: • Make a fast, secure online contribution at tinyurl.com/ComFrameDonate • Or by check made out to Community Frameworks Send to: Community Frameworks 907 W. Riverside Ave Spokane, WA 99201 • Learn about volunteering on a committee or becoming a board member by Todebe@communityframeworks.orgemailinglearnmoreabouttheworkwedo,please visit communityframeworks.org A special Inlander preview, a day early EVERY WEDNESDAY Food news you can use EVERY THURSDAY Our top 5 picks for weekend entertainment EVERY FRIDAY Sign up now at Inlander.com/newsletters DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
“I think the biggest challenge is getting people to understand that it’s doable,” Small says. n Airway
Providing free food for one hour on one day every week is nearly unheard of, and SCAR wants to change that, too. Every Sunday from 9 to 10 am at Main Market Coop in downtown Spokane, SCAR serves free breakfast burritos to anyone and everyone. Since the start of its “Burritos for the People” in May 2021, SCAR has provided upward of 13,000 burritos. The weekly series aims to show people what the world could look like if humans had a basic need met at zero cost.
SCAR unites the community with free burritos and by tackling racial disparities in Spokane
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Raising the money to send kids to post-second ary school is one thing, but actually making sure those kids have the tools and desire to pursue that opportunity? That’s where the real challenge starts. A fter a brief presentation, Small invites attend ees to break off into groups and walk around the room to take a closer look at posters with some of the data LaunchNW has gathered.
Ben Small, former superintendent of Central Valley School District, speaks about LaunchNW’s Promise Scholarship plan.
“There is so much happening in the world that is not being discussed in schools. In order to have an opinion about something, we need to learn about it.”
Getting involved with SCAR is easy. The nonprofit has a variety of volunteer opportunities, plus its regular meetings are open to the public, all with the primary goal of promoting antiracism in
leaders plan on doing plenty more of, says co-founder Walter Kendricks. “We take it [as an honor] that people would recognize the things that we’re trying to do because it’s not about [me] or any of the other members of SCAR,” Kendricks says. “What this is about is we’re trying to make Spokane a more welcoming place for everybody.”Currentpolicing practices and law enforcement systems in Spokane disproportionately hurt Black and Native American people, he says, so SCAR is in the process of compiling informa tion on what public safety actually looks like for various minority groups in Spokane. The organization has hosted town halls, including sessions for specific minority groups, to hear how dif ferent communities envision the future of public safety.
In addition to quantitative data on things like demographics, student achievement
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GET INVOLVED! Learn more about LaunchNW at launchnw.org. The group will announce dates for more community town halls in Cheney,
about six months, LaunchNW collaborated with Community Catalyst Partners and the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hop kins University to interview hundreds of people in focus groups composed of business leaders, parents, faith leaders, communities of color and — most important — the students themselves. McMurray says he was especially surprised to see how many students reported concerns about microaggressions, racism and an overall sense of negativity relating to the political climate. The country is in a deeply polarized place, McMurray says, and young people can feel it. On one poster, LaunchNW displayed quotes echoing the most common sentiments from focus group interviews with students: “There’s no way to know how to deal with stress and anxiety.”“We have so many great things to say, and we want to see the public schools recognize our voice.” “Schools have lost their ability to be a safe place for opinions.”
McMurray says many young people also expressed a desire to leave Spokane once they graduate.“Ifour diverse young people are leaving Spokane because of trauma and woundedness and saying, ‘I don’t want to go back to Eastern Washington or North Idaho’ — that’s a problem,” he says. A fter attendees examine the data themselves, they regroup to share reactions and discuss solutions. Small admits that LaunchNW doesn’t have all the answers, that’s why they’re holding these town halls and inviting community partners to share ideas that relate to their own experiences.Severalattendees express surprise at the high rate of poverty many students experience. In nearly half of local school districts, the number of students living in poverty meets or exceeds 51 percent. Others say they’re surprised to see that academic achievement rates are 10 to 15 points lower than before the pandemic.
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CHIANA McINELLY PHOTO Burritos for the People, every Sunday. COURTESY PHOTO GET INVOLVED! Sign up for emails and learn more about SCAR at scarspokane.org. Burritos for the People happens Sundays from 9-10 am at Main Market Co-op, 44 W. Main Ave.
“There’sSpokane.ample opportunities, a variety of places for people to put their talents to use,” Kendricks says. “All they have to do is be willing.” n
BY LAUREN RODDIS I n 2017, a White man was found not guilty of shooting a Black man in the back after claiming self-defense. The White man was found not guilty by an all-White jury. Shortly after, Spo kane Community Against Racism (SCAR) was founded.
Leading the Fight Against Racism
SCAR’s mission of finding and tackling racial disparities through various community efforts shines in every aspect of the organization. SCAR provides andwell-acquaintedSCAR’schiseduprightscommunity.toandmotivatedstandingemphasisinitiatives,ment,communityopportunitieseducationalandengageamongotherwithanonunderwhyrace-harassmentassaultcontinueshappeninthelocalFightingforequalandstandingforthedisenfranissomethingmembersarewith,isacentraltaskits
Attendees propose a number of solutions, including more job shadow opportunities with the business community, an increased focus on Eng lish language education and more work to help families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). That last idea is already on LaunchNW’s agenda. In coming weeks, Small says people can expect to see a media campaign around FAFSA completion and a career pathway awareness campaign.LaunchNW has a momentous task ahead, but Small says he’s not intimidated. He points to Spokane’s hosting of Expo ’74 as an example of the Inland Northwest community coming together to do something once thought impossible.
AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 49 American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland NW 3021 S Regal Ste 104 Spokane, WA 99223 How Can You Get Involved? e American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland NW (ACCOIN) is a local non-pro t whose mission is to serve and support children from Eastern Washington, North Idaho, and Western Montana who are in treatment with a cancer diagnosis. Your partnership provides direct nancial support, education, patient advocacy, support groups, and more. Kids shouldn’t have to ght cancer alone. We’d be honored to accept your donation of time, talent, or treasure. https://www.acco.org/inlandnw/donate/ For more information, 509-995-5431 or lesliewood ll@accoinlandnw.org lesliewoodacco.org/inlandnw/509.995.5431ll@accoinlandnw.org What We Do: American Indian Community Center 1025 West Indiana Ave Spokane, WA 99205 How Can You Get Involved? e AICC is a non-pro t founded in 1967 as a social gathering place for American Indians and has since evolved into a multi-use service organization. Our resources provide a variety of services such as employment, training, career counseling, education assistance, crisis intervention, family services, and alcohol/drug assessments. Our center and dedicated sta help our clients with basic needs such as meals, food bank, clothing and much Donationsmore.support e orts to provide comprehensive social development, alcohol/drug assessments, and encourage individual and family self-su ciency. lindal@aiccinc.orgaiccinc.org509.535.0886 What We Do: GIVE GUIDE The Arts • YOURVOLUNTEERSocialFaith-BasedNeighborhoodsSportsServicesTIME Help build homes with Habitat for Humanity Spokane Become a foster parent with Morningstar Foster Care YOU HELP!CAN SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Inlander.com/GiveGuide
• Purchased 40 full-sized beds through the Embrace WA Sleep Safe program so foster children can have a safe place to sleep.
