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Homeless charity snubs Spokane order

Jessica Kovac, founder of Blessings Under the Bridge, hands out candy to families in need as they wait for a Christmas dinner on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. Blessings has told the city of Spokane it’s not moving anywhere, after the city in May gave the nonprofit 120 days to find a new location. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
Jessica Kovac, founder of Blessings Under the Bridge, hands out candy to families in need as they wait for a Christmas dinner on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016. Blessings has told the city of Spokane it’s not moving anywhere, after the city in May gave the nonprofit 120 days to find a new location. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)

Blessings Under the Bridge – the nonprofit organization providing free meals under the Interstate 90 bridge every Wednesday evening – has told the city of Spokane that it’s not moving anywhere.

Last May, the city gave Blessings 120 days to find a new location. But the order hasn’t been followed up with plans to find the homeless feeding program a new space. So Jessica Kovac, founder and CEO of Blessing, said she intends to stay.

“If we can’t serve meals in the location we are in now, then we will start serving meals on the sidewalk nearby instead,” Kovac said/Pia Hallenberg, SR. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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