Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Let’s fill the food bank shelves again this year

  April 5, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S4 If gardening in the Inland Northwest has taught me anything it is that gardeners here are generous beyond belief. Case in point: Spokane and Inland Northwest gardeners donated 287,067 pounds …

• Students share talents in benefit piano recital

  March 22, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 If the early afternoon commuters blasting by on Five Mile Road could hear the music being played inside Naomi Wilson’s little Victorian house, they’d surely stop to listen. Wilson is …

• Spotlight: Bing will host accordion-fest

  February 5, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Spokane this fall will play host to a prestigious accordion competition. Really.

• 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

• Gluttony, for a good cause

  September 3, 2011 in City Pig Out in the Park isn’t all about gluttony. It can be about giving, too. Four people won a chance to compete in Ben and Jerry’s Vermonster ice cream eating … 7

• Plant a Row program boosting food banks

  August 20, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V7 Hope is something Keith Burgeson has a lot of right now. As coordinator for Second Harvest’s Plant a Row for the Hungry program he is working hard to gather donations …

• Plant a Row program boosting food banks

  August 18, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Hope is something Keith Burgeson has a lot of right now. As coordinator for Second Harvest’s Plant a Row for the Hungry program he is working hard to gather donations …

• Clark: Mayor sings for food bank; other candidates welcome

  June 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 Mary Verner became a history-making Spokane mayor on Wednesday. No, it didn’t have anything to do with her current attempt to become the first two-term mayor since Spokane had a … 3

• Religion Notebook: Interfaith service seeks donations for food bank

  November 25, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N2 The Spokane Interfaith Council is presenting an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service today at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127 E. 12th Ave. The theme will be …

• 3 Wash. food banks benefit from vitamin settlement

  November 24, 2010 in Region Three food bank programs will be splitting $570,000 from the state just in time for Thanksgiving.

• 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

• Healthy snack time

  January 30, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Students participating in the YMCA after-school program in eight elementary schools across the greater Spokane Valley will now receive free snacks from Second Harvest. The food bank has set up …

• Millwood church hosts food bank monthly

    December 17, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Millwood Presbyterian Church is no stranger to food. The church hosts a weekly farmers market that takes food stamps and the Rev. Craig Goodwin has a blog focused on food …

• 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 …

• Volunteers, Green Bluff farms join to help feed the hungry

    November 4, 2009 in Food on Page C1 The signs said “closed” at most Green Bluff farms, but the parking lots were filled with cars and buses as almost 400 volunteers descended for the final pick of the … 2

• Concerts planned this week at churches

  October 3, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V8 Music is in the air this week as two Spokane Valley churches prepare to host concerts. Several Christian bands will perform today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Spokane …