Donations fund nearly 100 percent of our disaster relief activities. ey help provide food, shelter, relief supplies, emotional support, recovery planning and other assistance in times of need. Just as disasters do not discriminate in terms of whose lives they destroy; the Red Cross does not discriminate in whose lives we help rebuild. We are proud to tell donors that an average of 90 cents of every dollar we spend is invested in humanitarian services and programs. How do we do it? By practicing what we teach: preparedness. We train our volunteers. We plan ahead for the types of disasters that strike in our community. And we train individuals, businesses and community groups so that they, too, can be prepared. Imagination
Believe in Me helps kids develop the self-con dence they need to succeed by providing grants and resources to programs that bridge the gap for marginalized youth.
50 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION American Red Cross Greater Inland Northwest Chapter 315 W. Nora Ave. Spokane, WA 99205 How Your Time Can Help. As a volunteer with the American Red Cross, you can help families recover a er a home re, support America’s military families, or take on any number of other roles that make our communities safer, stronger, and more resilient. You’ll use your skills and develop new ones. And you’ll nish each day knowing you made a di erence. Explore these opportunities and more at redcross.org/volunteer.
No child should ever be without a home or forced to live in an unsafe environment.
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• Gave a safe haven, resources, and relocation services for >100 young sex tra cking survivors, allowing them to reclaim their lives and restore their dignity through e Jonah Project’s Freedom Railroad Program.
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Since 2006, Believe in Me has funded children’s charities that provide marginalized kids with a safe place to call home, a family that loves them, a feeling of community, and opportunities to learn, build self-esteem and have fun. e transitional living and wraparound services we fund provide a vital sense of safety, security, and support for marginalized kids who have been without a home, displaced, traumatized, or abused. ese services help to develop a safe and stable living environment, allowing them to calm their emotional state, improve their situation, and begin rebuilding their lives. anks to you, we gave $137,000 to programs in the Spokane area in 2022. Here’s a snapshot of how your generosity is helping:
• Provided resources, support, and mentorship for over 200 LGBTQ+ youth, ages 13-18 at Odyssey Youth Movement, covering topics such as sexual health, LGBTQ+ history and culture, communication, and self-advocacy. ese kids are relying on you to believe in them. Show them you care by supporting our cause today. What We Do:
Playground $50 transports a low-income child to and from summer camp $100 lls a “Love Box” with support items for foster families $250 provides a bed and bedding for a foster child $500 purchases concert space for young musicians $1,000 relocates a young human tra cking survivor To Make a Donation visit https://www.believeinme.org contact@believeinme.orgbelieveinme.org509.448.1412
e American Red Cross provides vital services to local communities 365 days a year— from responding to home res in local neighborhoods to teaching rst aid and CPR to community groups. We also give support to active-duty military members, National Guard and Reserve members, veterans and their families. And as part of a worldwide humanitarian network, the American Red Cross works to deliver international humanitarian aid in the wake of disasters; prevent disease and teach preparedness; reconnect families separated by armed con ict; and educate the public about International Humanitarian Law. We’re able to provide these services thanks to the corps of 1,950 dedicated local volunteers and the generosity of our donors.
What We Do: SCAN TO DONATE NOW! Believe in Me 510 W Riverside Ave, Ste 201 Spokane, WA 99201 What Can Your Donations Do? $25 gives four kids the chance to play with the Kaboom
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Christian Youth Theater Spokane 3901 E. Main, Suite A Spokane, WA 99202
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How Can You Get Involved? Christian Youth eater develops character and creativity in kids of all ages through quality theater arts training that brings families and communities together while re ecting 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. Every dollar contributed assures that CYT will continue to deliver top-notch a ordable programming to all who need it. Please consider joining us as we continue to develop character one stage at a time.
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$100 purchases a new bed for a child at our Rising Strong program.
3114 E 5th Avenue Spokane, WA 99202
Carl Maxey Center
How Can You Get Involved? e Carl Maxey Center (CMC) is a neighborhood cultural center, gathering place, and community based non-pro t organization located in the East Central neighborhood of Spokane.
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.
What We Do:
Pull & Save: 10414 E Knox, Spokane Valley, WA 99206; 11125 N Market St, Mead, WA 99021
How Can You Get Involved? Catholic Charities a rms 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 nonpro t elds 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.
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www.carsforcharityspokane.org509.928.1900
Donating your unwanted car, truck, or trailer is easy and tax deductible. Bring your unwanted car to either Pull and Save location in Spokane or call for a free tow if the vehicle isn’t running. Proceeds from your donation go directly to supporting charities in Spokane.
What We Do: Cars for Charity
Catholic Charities Eastern Washington 12 E. Fi h Ave. Spokane, WA 99202
How Can You Get Involved? Since 1996 Cars for Charity Spokane has existed to provide a way for people to dispose of their unwanted vehicles and support the services of local charities like Children’s Home Society of Washington, Excelsior Wellness, and HUB Sports Center. If you are looking for a tax deductible donation, this is a great way to help local nonpro ts who are making a di erence in the lives of youth and families in our community.
CMC provides programs and services focused on addressing the needs of Spokane’s African American/Black community. Our mission is to inspire, empower, upli and advocate for the Black/African American community by focusing on economic development, education, racial equity, justice, and cultural enrichment.
$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.
