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• Program looks to feed kids when local schools cannot

  December 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V9 It’s the Wednesday before the long Thanksgiving weekend and most of the students at Hillyard’s Shaw Middle School are looking forward to a few days off with family and a … 2

• At food bank, holidays come with high demand

  November 24, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Protein is a rare thing in Rod Wieber’s world. And the chief resource officer for Second Harvest Food Bank is especially aware of the protein shortage during the one-two punch …

• Charities look to stock up as holiday season approaches

  November 13, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 For many, the holiday season is a time to gather with family and friends and share a special meal. A warm holiday meal might be even more special to those …

• Volunteers gather 30,000 pounds of produce for food bank

  November 6, 2011 in City on Page B1 An apple a day can help keep hunger at bay. And thousands of pounds of apples can feed a lot of hungry people. More than 200 volunteers descended on Green … 3

• Volunteers harvest food for area hungry

  November 5, 2011 in City An apple a day can help keep hunger at bay. And thousands of pounds of apples can feed a lot of hungry people. More than 200 volunteers descended on Green … 1

• To those needing shelter, Spokane Valley woman’s door is open

  April 13, 2011 in City on Page A1 There is a home in a part of the Spokane Valley that has seen better days, a home where poor, forgotten people have found a safe place to rest along …

• Longtime leader Stuckart leaving helm of nonprofit SNAP

  April 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 Few people have done as much to pull Spokane residents out of poverty as Larry Stuckart, who will step down as executive director of SNAP next month after 20 years … 2

• Lighthouse offers home, fresh start

  November 28, 2010 in City on Page B1 When Ashlee Erickson got out of jail a couple of weeks ago, she had only the shorts and top she wore the day she was arrested last summer. There to … 2

• Lighthouse of Hope a beacon for homeless women

  November 27, 2010 in City When Ashlee Erickson got out of jail a couple of weeks ago, she had only the shorts and top she wore the day she was arrested last summer. There to … 2

• Events aim to raise awareness of hunger, homelessness

  November 17, 2010 in City on Page A6 Food for Thought, the annual Shalom Ministries dinner in observance of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week will be Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m.

• A meal with a side of good company

  June 30, 2010 in City on Page A1 Serving free hot dogs and hamburgers in the parking lot of a north-central Spokane church isn’t a paying gig. It’s the smiles that bring Julie Gardner out in a green …

• Kay Porta’s efforts sparked group that’s helped thousands

  April 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 Kay Porta helped unload the first big truckload of food that rolled into the Spokane Food Bank in 1971. “I remember when we got a thousand pounds of canned salmon … 1

• Company donates food, funds to Second Harvest

  December 16, 2009 in City on Page A6 There was a little something extra in Tuesday’s food giveaway by Second Harvest Inland Northwest to West Central residents. During a ceremony at the West Central Community Center, attended by …

• Amy Goodman: Hunger numbers intolerable

  November 20, 2009 in Opinion on Page A15 “In the next 60 seconds, 10 children will die of hunger,” says a United Nations World Food Programme online video. It continues, “For the first time in humanity, over 1 …

• Recession raises numbers at free meals, food banks

  November 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 The recession is finding its way to the dinner table for more and more people. A new federal survey shows the number of people without a steady, reliable supply of … 1

• Week’s programs spotlight poverty

  November 12, 2009 in City on Page A6 Spokane and Coeur d’Alene will join communities throughout the nation next week in recognizing the toll the economic downturn has taken on people’s lives. In Spokane, Hunger and Homelessness Awareness … 1

• 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

• Second Harvest lands one sweet donation

  October 1, 2009 in City on Page A7 Second Harvest Inland Northwest, the region’s largest food distribution center, received 15 tons of sweet corn from a Moses Lake farm Wednesday. The donation from Hirai Farms through its charitable …

• Idaho kids among most ‘food insecure’

  June 2, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – A new nationwide study of child hunger shows Idaho making two top-10 lists – one measuring the most improvement in rates of child hunger, and another showing it …

• More kids qualify for meal assistance

  February 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 If the number of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals is an indicator of poverty in school districts, then Eastern Washington and North Idaho are getting poorer. School districts …

• Demand up for free, reduced-price school meals

  February 17, 2009 in City If the number of students qualifying for free- or reduced-price meals is an indicator of poverty within local school districts, then Eastern Washington and North Idaho are getting poorer.

• Events spotlight homelessness, hunger

  November 15, 2008 in City on Page B2 Take a look at America’s homeless: They are families with children, men and women with jobs that don’t pay enough, battered women, despondent veterans and people with mental illness or …

• Braving the rain for a cause

  June 8, 2008 in City on Page B1 With food prices soaring – along with the numbers of struggling area families needing help – food bank operators were hoping a vintage car show and concert Saturday would start …

• Feeding The World Global Population Growing, Grain Harvests Not

  November 10, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 Decade by decade, the land has provided - wheat fields, rice paddies, bulging silos of corn keeping pace with a growing world population. But now the grain harvests have leveled …