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• Spokane Valley Partners community garden could open soon

  May 4, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V1 At Spokane Valley Partners, plans are in the works to finally start its own community garden. Modern Electric has donated the use of about 2.4 acres behind the south parking …

• Ignite! obtains new venue in Spokane Valley

  February 16, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V1 For theater lovers who want options, Ignite! Community Theatre is hoping to fuel the flame at its home in the Spokane Valley Partners building, where it settled in September. “We …

• Classes prepare those seeking U.S. citizenship

  December 6, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have? How many voting members are there in the U.S. House of Representatives? Who does a U.S. senator represent? These are just three … 2

• Spokane Valley Partners offers backpacks, school supplies for needy students

  August 4, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V5 Families are probably starting to think about back-to-school shopping – most schools have their school supply lists already available. There are folders and notebooks, No. 2 pencils, pens, crayons and …

• Spokane Valley community garden taking shape

  July 26, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 In recent weeks, the food bank at Spokane Valley Partners, 10814 E. Broadway Ave., received seven truckloads of plants from Green Thumb Nursery and four truckloads of plants from PlantLand …

• Model of volunteerism

  October 15, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Longtime Spokane Valley Partners volunteer Rose Dimico was honored recently with an Everyday Hero award by the Spokane Valley Kiwanis at the Mirabeau Park Hotel. For 20 years, Dimico has …

• Spokane Valley Partners receives state funds for improvements

  August 6, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V3 Spokane Valley Partners, 10814 E. Broadway Ave., has received $100,000 in capital funds from the state to improve its facility. Ken Briggs, chief executive officer, said the funds will be …

• Hub of helpful activity

  July 9, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Any given Wednesday is a busy day at Spokane Valley Partners, 10814 E. Broadway Ave. Cars pack into the parking lot of the former church, their drivers waiting inside the …

• Coalition to provide swim passes for city, county low-income kids

  May 4, 2011 in City on Page A5 Invoking an image of kids peering through a fence at other children splashing in a public pool on a hot summer day, a Spokane-area coalition announced a plan on Tuesday … 3

• Organic delivery service now includes Spokane, Stone-Buhr flour donates to food banks

  March 16, 2011 in Food on Page C1 Organic food grower Full Circle Farms of Carnation, Wash., has expanded its farm-to-table delivery service to include Spokane. The farm, in the Snoqualmie Valley east of Seattle, offers subscribers a …

• Spokane Valley Partners cuts holiday toy program

  December 11, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley Partners, 10814 E. Broadway Ave., will not hold its annual Season of Sharing event this year. Chief Executive Officer Ken Briggs said Valley Partners had to tighten its … 3

• Deputies seek witness in jogger’s fatal injury

  October 7, 2010 in City on Page A6 Detectives are looking for a witness who helped alert Spokane Valley authorities last month to an injured jogger who later died. A motorist found retired pastor David W. Thorin, 71, …

• Serving up retirement

  May 8, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 After 19 years with the Spokane Valley Food Bank, Barbara Bennett, 67, has stepped down as the director and will be coming in only one day a week. “Barbara is …

• ChangePoint at work

  April 15, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Revs. Ian Robertson and Steve Wilson just can’t manage to stay retired. Both men retired from their pastor positions at the Spokane Valley Church of the Nazarene in recent …

• Partners feeling economy’s pinch

  February 27, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page V1 In these times of economic uncertainty, even outreach programs are put into the position of making cuts. Spokane Valley Partners, 10814 E. Broadway Ave., is making staff changes to help …

• Giving gift of memories

  December 26, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Families lined up early to have their chance at a free picture with Santa Claus Tuesday at Spokane Valley Partners. Some children were dressed in their best clothes for the …

• Critical turkey time

  November 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank director Barbara Bennett received a shipment of food Monday for her weekly food distribution, but she’s already casting a nervous eye toward Thanksgiving. More people … 1

• Spokane Valley church produces bountiful harvest

  September 17, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Business is booming at the Veradale United Church of Christ garden. Expanded space has produced hundreds more pounds of food for the Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank and harvesting should …

• SUITED FOR SUCCESS

  September 5, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 It just might be time to get rid of that size 4 suit you haven’t touched in years or that dress you decided didn’t flatter you. If you have some …

• Demand soars at food banks for homegrown produce

  August 9, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 It was already hot at 10 a.m. Outside the Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank, a couple dozen people were lined up in the blazing sun waiting for the 11 a.m. …

• Demand soars at food banks for homegrown produce

  August 8, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V6 It was already hot at 10 a.m. Outside the Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank, a couple dozen people were lined up in the blazing sun waiting for the 11 a.m. …

• Room to stock up

  August 6, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The new food bank warehouse at Spokane Valley Partners is nearly complete, and eager volunteers are already making use of a big new walk-in cooler and freezer. The new cooler …

• Demand soars at food banks for homegrown produce

  August 6, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S6 It was already hot at 10 a.m. Outside the Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank, a couple dozen people were lined up in the blazing sun waiting for the 11 a.m. …

• Edgecliff Neighborhood Center faces closure

  July 25, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Edgecliff neighborhood was devastated when Pratt Elementary was shut down in 2007, but residents managed to partially resurrect their neighborhood gathering place as the Edgecliff Neighborhood Center last year. …

• Valley Partners growing

  March 21, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 After more than a year of planning and raising money, Spokane Valley Partners has finally broken ground on a new food warehouse at its location on East Broadway that is …

• In brief: Valentine cards being collected for students

  January 29, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V3 It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and Spokane Valley Partners is once again collecting valentines to be distributed to low-income students in its annual Have a Heart program. Free cards are distributed …