52 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Get Lit! Programs CAT 440, 601 E. Riverside Ave. Spokane, WA 99202 How Can You Get Involved? Our mission is to celebrate the written word, amplify diverse voices, and inspire creativity. 2023 marks our festival’s 25th anniversary! Get Lit! is a program within EWU that has presented the Get Lit! Festival every spring for 25 years. Get Lit! celebrates the written word by presenting high quality literary events featuring 60+ authors from our region and beyond. Save the date for our anniversary festival, April 20th-23rd, 2023. We are seeking sponsors for our 25th anniversary festival. Visit our website to make a donation, or email getlit@ewu.edu to nd out how you can become a sponsor! getlit@ewu.eduwww.getlitfestival.org509.828.1435 What We Do: Feast World Kitchen 1321 W 3rd Ave Spokane, WA 99201 How Can You Get Involved? Feast is a space where former refugees and immigrants share food and culture with Spokane, embodying a mission of mutual hospitality. rough takeout, dine-in, and catering programs, Feast’s chef partners earn great income, learn career skills, and make community connections. e broader Spokane community bene ts through enhanced culinary diversity, and by empowering leaders from historically marginalized populations. • Eat at Feast • Donate • Volunteer with us feastworldkitchen.org509.608.1313
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What We Do: GreenHouse Food Bank & Resource Center PO Box 62 211 N Fir Ave Deer Park, WA 99006 How Can You Get Involved? We serve our community by providing the most basic necessities to those who nd themselves in a time of need. e GreenHouse Food Bank provides 30,000 lbs of fresh, canned and frozen food each month. Our clothing bank provides basic clothing as well as business attire for job interviews. We provide energy assistance and other resources.
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Habitat WA 99202 EVERYONE deserves a decent place to live. partner with families and individuals to help them build strength and self-reliance through a ordable homeownership. homeowners help build their own homes alongside hundreds of volunteers. ey also take nancial readiness courses and save for a to buy their house and pay an a ordable mortgage. wouldn’t be possible without GIVE TODAY to support the of a safe and healthy place to call home. opportunities are available year-round help build Habitat houses. help purchase the materials needed to build Habitat homes. Habitat discussions, and information here and around the world to the provides high-quality artistic programming to 750 communities across 20,000 square miles of the Inland Northwest. o 1.25 million people easy access to local,
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• 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. e 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.
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– 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.
Mission Community Outreach Center rst opened its doors in 1996 and is a 501(c)(3) nonpro t organization. We provide individuals with gently used clothing, housewares and hygiene items once every 60 days. Our infant and a bank provides babies with diapers and wipes once every 30 days. clothing, household items, new hygiene items and nancial Mission Community Outreach Center is run mainly by volunteers for new people to join team. Our new hours for shopping and 1:00-4:00pm, Wednesday 10 am-1 pm and ursday 1-4 pm. are living with Spokane support education led by trained peers going most as build
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54 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION communityourservingfamilies,healingkids,helping Morning Star Boys’ Ranch (MSBR) 4511 S Glenrose Rd Spokane, WA 99223 509.448.1202 msbr@msbranch.orgwww.morningstarboysranch.org
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While hunger can be found in every community, people of color, women, veterans, immigrants, LGBTQIA+ and rural communities experience hunger at disproportionally higher rates than other Washingtonians.
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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.
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.
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.
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. ese 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. problem solving mediation, con ict resolution education, cation. a generous sliding fee scale, Northwest Mediation Center’s certi ed mediators serve access to justice, regardless of income, helping people resolve disputes on their own terms, without resort to litigation or violence. We teach civil, productive dialogue for a more peaceful become a sustaining donor. ict engagement training. help with classes and training.
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Northwest Harvest is focused on changing the conversation on solving hunger in Washington from a model based on charity to one rooted in social justice. In addition to making sure those who su er from hunger have access to healthy food, we aim to shi public opinion, as well as change institutional policies and societal practices that perpetuate hunger, poverty, and disparities in our state. We invite Inlander readers to nd out more on how to make a di erence by donating, volunteering, or raising your voice. Please go to northwestharvest.org to learn more.
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Right now, 1 in 9 people in the Inland Northwest, including 1 in 6 children, faces hunger. To serve thousands of families in need, Second Harvest provides food at no cost through a network of 280 partner food banks, meal sites and other programs, as well as Mobile Market free food distributions and Bite2Go weekend food kits for students in need. Second Harvest also shares free nutrition resources and cooking classes to help people make strides toward better health and self-su ciency.
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• Donate food or funds – Every $1 provides enough food for 5 meals.
• Leave a legacy – Consider leaving a portion of your estate to help future generations access healthy food. Learn more at 2-harvest.org/legacy.
Second Harvest has been building healthier communities through food since 1971. As the largest charitable food distributor in the Inland Northwest, Second Harvest brings volunteers, donors and community partners together to provide food assistance and nutrition education to our neighbors in need throughout 26 counties in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.
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The Salvation Army 222 E. Indiana Ave. WA 99207 Can You Get Involved? numerous programs spiritually without always every dollar Salvation Army goes to life-changing programs that bring hope and results to those
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Food is o en the rst thing people forego when trying to make ends meet, and that’s evident in the communities Second Harvest serves. As in ation has climbed to a 41-year high, there’s been a 35% increase in the number of people turning to local food banks for Yourhelp.partnership with Second Harvest supplies food when and where it’s needed most. ank you for helping to end hunger right here in our community.
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Spokane Arts is a 501c3 nonpro t 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” lm series; curating the Chase Gallery; organizing the annual Arts Month and Spokane Arts Awards; Poetry Out Loud; Visual Art Tours; and more.
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AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 57SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Spokane Civic Theatre 1020 N Howard St Spokane, WA 99201 How Can You Get Involved? • Become a Season 75 Member • Invest in Civic’s facility soundproo ng and renovation construction project • Sponsor a student • Contribute to Civic’s annual fund, which fuels our theatre and education programs spokanecivictheatre.com509.325.2507
What We Do: Society of St. Vincent de Paul P.O. Box 2906 Spokane, WA 99220-2906 How Can You Get Involved? 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.
Donate: Monetary donations are our sole funding. Remember us in your will: Contact us to nd out how to support our work into the future. Start a Society conference in your parish! svdp.spokane@gmail.comwww.svdpspokane.com
Take part in producing Season 75 and become a Civic Member today. Memberships advance our community by engaging audiences and underwriting sizable Academy and production expenses. Golden Ticket Membership is $150 for Adults and $135 for Seniors/ Military and includes all ve Season 75 Main Stage shows.
Spokane Arts: Amplifying the Arts Spokane Arts, PO Box 978 Spokane, WA 99210 How Can You Get Involved? Promote arts and culture in the Spokane region through programming, grant-making, advocacy, and educational opportunities.
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.
e 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.
Currently celebrating its 75th Season, Spokane Civic eatre is an award-winning nonpro t community theatre and fundamental part of the arts community in the Inland Northwest.
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Spokane Civic eatre, founded in 1947, has been located at 1020 North Howard Street, in downtown Spokane’s North Bank area, since 1967. Civic spaces include the Firth J Chew Studio eatre and Margot and Robert Ogden Main Stage. Civic’s training arm is home to hundreds of developing artists, studying at progressive levels in a variety of classes and workshops.
