Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Bureau helps promote reading

  November 25, 2012 in City on Page A1 Books have the power to entertain, educate and enrich lives. Like a vehicle, they transport the reader to another place or time, making current cares fade to the background. They’re …

• Teen shelter seeks help after federal grants cut

  October 25, 2012 in City on Page A5 A local emergency teen shelter is struggling to keep its doors open on weekends after two federal grants were not renewed. Spokane’s Crosswalk Teen Shelter was going to close on … 8

• Celebrity fashion show will benefit Hope House

  October 11, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V9 Tickets are on sale for Volunteers of America’s 14th annual Hope House Celebrity Fashion Show on Oct. 26 at the Doubletree Hotel, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court. The event begins …

• Celebrity fashion show to benefit Hope House

  October 11, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Tickets are on sale for Volunteers of America’s 14th annual Hope House Celebrity Fashion Show on Oct. 26 at the Doubletree Hotel, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court. The event begins …

• Teacher at Crosswalk Teen Shelter helps struggling students

  February 28, 2011 in City on Page A1 Teacher Ken Jernberg is unflappable among the chaos at Crosswalk, a Spokane teen homeless shelter. One day last week, a few unfocused teens flitted around the 3

• Program helps young adults aging out of foster care system

  January 20, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page N1 Eighteen can be an exciting age. Many young people anticipate attending college, while others plan to work or join the military. And most are eager to move out from under … 1

• Still time to make Christmas Fund donations

  December 26, 2010 in City on Page A1 Today is the last day to donate online to this year’s Christmas Fund. Readers can donate via PayPal at spokesman.com/sections/ christmas-fund . PayPal deducts a small amount for its services.

• Fundraising goal in sight for Christmas Fund

  December 24, 2010 in City on Page A1 Garco Construction has donated $30,000 to the Christmas Fund – a gift made in gratitude, according to the Spokane company’s leaders. Along with work for private clients, the company completed …

• Bulk of bureau’s 10,700 recipients from Spokane

  December 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 They came from near and far, but mostly near. Preliminary numbers from this year’s Christmas Bureau show that the vast majority of the adults and children served live in Spokane …

• Christmas Fund gets boost from $15,000 donation

  December 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 Thanks to $15,000 from AmericanWest Bank, of Spokane, and gifts from more than 100 others, the Christmas Fund is inching closer to its goal. The fund pays the bills for …

• Bureau wraps up season, but fundraising continues

  December 21, 2010 in City on Page A1 People served by the Christmas Bureau: More than 35,000. Money still to raise after today’s fundraising tally: More than $150,000.

• For poor, Christmas Bureau aid makes big difference

  December 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 Once she’s done with radiation and chemotherapy, Tricia Stannard hopes to study business. That way she can team up with her husband, who takes auto mechanics classes, to form a …

• Teens help with Christmas Bureau child care

  December 17, 2010 in City on Page A1 Ben Donnelly, 16, has a trick when it comes to child care: Build towers out of Mega Bloks – way over his own head – and let the kids knock …

• Crosswalk shelter seeking teen gifts

  December 16, 2010 in City on Page A7 Crosswalk, the shelter for homeless and at-risk teenagers, is in need of presents for its annual Christmas party.

• faith in generosity

  December 15, 2010 in City on Page A1 Michael Goldstein was the only man in a yarmulke at the Christmas Bureau on Tuesday. Temple Beth Shalom’s new rabbi called the event “a beautiful thing.”

• Low overhead keeps donations headed toward those in need

  December 14, 2010 in City on Page A1 People served at the Christmas Bureau operate on tight budgets. So does the Christmas Bureau. The bureau’s business expenses total 4.3 percent or less of its budget – meaning donated …

• When it comes to kids’ literary wish lists, she’s got it covered

  December 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 Tana Carosella, 67, stood ready behind stacks of books at the Christmas Bureau, greeting parents and asking their children’s ages and interests. At the table for the littlest kids, ages …

• Volunteers, mostly retirees, relish returning to Christmas Bureau

  December 12, 2010 in City on Page A1 They give, and they get. Most of them retirees, the hundreds of volunteers at the Christmas Bureau give their time, and they give the benefit of their experience. They are …

• Bureau provides toys, vouchers for 5,000-plus on opening day

  December 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 In a line two and four people wide and extending from the Christmas Bureau into the fairgrounds parking lot, April Couturier stood near the end Thursday morning. That was after …

• Loaded with toys, Christmas Bureau opens

  December 9, 2010 in City on Page A1 Towers of toys, tables stacked with children’s books, and a small army of volunteers are ready for a crowd today at the Christmas Bureau. No hurry, though.

• Christmas Bureau prepares for Thursday opening

  December 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 The first of five trucks stuffed with toys backed into a cavernous building just after 9 Tuesday morning, its trailer striped with green and red. Coincidence? Well, yes. That’s the …

• Teddy Bear Toss a total score for kids

  December 7, 2010 in City on Page A1 The idea was to hurl teddy bears onto the ice when the Spokane Chiefs scored their first goal. But when a penalty was called just before Collin Valcourt knocked in … 3

• Country Jammers’ dances generate Christmas Fund donation

  December 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 Starting six years ago, “a bunch of retired fellas and their wives” put together an accordion and a gutbucket, a harmonica and some vocals, and called it a band. Thanks …

• Early gifts launch Christmas Fund

  November 29, 2010 in City on Page A1 For some generous souls, holiday giving knows no season. Alternatively, they were running a little behind and their checks arrived too late to be tallied in last year’s Christmas Fund. …

• Nonprofit donations difficult to predict

  November 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 When it comes to asking people for money to support their social, cultural and educational missions, nonprofit organizations face mixed signals. On the one hand, a ranking of the nation’s … 19

• Program eases transition for formerly incarcerated veterans

  November 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 Al Hadlock would be the first person to tell you how bad he messed up his life. When federal officers finally caught up with 3

• Somebody needs you

  March 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S12 The goal of Somebody Needs You is to match donors with the specific requests of needy Spokane residents. The list of requests is coordinated by Volunteers of America in cooperation …