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• Doug Clark: Martial arts instructor leads with his heart

  December 25, 2011 in City on Page B1 This Santa don’t need no stinking reindeer. Ditto the sleigh and woolly white beard.

• Salvation Army makes final push for donations

  December 22, 2011 in City With three days of bell-ringing to go before Christmas, the Spokane Salvation Army is still $75,000 short of its $385,000 fundraising goal. 3

• Operation Clothe a Child gives needy kids wardrobe upgrade

  December 8, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 When she attends the Christmas concert at John Brown Elementary School in Rathdrum tonight, 5-year-old Hailey Rojo will be wearing her brand-new, ruby-red dress. The kindergartner bought the dress at … 2

• Christmas Bureau donations a blessing for those in need

  November 30, 2011 in News For Christmas Bureau recipient Shirley Cameron, 78, kids are everything. That includes her own two children, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. It also includes other people’s kids – she volunteered … 1

• Patients, families reach out for help with medical expenses

  August 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 They are neighbors, friends and family, ensnared by chance cruelties of life. Most often they did nothing to bring about their pain and worry. They are accident victims, tots taken … 51

• Young Hayden siblings raise funds for children with heart trouble

  August 18, 2011 in News on Page A1 When Sarah and Emily Kladar visited a medical clinic in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, three years ago, they were stunned by dozens of photos plastered on a wall. All were …

• Paralysis won’t keep ‘resolute’ woman down

  July 22, 2011 in City on Page A1 In the early morning hours of April 5, Robin Braun woke up and tried to get out of bed. A diabetic, Braun was having an insulin reaction and needed to …

• Face Time: Raffle proceeds make Really BIG difference

  July 4, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Every year in July, the North Idaho College Foundation holds its largest fundraiser. Only 5,000 tickets are sold for the Really BIG Raffle, at $100 apiece. The grand prize is …

• Doug Clark: Auction to challenge hoarders’ restraint

  June 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 A sinister part of me would rather not be spreading the word about the hundreds upon hundreds of collectibles that will be auctioned Thursday night inside the Spokane Valley Applebee’s …

• Do Your Part: Give kids a summer of eco-friendly fun

  June 13, 2011 in Features on Page C1 It’s summer and there’s one thing parents hate to hear from the kids: “I’m bored!” While you’re looking for easy ways to entertain the kiddies, you can also do your …

• These stalwart Assistants make the good even better

  May 14, 2011 in Features on Page E1 A global chemical company is known for this slogan: “We don’t make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.” The …

• Building knowledge

  March 26, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Greg Mortenson sounded a little tired, a little winded, on the phone Tuesday from his home in Bozeman. Was he jet-lagged from his return that morning from Afghanistan? Or was … 1

• Giving falls short of goals

  December 29, 2010 in City on Page A1 When it came to charitable giving this holiday season, the Spokane spirit was willing even if the economy is still weak. Four of the Inland Northwest’s most prominent charities reported …

• Nonprofits fight for holiday cheer

  December 19, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Just a few years ago, a towering tree bordered by presents awaited Jim and Miranda Tso’s young children on Christmas Day. A construction worker and native of Arizona who moved …

• Make sure generosity hits mark, officials say

  December 11, 2010 in City on Page B1 Top state officials are warning kind-hearted Washingtonians this holiday season not to contribute to corporate greed by giving to fundraising organizations that take too big a cut. About a quarter … 2

• Gates Foundation pledges $500M toward poor savings

  November 16, 2010 in Region The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $500 million pledge today to support projects that encourage poor people around the world to save money. 4

• United Way campaign leader knows a little help goes a long way

  September 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 Michael Covey, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Potlatch Corp., doubled his workload this fall, when the 52-year-old leader of the forest products company also agreed to lead Spokane … 1

• Clean up without being cleaned out

  June 10, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 One way or another, we will all pay for the Deepwater Horizon oil-well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. But heartbreaking images of suffering wildlife assure that others will step …

• Nation’s charities saw dip in donations

  June 9, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 CHICAGO – Charitable giving fell by 3.6 percent last year as Americans continued to struggle with the recession, though some philanthropic experts feared the decrease could have been much worse …

• Over-the-top charity may be too extreme to be truly helpful

  May 14, 2010 in City on Page A1 If you want a handy metaphor for the economic ups and downs of the past five years, you could do worse than the house on Baldy Mountain Road outside Sandpoint. … 4

• United Way sees donations rise

  February 5, 2010 in City on Page A7 Spokane County’s United Way has raised $4.7 million from businesses and residents to fund programs that do everything from helping children prepare for school to offering job counseling for adults. …

• Toys, food plentiful, but cash gifts lag

  January 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 Holiday charity was a mixed bag in the Inland Northwest, with some 2009 goals being met and others falling by the wayside while the recession chugs along. Donations of food, …

• Salvation Army volunteer talks about Red Kettle campaign

  December 7, 2009 in City on Page A5 The Salvation Army has been ringing bells and collecting donations during the Christmas season for 118 years, which is how long the charitable organization has been operating in Spokane. Last … 1

• Editorial: Stimulate region with charitable donations

  November 29, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 In its December edition, Men’s Health magazine rated 100 American cities on their level of charitable giving, and Spokane finished an impressive sixth. Now it’s true that some of these …

• ‘Plastic kettles’ allow for debit donations

  November 27, 2009 in Business on Page A10 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — There could be less jingle in the Salvation’s Army’s hallmark red kettles this season. The charity is testing kettles that take debit and credit cards. The …

• Under the roof, a home

  November 21, 2009 in City on Page B1 When the bottom fell out of Charity Lancaster’s world, she fell just about as far as you can. In September, the 30-year-old mother and her two daughters, ages 9 and …

• Spokane ranks among ‘most charitable’ cities

  November 20, 2009 in City Spokane may have its shortcomings, but one thing it doesn’t lack is charity, according to a national men’s magazine.

• New wheels for free meals

  October 26, 2009 in City on Page A1 Each year, more than 700,000 free meals are served to the hungry in Spokane, according to the director of a nonprofit agency that gleans leftover food from area restaurants and … 1

• Millwood community helping make house livable for ALS patient

  October 19, 2009 in City on Page A1 Since she was diagnosed with ALS in April 2006, Jenny Hoff has raised more than $30,000 for organizations dedicated to fighting the neurodegenerative muscular disease. Now people are doing something … 1

• Dad, daughters link needy with those willing to help

  October 4, 2009 in City on Page B1 It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the examples of overwhelming need and selfless acts of kindness found on a Web site called 2Hands.org. The …

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