Civic’s 75th season opens September 16 with e Wizard of Oz, last produced at Civic twenty- ve years ago. Other titles include Jersey Boys, about Frankie Valli and e Four Season, e 39 Steps - a Hitchcock masterpiece and juicy spy novel mashup, a new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - which includes songs from the beloved 1971 lm, Photograph 51 - a moving portrait of one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, who rst mapped the DNA molecule, Native Gardens - a critically acclaimed new work about a disagreement over a long-standing fence line, which spirals into an all-out war of taste, class, privilege, and entitlement, and more.
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What We Do: How Can You Get Involved? • Donate to SNAP. We accept donations online, via mail, from your IRA, stocks, or Crypto. Learn more at snapwa.org/give • Include SNAP in Planned Giving. August is National Make-AWill Month and we’ve partnered with FreeWill to o er our community a free online resource empowering you to create an estate plan. is secure tool helps you write a will at no cost so you can rest-assured that your assets have a plan in place. Scan the QR code below to learn more & get started! SNAP 3102 W. Whistalks Way Spokane, WA 99224 509.456.SNAP fundraising@snapwa.orgsnapwa.org/give(7627) Spokane
SNAP guides neighbors along their journey to exit poverty from crisis to stability – and has for over 55 years. Since 1966, SNAP has served Spokane County, leading with a mission of “Increasing the human potential of our community by providing opportunities for people in need.”
Last year, we stabilized 14,002 households by providing utility, rental, and/or energy assistance, and we transitioned 230 people from homelessness to permanent housing. Services such as these help to stabilize clients by shoring up basic needs. Our robust workshops help to provide the next step of growth for our clients to begin to thrive. Last year, we engaged 19,281 people in such educational opportunities. Once our neighbors are ready, we have programs, such as our Women’s Business Center, which helped to start or expand 124 small businesses last year, to provide lasting strides of self-su ciency. We demonstrate our values of community, respect, and justice by nurturing client-focused partnerships that build community, recognizing the dignity and inherent worth of all individuals, and advocating for what is fair, honorable and equitable for our community members. Symphony at The Fox Theater W. Sprague Spokane WA 99201 Box 365, Spokane, WA 99210-0365 509.624.1200 Spokanesymphony.org Spokane Symphony, led by Music Director James Lowe, is a 70-piece orchestra committed to providing music to everyone in our community to enrich and transform lives. believe music impacts everyone regardless of their background. We believe music has the power to ignite passions, nourish us and inspire us, and connect us to our world and each other. in it’s 77th Season, the Spokane Symphony extends far beyond e Fox eater stage. Musicians visit schools, hospitals, retirement communities, neighborhood cafes, restaurants and community centers to share the joy and power of music. Education Programs are developed to inspire learning, creativity, and collaboration. ey allow educators and students to work together with professional musicians to build a relationship with music. donations directly impact e Spokane Symphony. You make free community concerts possible. You help us bring musicians into the classroom. You help us reach underserved communities. You help us bring music to those who need it most. Do:
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As one of the largest private human-services agencies in Spokane County, SNAP serves nearly 40,000 Spokane County neighbors each year. SNAP serves Spokane’s poor and vulnerable through over 30 human services programs, which respond to needs surfacing at the community level while diligently searching for long term solutions to eliminate poverty.
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As society inches past the pandemic, our local workforce system and many partners continue to work diligently to provide services, resources, and support to remove the most challenging barriers to our customers’ career goals.
e WorkSource system invests in helping job seekers nd employment and businesses attract the right talent. In the past year, we have assisted 406 job seekers obtain new careers, 1,270 individuals access industry training or gain skills through workshops, and 133 young adults graduate with their GED. e KHQ/WorkSource Job Fair returned in person in May with over 100 attending businesses and 650 job seekers. ank you for your consideration to contribute to the career success of our fellow Spokane community members.
e Spokane Workforce Council and its WorkSource Spokane Campus are equal opportunity employers/programs. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. Washington Relay 711.
AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 59SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Spokane Fall Folk Festival PO Box 9768 Spokane, WA 99209-9768 How Can You Get Involved? e mission of the Spokane Fall Folk Festival is to present the diversity of our community through traditional music, dance and the arts at an annual event in November. e Spokane Fall Folk Festival is FREE to the public and features stages of traditional and ethnic dance, music, workshops, special entertainment and jamming. We support regional folk musicians, and feature performing artists representing Celtic, Bluegrass, Blues, Americana, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and other traditions. Consider volunteering for a fun time! Choices include set-up, take-down, sales, children’s cra s and more! Shi s can be as short as two hours, and longer times are available. 509.828.3683 (Leave a Director@spokanefolkfestival.orgwww.spokanefolkfestival.orgmessage) What We Do: 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 ought, Spokane Valley Partners is here to see our community through the complexities of hunger AND poverty. Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank and Family Services 10814 E Broadway Spokane Valley, WA 99206 $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 What Your Donations Can Do: What We Do: admin@svpart.orgwww.svpart.org509.927.1153 Spokane Workforce Council 140 S. Arthur St, Suite 300A Spokane, WA 99202 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 job seeker 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 gi 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 509.960.6255 admin@spokaneworkforce.orgwww.spokaneworkforce.org
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e Spokane Workforce Council helps people achieve living wage employment and helps businesses nd the workers they need. are a non-pro t organization and our mission is to elevate local workforce e orts with insights, guidance, funding, and partnerships to cultivate a ourishing Spokane, together. We advise and fund the WorkSource system in Spokane which consists of two career centers and 19 a liated sites across Spokane County. We are also a founding partner in the Resource Center of Spokane County, a one-stop social services center where community partners provides resources to underserved members of our community to achieve economic empowerment. WorkSource Spokane is our largest career center and provides a full range of customized services to any job seeker in Spokane County. e Next Generation Zone is the only young adult career center in Spokane County and provides education, skills training, and career guidance to over 750 young adults ages 16-24 each year.
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WCCC provides the community with health, education, recreation and enrichment programs and resources. ere’s a place for Headstart, Unify Community Health Clinic, Spokane Police Department, Women, Infants Before and A er School Childcare, Summer Camp, Prevention Education for Youth and Teens, support at WCCC. Visit Spokane’s most giving them the necessary tools to live a transformed life. Spokane YFC holistically engage 11–19-year-old youth struggling with systemic poverty, homelessness, and cycles of addictions. is equip youth in categories: basic health and safety, civic literacy, moral and spiritual literacy, economic literacy, and educational success. equips a student with the following resources and opportunities for one year. Food: Community meals, local and fresh produce. Educational Success: Tutoring, school supplies, safe a er school programs. Safety: Counseling services, medical clinics, and hygiene supplies. Programs and Activities: Financial Literacy, Civic Literacy, and Moral and Spiritual
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I n many ways, the Ericksons had gotten their son, Kellen, all the help they could.
