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• Football’s Pass Shows How Big A Heart Can Be

  December 10, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A17 This may be the longest pass play in Seattle Seahawks history. From the players, to a disabled woman in a small Eastern Washington farm town who laterals to The Spokesman-Review’s …

• Christmas Fund 1995 Children Quick To Help Other Children In Need

  December 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Children understand one another so well. Babies love to “visit” with other babies. Tots readily become acquainted with one another. And when one child learns that another might not have …

• Valley Chiropractor And Marines In Joint Maneuver To Collect Toys

  December 7, 1995 in Washington Voices on Page V9 Michael Baker will trade his services for toy donations. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

• School District Starts Annual Food Drive

  December 7, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 The Coeur d’Alene School District’s annual food collection for the poor starts today throughout Kootenai County. Students will go door-to-door collecting non-perishable food and toiletries for food banks in Coeur …

• Christmas Fund 1995 Mail Delivery Was Well Worth A Patient Wait

  December 6, 1995 in City on Page B5 One of life’s little pleasures is waiting for the mail to arrive. It’s been an American passion since the Colonists greeted every ship arriving in Boston Harbor with word from …

• Christmas Fund 1995 Donors Honor Kara Claypool

  December 6, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Spokane residents won’t soon forget Kara Claypool, the little girl who bravely waged a war against a big person’s disease. Sweet little Kara with her beautiful smile that helped light …

• Christmas Fund 1995 Christmas Angels Come In All Sizes Fund Accepting Gifts, Whether Big Or Little

  December 5, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Remember the movie “The Littlest Angel,” from the 1960s? The entire heavenly host was gathering gifts to present to the baby Jesus, who was about to be born. Some angels, …

• Christmas Fund 1995 Donations Come Straight From The Heart

  December 4, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Giving in memory of someone is such a heart-touching reason to make a gift to The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund. There isn’t a day goes by that someone doesn’t donate a …

• Group Forms To Aid Low-Income Residents Non-Profit Mission Community Outreach Center Aims To Offer A Variety Of Services To Five Neighborhoods

  November 30, 1995 in Washington Voices on Page N12 A group seeking to increase services to low-income residents in five North Side neighborhoods has organized and is seeking support. Officers of the Mission Community Outreach Center say they aim …

• Christmas Fund 1995 Welch Foundation Helps Out With Generosity Aplenty

  November 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A generous gift, a challenge and a bear hug! Wednesday’s mail for The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund held it all. What a great day. The Welch Foundation Inc., a years-long Christmas …

• Christmas Fund 1995 Unexpected Generosity Counters Commercialism Donation To Needy Lets Givers Reaffirm Spirit Of The Season

  November 26, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Unexpected gifts sometimes are the most exciting to receive. A few days before The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund began its drive this year, Pawn 1 Inc., 401 W. Main, mailed a …

• Season Of Need Strong Demand For Donated Food And Goods Has Valley Center Preparing For A Busy Holiday Season

  November 25, 1995 in Washington Voices on Page V1 1. Valley Center volunteer Scott Whitney helps load food into a family’s car. The center assisted 470 people with Thanksgiving food distribution. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Valley Center …

• Radiothon Collects $10,000 For Needy

  November 24, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 The second annual Christmas Radiothon pulled in almost $10,000, but it’s not too late to contribute to the fund that supplies toys and Christmas gifts to Shoshone County families in …

• Building Confidence Invaluable For Child

  November 8, 1995 in City on Page B6 Marilyn Hart, 42, Spokane

• Area Boy Scouts Collect Food For Holidays, Crisis Meals

  November 5, 1995 in City on Page B3 Spokane area Boy Scouts went door-to-door and collected more than 164,000 pounds of food Saturday during their annual food drive. The food will now be processed by the Spokane Food …

• Cans Film Festival Comes To Spokane

  November 2, 1995 in Features on Page D1 Three cans of food is all it will cost to see a movie tonight at any of the movie houses in Spokane, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls owned by Act …

• Jail Time For Your Best Of Friends March Of Dimes Holds ‘Jail And Bail’ Fund-Raiser At North Town

  October 9, 1995 in Features on Page C1 You might have to bail out some friends this week. Over the next three days, a few chosen “culprits” will be thrown into the slammer. No one will read them …

• Shop Owner Invites Help

  October 5, 1995 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Sherri Wheeler knows what it’s like to need something. That’s why she is donating clothes to Ruth Ross, the 74-year-old woman who lost her home and all of her belongings …

• Area Charities Already Struggling Groups Say They Can Offer The Poor Little Help If Welfare Cut

  September 23, 1995 in City on Page B1 Tina Clinenbeard, right, and her 13-year-old son, Jeremy Vickery, are struggling to remain off welfare, but charities and churches have turned them away and toward a system to which they …

• Homeless Veterans Offered Food, Clothes

  September 23, 1995 in City on Page B3 Homeless veterans are encouraged to come to Lewis and Clark High School today and Sunday to receive food, clothing and shelter. The 1995 Standdown for Homeless Veterans is planned for …

• At God’s Warehouse, Everything Is Free

  September 19, 1995 in City on Page B1 Keasha Miner, 4, waits to try on a cap while sister Jazmaine, 3, holds a stuffed elephant at God’s Warehouse. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review

• Woman Tracks Down Shoes For Needy L.A. Residents

  September 17, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A14 Pamela Leavitt did some sole searching this summer. The 35-year-old podiatrist went all-out hunting down donated shoes for the needy, including throwing a shoe-themed party recently for donors at her …

• United Way Launches Its Fall Campaign No Target Amount Announced As Goal For Annual Fund-Raiser

  September 14, 1995 in City on Page B1 No longer will the Spokane United Way campaign look like a Jerry Lewis telethon with volunteers biting their fingernails and monitoring the money meter. There is no goal this year. …

• Jerry Lewis Telethon Raises Record Amount

  September 5, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Jerry Lewis’ annual Labor Day telethon raised a record $47.8 million for the battle against muscular dystrophy, officials said Monday. The 30th annual telethon telethon, which began Sunday and ended …

• Sports People

  July 22, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Moses Kiptanui of Kenya narrowly missed the 3,000-meter steeplechase world record, Britain’s Olympic champion Linford Christie won the 100 meters and Michael Johnson, the world’s top-ranked runner in the 200 …

• Voluntary Yard Work United Way’s Day Of Caring Attracts Volunteers From Area Businesses

  July 22, 1995 in City on Page B1 Kaiser employee Joe Hoerner sprays water on dirt as workers fill a pit at the Children’s Home Society Friday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Youths Sell Lemonade To Help Fund Good Causes

  June 17, 1995 in Washington Voices on Page V4 Loren Harris. left, talks business strategy with his brother Stuart as the two man their roadside lemonade stand on Garry Road. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

• Punks Steal Little Girl’s Cancer Fund

  June 15, 1995 in City on Page B1 There is something worse than stealing candy from a baby. It happened the other day at Pop-Off’s, a Spokane burger joint at Mission and Greene. Three heartless punks ran off …

• Bike Trek Will Benefit Ms Society

  May 9, 1995 in Features on Page D8 The ninth annual Multiple Sclerosis Bike Tour kicks off on June 10 in Trout Creek, Mont. On the two-day, 150-mile trek, about 250 cyclists will pedal across Western Montana, North …

• Lions Club Raising Funds For Blind

  May 5, 1995 in City on Page B3 Lions Club members will hand out white canes and collect money for the blind today and Saturday in Spokane and North Idaho. Donations will go to the Lions Eye Bank …

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