In brief: Meals on Wheels receives $500 ‘Share the Love’ grant

SPOKANE VALLEY – Valley Meals on Wheels was recently awarded $500 from the Meals on Wheels Association of America/Subaru “Share the Love” grant program. The grant was awarded based upon a winning essay, describing how Valley Meals on Wheels’ staff and volunteers went above and beyond expectations to help a meal recipient survive the 2008 record winter.

Valley Meals on Wheels has entered the next phase of the holiday competition, which relies on getting the most Facebook users to “Like” the essay. Winning this phase of the competition could earn an additional $500. Valley Meals on Wheels would use the money to provide meals to Spokane Valley’s elderly neighbors.

The “Share the Love” event runs through Jan. 3. To “Like” the essay, visit www.mowaablog.org and search “Valley Meals on Wheels.”

Chamber hosting holiday benefit fundraiser Friday

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce, 9507 E. Sprague Ave., will host a Jingle Mingle on Friday, from 2 to 8 p.m. The holiday fundraiser will benefit Spokane Valley Meals on Wheels.

The afternoon of Christmas shopping will include holiday appetizers, drawings and local vendors, such as CL Fashion Jewelry, Close to My Heart Stamping and Scrapbooking, La Bella Maria, PartyLite and Usborne Books.

For more information, call (509) 924-6976.