After Kellen reached out to his parents, Kimber and Mike, during his junior year at Ferris High School to say he was strug gling with depression and anxiety, they got him into therapy, and he was able to get medication. Things seemed to get somewhat back on track as his senior year started. He enjoyed his time in basketball and soccer, and he continued to enjoy the things he was known for, including his love of animals and hanging out withButfriends.after his final soccer game as a high schooler wrapped up, his parents say a bad depression and a sense of uncertainty about his future overwhelmed him.
While most seniors were wrapping up their milestone mo ments in spring 2019, gladly watching the last days of school tick off the calendar, Kellen Erickson was depressed, staying home for much of the last two weeks of school. He didn’t look at his phone or social media, and Kimber says she tried to get him out for walks or to do yoga, but that didn’t seem to help.
Kimber says they took Kellen to the emergency room mul tiple times throughout his struggles, including after the bout of depression around graduation, and he got into Providence’s RISE program, which offers intensive outpatient therapy for mental health. He seemed to improve with that program, and summer offered the chance to go to one of his favorite places, the Oregon Coast, where he loved to spend time with his parents and sisters, Lexi and Laney. But even as the family decided that Kellen should stay at home that fall, deferring his first year at Washington State Uni versity in hopes his mental health would stabilize at home, he fell into a larger depression.
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Mike and Kimber Erickson founded Kellen Cares in memory of their son.
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After losing their son, Spokane parents start Kellen Cares to help youths and families struggling with mental health
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“He didn’t even go to his own graduation,” Kimber says. He had trouble getting out of bed or off the couch, and he struggled to eat, losing a lot of weight in just weeks, they say.
“We tried to get him to rally for his grad party, which was combined with four or five of his friends, and just couldn’t get him to do it,” Mike says. “He just really was locked down.”
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Almost immediately after Kellen’s death, they knew they wanted to start a nonprofit in his name to help other people. They took some time and started to pull things together for Kellen Cares in late 2020. Over the course of 2021, they gathered a board of direc tors and got documentation in place, and by spring 2022 they hosted the first “Helping Boys Thrive” summit, which they plan to make an annual event. Boys and men die by suicide at far higher rates than girls and Throughwomen.Kellen Cares, the couple hopes to help parents whose kids are deal ing with the same types of struggles, as well as offer resources and prevention services to youths. In the short term, they hope to work with Spokane-area schools to develop peer support programs that offer training to students who already find themselves giving advice to others who feel comfortable opening up to them. A national program called the Hope Team is one model they hope to work with or mimic.
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ry first met, they had a common goal in mind: to help Spokane’s foster commu nity in any way they could. Both women are mothers and understand the complexities that come with growing up and becoming independent. Allen has direct ties to the foster care community, having adopted her son out of the foster care system when he was 10 years old. “I realized that he wouldn’t be ready to be on his own by 18,” Allen says. “Coleen agreed, and that’s where the idea for Safety Net started.” Then, through meetings with local foster care organizations and families, the two co-founders of Safety Net InlandNW quickly understood that most foster youths turning 18 were underserved and had nowhere to turn once they aged out of the system.“Thatsolidified to us that it was time to bridge that gap,” Allen says. “We created a literal safety net, filling in the spots that government agencies can’t or providing resources that are harder to come by.”
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Safety Net InlandNW is always in need of furniture, kitchen items, cleaning supplies and other miscellaneous things that don’t often get donated. Visit safetynetinlandnw.org for a detailed list of donation requests and to learn more.
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62 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 “One of the big problems that he had after he got better: All the kids went to college, all of his friends, and he was left here, and he started using marijuana a lot,” Kimber says. “One of the things that I’ve researched heavily is that if you have an anxious, depressed brain … it’s going to ramp up your anxiety.”
In the longer term, they hope to do everything from funding brain research to offering scholarships for people interested in entering the psychology field, as there’s a shortage of mental health professionals and health care workers. Many families struggle to get their loved one into therapy as waiting lists can be months long. They also hope to start support groups for parents whose kids are going through similar mental health issues. They’re close to getting one together currently, but they need a therapist to volun teer to facilitate the group.
Aging out of foster care is full of complexities; Safety Net InlandNW is there to lighten the load
Safety Net focuses on helping young adults become independent after leaving foster care by acting like an extended family of sorts, helping with gas money or college expenses. Allen says most foster youths are still supported by their foster families once they age out, but Safety Net is another shoulder to lean on if things get tough. When young adults have aged out of foster care, they can submit forms that explain exactly what they need to forge a successful path into their future. From furnishing new apartments to paying for school books, Safety Net has provided a host of services and resources for emerging adults.“We’ve provided laptops and books,” Allen says. “We even helped someone get a new front toothInonce.”the14 years since its inception, the orga nization has expanded into Idaho. Along with theitemsusednewaretwoPostandonewarehouses;alsoSafetywishcase-by-casegranting,NetownstwoinSpokaneanotherinFalls.Thebuildingsfilledwithandgentlyhouseholdsothatyoungadults can pick and choose what they would like to furnish their new spaces. “None of this would be possible without the local community’s desire to help out,” Allen says. “Our warehouses are always stocked because of their donations.”
GET INVOLVED! KellenCares.org offers a list of resources, educational material and ways to lend a helping hand. The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline can now be reached 24/7 by simply dialing 988. Locally, Frontier Behavioral Health’s 24/7 crisis hotline is 1-877-266-1818.
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“Financially, donations are always welcome,” Kimber says. “We’d like to donate to organizations that are making a differ ence. I mean, we don’t necessarily have to reinvent the wheel, but we’re looking all the time to see who’s actually doing things that are good.” One resource they’d like to copy is a safe haven house they learned about on the East Coast that serves as a drop-in space for youth to find mentoring from peers and professionals they feel comfortable with. Ultimately, starting something like that in Spokane would be great, they say. In the meantime, for those helping someone with similar men tal health issues, they encourage people to continue advocating for their loved one, and remember that self care is key. To help others, you need to stay healthy as well.
Kellen seemed to struggle more as he tried to stop self-medi cating with the drug so much that winter, she says. In January 2020, at 19 years old, he died by suicide. L ike many whose loved ones struggle with suicidal thoughts and actions, Kimber and Mike struggled throughout that time as well. It felt hard to get their son everything he needed, even as they’d gotten him therapy, hospitalization and medication. They say it felt very lonely going through that experience, as they’d sometimes get happy, oblivious group texts about sporting events and community news while they sat in the ER with their child who was telling them he didn’t want to live anymore.
