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Difference Makers 2020

At the end of each year, The Spokesman-Review and its readers select area residents who have made a difference in the previous 12 months.

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  • Bob Lutz

    When a pandemic came to town, he had to make tough choices
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  • Kurtis Robinson

    Led NAACP's Spokane chapter through tumultuous 2020
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  • Ross Carper

    How Ross Carper and 30 refugee cooks plan to change Spokane through food
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  • Inland Northwest Health Care Workers

    As COVID persists, so do the Inland Northwest's health care workers
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  • Chad White

    The former "Top Chef" contestant is helping to Save the 509 and help small businesses survive the pandemic
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  • Rick Clark

    His Quaranteam raises thousands for area restaurants
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  • Ann Marie Shehan

    Hayden woman sews, gives away thousands of masks
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  • Betsy Williams

    The community's mother makes the whole place tick
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  • Educators

    As COVID-19 shifted how schools operate, educators needed to adapt
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  • Twa-le Abrahamson-Swan

    A 'modern-day warrior' who has coordinated wildfire, pandemic relief on reservations
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