“Don’t give up. Stay in the fight with your kid, whether your kid knows it or not, because it’s definitely a fight,” Mike says. “Reach out to other people, reach out to us,” Kimber says. “We’re not psychologists or therapists or anything, but we’re happy to talk to them. And keep looking, keep researching.”
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Ashley House provides comprehensive, cost e ective, quality care to medically fragile children, teens and young adults in home-like settings.
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“Having a baby is supposed to be a joyful experience. But our joy turned to fear when our daughter Anna was born with cystic brosis and short bowel syndrome. She spent months in the hospital. When she was discharged, Anna was still getting her food through a tube that went through her chest into her heart. e thought of taking her home was terrifying! All I could think of was what could go wrong. A social worker recommended Ashley House. Anna stayed there a few weeks, getting professional, high-quality care, while they taught us how to take care of her. We felt prepared to care for her when it was time to take her home!”
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Before Ashley House, high-needs children stayed in hospitals longer than needed. O en, they were moved to nursing homes; some were placed out of state, far from their families.
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When a critically injured or ill child leaves the hospital, they may still need complex medical care. At Ashley House a child can receive skilled nursing care while the family prepares for their child’s homecoming at a much lower cost than in a hospital.
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64 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Ashley House NW, 4118 S. Cook St. Spokane, WA 98223 How Can You Get Involved? • Donate today! Visit our website to make a donation, or scan the QR code to go directly to a donation page for our Spokane program! • Volunteer! We can use your help: read a book or dance around the living room with a child. Mow our lawn. Contact Tara at tnewman@ah-nw.org • Join us on October 27th, 2022, at the Heartbeat of Hope Breakfast fundraiser, and help us celebrate the work of Ashley House in Spokane. is event is free. Email Beth Ann at bjohnson@ah-nw.org
Today, Ashley House gives each child the care they need while their family prepares to care for them at home. For most of the children and youth in our care, Ashley House is a step on their journey home. For a few who need more complex care than can be provided by their parents, Ashley House becomes home. At Ashley House, we believe that every child deserves to live the best, fullest life possible!
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AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 65SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Alzheimer’s Association Rock Pointe Tower, 316 West Boone Ave, Suite 670 Spokane, WA 99201 How Can You Get Involved? e 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: e 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. By donating to the Alzheimer’s Association, you’re providing critical funding for Alzheimer’s research and support services for people a ected by the disease. Locally, we o er 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. www.alzwa.org509.456.0456800.272.3900 What We Do: Better Health Together 157 S Howard, Suite 102 Spokane WA 99201 How Can You Get Involved? 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 bene ciaries to be heard, inform local leaders, and foster change in healthcare. Join our Community Voices Council and help us recruit new members to collaborate at monthly meetings. Members are paid a stipend for participation. alethea@betterhealthtogether.orgBetterHealthTogether.org509.321.7500 What We Do: Birthright of Coeur d Alene 923 E. Sherman Avenue CdA, ID 83814 How Can You Get Involved? Birthright of CdA helps women who are worried about a pregnancy. Birthright is a 501c3 Non-pro t Emergency Pregnancy Service. We help women or girls concerned about a pregnancy. We o er free pregnancy tests, maternity clothes, baby clothes and diapers. We also o er person to person help with referrals to local agencies. $5.00 per month helps with pregnancy tests $10.00-$20.00 a month helps with baby clothes, diapers and maternity clothes $100 a month helps with advertising or our phone bill. ere are volunteer positions available and also openings on the Board of Directors. Birthright.org/CoeurdAlene1.208.664.1390 What We Do: ATTEND CHARITYAEVENT Attend West Central Community Center’s Building Dreams-Bright Futures for our Kids Dinner and Auction Sign up for the Women Helping Women Annual Luncheon, which funds a variety of local nonprofitsInlander.com/GiveGuide YOU HELP!CAN
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e CHAS Health Foundation has several funds that allow donors to align gi s with their giving passions. As a donor, you may choose to contribute your donation to any of the following Cheney, Deer Park, Moscow, Lewiston/ Clarkston 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. mission of the CHAS Health Foundation is to create health equity by strategically investing in patients, partners, and communities. 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.
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CCNWF is a non-pro t organization that helps Inland Northwest cancer patients and their families through educational, emotional and nancial support. CCNWF o ers limited nancial support for basic necessities such as transportation, prescriptions, groceries and rent, counseling for children and families, and community resource referrals. e CCNWF also supports the advancement of cancer research. donation ensure that Inland Northwest cancer patients and their families have the support they need throughout their journeys with cancer. www.ccnwf.org
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CHAS Health is a non-pro t, federally quali ed 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.
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What We Do: e Evergreen Club, an accredited member of Clubhouse International, serves residents of Spokane County age 18 and older whose lives have been disrupted by mental illness. Evergreen Club gives people whose lives have been disrupted by mental illness the opportunity to recover meaning, purpose and dignity through work and community. Clubhouses demonstrate that people living with mental illness can and do lead productive, happy lives. e Evergreen Club o ers people opportunities for friendship, employment, housing, and education so they can recover and fully participate as valued and respected members of society.
How Can You Get Involved?
2102 E. Sprague Spokane, WA 99202
How Can You Get Involved? Participate or volunteer in our First Annual Evergreen Club 5K Fun Run “Step Up for Mental Health” on Saturday, Oct. 22, 9 a.m. in Riverfront Park. Register at evergreenclub5k.org. Cost: $25 Donate your new and gently used clothing and household items to our thri store. “Mary Sue’s Bought Before Boutique” provides meaningful work for our members and creates income that enhance the clubhouse.
hospiceofnorthidaho.org208.772.7994
Hospice Of North Idaho W Prairie Ave Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815 We are the only community-owned nonpro t hospice in North Idaho since 1981, providing palliative care, hospice, and grief support to Kootenai, Shoshone, and Benewah Counties. receive expert care, dignity, respect, and comfort wherever they call “home.” Our Schneidmiller House, is the rst and only inpatient hospice facility in Idaho. We o er spiritual care, education, volunteering, a community building for events and meetings, and a thri store in Post Falls. check, over the phone, or by creating a lasting naming opportunity on our campus with a “Naming Opportunity.” can make an impact doing what you love with many volunteer opportunities. Our community deserves expert and experienced hospice care,
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Hospice Of Spokane 121 S. Arthur St. Spokane, WA 99202
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509.559.3100 a homegrown healthcare system where professionals integrate to provide balanced whole-person care. is a nonpro t corporation supporting multiple organizations connected through a common purpose. Education, behavioral health, primary care, and social and human services are integrated to provide holistic and comprehensive services to those serve. Excelsior serves a diverse group of individuals and families with a range of presenting di culties, which can compromise their abilities to live happy, healthy lives. Excelsior takes a trauma-informed, person-centered approach in delivering care. In 2021, Excelsior served over 3,000 youth and families of all ages across Washington state, many of whom accessed, on average, 2 or more services across our healthcare continuum. Our goal is to ensure that everyone we serve has access to the resources they need to be safer, stronger, and more satis ed in the lives they lead.
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Donations: Accepted online,
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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 o ce with mailings or other o ce tasks, or helping with one of our community or fundraising events throughout the year. Background check is required, and training is provided.
Contributions support the youth and families we serve as they continue to partner with us in their journey to wholeness and health. Donations of any amount directly impact the programs that empower youth and families to live and stay well, such as:
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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.
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How Can You Get Involved? Northeast Washington’s only nonpro t hospice, serving anyone of any age with any terminal condition through a holistic approach to end-of-life care.
You can help promote hope, health and healing whether you make a donation, become a volunteer, fundraise to grant wishes or refer a child!
• 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.
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To learn more about how you can help be a part of this life-changing and transformational mission, visit wish.org/akwa.
It’s our vision to grant a wish to every eligible child but we need YOUR help! Wishes have physical and emotional bene ts that can give children with critical illnesses a higher chance of survival.
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.
• More than 90% of the alumni agreed that the wish improved their quality of life, brought their family closer together, boosted their self-esteem and gave them hope for the future.
mission of Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington is simple and clear: Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses like Isaac and Nekkia.
• 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.
68 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington 104 S Freya St, Yellow Flag Bldg #207 Spokane, WA 99202 509.458.2618 Toll Free: Wish.org/akwa888.790.7005
In fact, in a recent survey of more than 3,000 wish alumni, their parents and healthcare professionals:
• 75% of the doctors went as far as to state that a wish could improve a child’s medical outcomes, AND
Do you see Isaac’s smile as he realizes his wish for a puppy? Or Nekkia’s joy as her wish for electronics is granted on her birthday!
Fundraise! Whether it’s through athletic events, lemonade stands or birthday fundraisers, passionate supporters rally their networks to grant wishes in their communities.
What We Do: How Can You Get Involved?
SCAN TO DONATE NOW! VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME Share your time and talents putting smiles on faces with Make-a-Wish Alaska and Washington Deliver companionship — and food — to local seniors with Great Spokane County Meals on Wheels Inlander.com/GiveGuide YOU HELP!CAN SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
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• 95% of the doctors reported the wish improved their patients’ emotional and physical well-being.
What Can Your Donations Do? We provide comprehensive services for those with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities through the lifespan, using community-based approaches. Autism and developmental disabilities are experienced by individuals, their family and the community within which they live. We are dedicated to an integrated approach to providing services and seek to improve understanding and resources through policy improvements and continued advocacy. ts parents with individualized resource referrals and support Supplies therapeutic toys to children with sensory needs. Provides a free screening service for children and adults with autism
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AUGUST 25, 2022 GIVE GUIDE 69 Morning Star Community Services (MSCS) Gateway Building | 140 S Arthur St, Ste 610 Spokane, WA 99202 How Can You Get Involved? 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 o ers a sliding-scale self pay fees. Please consider donating to support our community-based behavioral health www.morningstarcommunityservices.org khills@msbranch.orgmorningstarcommunityservices.org509.927.1194 What We Do: The NATIVE Project 1803 W Maxwell Spokane, WA 99201 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, sta , 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 509.483.7535 npinfo@nativeproject.orgwww.nativeproject.org Sacred Hospitality For All e NATIVE Project is a non-pro t 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.eNATIVEProject’sService
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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 o ered 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, sta , and communities.
What We Do: Northwest Autism Center E. Spokane Falls Blvd. Suite 14 Spokane, WA 99202
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At Pro-Choice Washington, we speak up for abortion rights and reproductive freedom through grassroots and direct advocacy, community engagement and activism, and issue education. Our organization is powered by a network of more than 26,000 members, donors, and activists across the state who are standing up for reproductive rights.
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Although Washington is a progressive-leaning state and abortion has been legal here since 1991, access to reproductive healthcare is not guaranteed for every person equally. is is due in large part to existing bias within health and other social systems and to the uneven distribution of resources and services across the state. It is critical to overcome these barriers for communities to have equitable access to reproductive healthcare, and our key issues aim to address these issues. discriminatory denials to reproductive healthcare abortion and contraception access for historically excluded communities awareness and funding for equitable abortion and reproductive healthcare the reproductive freedom movement to be more inclusive and re ective of community needs
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70 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland NW 1028 W 5th Avenue Spokane, WA 99204 How Can You Get Involved? Help make a family feel at home for a day at RMHC: $25 could provide dinner for a family for 1 night $50 could provide meals for a family for 1 day $100 could provide a 1-night stay for a family $125 could provide dinner and a 1-night stay for a family $200 could provide a 1-night stay, dinner, and toys/activities for a family mariap@rmhcinlandnw.orgrmhcinlandnw.org509.624.0500 Our mission is to provide temporary lodging, comfort and support for families with children accessing medical services in the Inland Northwest. We are built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on the health of their child – not where they can a ord to stay, how they will a ord transportation to hospitals, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest. Since opening the original House in 1987, Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland Northwest now has three locations to provide a “Home-Away-From-Home” to 64 families each night. RMHC of the Inland Northwest relies on strong partnerships in the medical community. We serve pediatric medical patients from Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital, Deaconess Medical Center, Shriner’s Hospital for Children and Kootenai Health. RMHC gives families the ability to spend more time with their criticaly ill or injured children, to interact with their doctors, and to make important decisions about their children’s care. Our hospital partners agree that RMHC reduces stress and nancial burden for families, and helps them deliver the best care possible. What We Do: Join us for our SK Ball SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 | 5:00 PM | CENTERPLACE EVENT CENTER For more information, visit: rmhcinlandnw.org Friday, September 9th | 5pm CenterPlace Regional Event Center 2426 N Discovery Place Spokane Valley Pro-Choice Washington 1916 Pike Place, Suite 12 #1449 Seattle, WA 98101 How Can You Get Involved? Here are six important actions you can take today! 1. Donate to Pro-Choice Washington to support our work in this critical moment for reproductive rights 2. Get educated on the issues & the landscape to stay informed 3. Join a local Pro-Choice Washington Activist Chapter to mobilize in your community 4. Sign up to be part of our Legislative Action Team to advocate for abortion rights in Washington 5. Talk about abortion openly as essential healthcare with your friends and family 6. Get out the vote this November with our Election Action Team 206.624.1990 info@prochoicewashington.orgProChoiceWashington.org Pro-Choice Washington protects and promotes every person’s right to access abortion and the full range of reproductive healthcare options a ordably and equitably in Washington. Pro-Choice Washington is the only organization in Washington state focused solely on political and legislative advocacy to advance reproductive freedom. We believe every person deserves equitable access to a ordable, unbiased, quality abortion and reproductive healthcare within their community. In the past ve years alone, Pro-Choice Washington has helped pass more than a dozen policies and laws that make it easier and safer for people across Washington to access reproductive healthcare services.
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Changing Lives and Healing Hearts provides “GO” bags for individuals in need of leaving unsafe situations in a hurry.
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How Can You Get Involved? 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.
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Spokane is part of an international pediatric healthcare
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Experienced orthopedic pediatric specialty care team brings hope and healing for children in WA, ID, MT, AK, & Canada, and other U.S. & international locations. patients are at the heart of everything we do. ey inspire us to continue our mission of improving the lives of children and families. understand the unique medical needs of children by providing vital, pioneering treatment from birth to age 18. At Shriners Children’s Spokane, children have the opportunity to be evaluated and treated by doctors recognized as the best by their peers.
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. Gi s to Providence Inland Northwest Foundation stay local, to help care for the most vulnerable in our community and support breakthrough technology that saves lives.
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Shriners Spokane stays true to our mission that began with our opening in 1924 to provide care to any child, regardless of their ability to pay. Donations of all sizes are always welcome to assist us daily. At Shriners Children’s, stewardship is one of our core values. Approximately 85% of all funds spent by Shriners Children’s annually is dedicated to patient care, research, and education. We work hard to make sure gi s are used in the most e cient and e ective manner.
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$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.
At Shriners Children’s Spokane, we have a team of physicians and specialists who are highly-trained and experienced in pediatric orthopedics. is team is equipped to treat children with a variety of di erent orthopedic conditions ranging from mild to complex. Other specialties you will nd at our facility include orthotics and prosthetics, scoliosis spine and treatment, sports medicine and fracture care. Children’s system of hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and o er a full range of programs, services and support, all in house, caring for warm, reassuring environment.
Go bags have toiletries, gas cards, food cards and other necessities so people can leave at a moments notice.
Over the last year, we are proud of our accomplishments: • 14,840 children served • 16,805 clinic visits • 945 surgeries • 377 telehealth appointments • 3 Outreach Clinics serving 400 children in their own city Shriners
How Can You Get Involved? Changing Lives and Healing Hearts brings awareness and education of domestic violence to the greater Spokane area.
Your gi 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 nancially due to a medical emergency.
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72 GIVE GUIDE AUGUST 25, 2022 AHANA - Multi-Ethnic Business Association ............................... 30 alifeYOUnited ................................................................................ 30 Alzheimer’s Association ............................................................... 65 American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland NW ................ 49 American Indian Community Center 49 American Red Cross Greater Inland NW Chapter 50 ARC of Spokane, The 31 Ashley House NW 64 Believe in Me Foundation for Kids 32 Believe in Me Foundation for Kids 43 Believe in Me Foundation for Kids 50 Better Health Together 65 Birthright of Coeur d’Alene 65 Camp Fire Inland Northwest 32 Cancer Care Northwest Foundation 66 Carl Maxey Center 51 Cars for Charity 51 Cat Tales Wildlife 43 Catholic Charities Eastern Washington 51 CHAS Health Foundation .............................................................. 66 Children’s Home Society of Washington ..................................... 32 Christian Youth Theater Spokane .................................................. 51 City Gate, The ............................................................................... 33 End the Violence ........................................................................... 52 Evergreen Club .............................................................................. 66 Every Woman Can 33 Excelsior Wellness Center 67 Fail Safe for Life 33 Family Promise of North Idaho 33 Family Promise of Spokane 34 Feast World Kitchen 52 Free Rein Therapeutic Riding 44 Friends of the Centennial Trail 44 Get Lit! Programs 52 Girl Scouts Of Eastern Washington & Northern Idaho 34 Giving Back Packs Spokane | Spokane Quaranteam 35 Goodwill Industries of the Inland NW 34 Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels 35 Greenhouse Food Bank & Resource Center 52 Habitat for Humanity Spokane 53 Hospice of North Idaho 67 Hospice Of Spokane ...................................................................... 67 Hutton Settlement ........................................................................ 35 Latinos en Spokane ...................................................................... 53 Lutheran Community Services NW .............................................. 53 Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington ......................................... 68 Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County ....................... 44 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION INDEXGIVEGUIDE Mission Community Outreach Center 54 Morning Star Boys Ranch 54 Morning Star Community Services 69 Morning Star Foster Care 35 NAMI Spokane (National Alliance for Mental Illness) 54 NATIVE Project 69 North Idaho College Foundation Inc ............................................ 36 Northwest Autism Center ............................................................. 69 Northwest Harvest ........................................................................ 55 Northwest Mediation Center ........................................................ 55 Northwest Museum Of Arts And Culture ..................................... 55 Partners with Families & Children ............................................... 36 Pro-Choice Washington 70 Providence Inland Northwest Foundation 71 Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Inland NW 70 Safe Passage 36 Salvation Army Spokane 56 Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition 45 Second Harvest 56 Shriners Children’s Spokane 71 Special Olympics Washington 37 Spokane Arts: Amplifying the Arts 57 Spokane Civic Theatre 57 Spokane County Human Rights Task Force 37 Spokane County United Way 37 Society of St. Vincent de Paul 57 Spokane Fall Folk Festival 59 SNAP (Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners) 58 Spokane Parks Foundation ........................................................... 45 Spokane Public Radio ................................................................... 53 Spokane Riverkeeper .................................................................... 45 Spokane Symphony at the Fox Theater ....................................... 58 Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank and Family Services .......... 59 Spokane Workforce Council ......................................................... 59 Spokane YFC 60 Stix Diabetes Programs 37 Stop the Silence: Changing Lives & Healing Hearts 71 The Artisans 31 Thrive International (Thrive Center) 38 Transitions 38 Union Gospel Mission 38 Veterans Community Response 60 Volunteers of America 39 West Central Community Center 60 Women & Children’s Free Restaurant & Community Kitchen 40 Women Helping Women Fund 39 World Relief Spokane 39 YMCA of the Inland NW 40 YWCA Spokane 40 TO BE INCLUDED IN NEXT YEAR’S GIVE GUIDE, CONTACT SALES@INLANDER.COM
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