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News >  Washington Voices

Street-corner donors feed volunteer’s dreams

Fundraising in a flaccid economy is a challenge. Even established nonprofit organizations are struggling because people hold on to their change and cut back on charity as their paychecks shrink. So when a young woman sets out to raise funds for a return trip to volunteer at a poor, rural hospital in the African nation of Chad, what is she to do?
News >  Washington Voices

Vintage fashions still popular today

Vintage is trendy, there’s no way around it. And who hasn’t listened with envy to the stories of the to-die-for dress that was only $5 hanging unnoticed on a rack in the back of a charity store? Some shoppers really have a knack for finding that diamond in the rough – they delight in going through piles of sweaters and stacks of pants, just to find that one great buy. Others simply don’t have the patience or the time for that, but still would like to save a buck or two, and that’s where vintage clothing boutiques come in.
News >  Idaho Voices

Vintage fashions still popular today

Vintage is trendy, there’s no way around it. And who hasn’t listened with envy to the stories of the to-die-for dress that was only $5 hanging unnoticed on a rack in the back of a charity store? Some shoppers really have a knack for finding that diamond in the rough – they delight in going through piles of sweaters and stacks of pants, just to find that one great buy. Others simply don’t have the patience or the time for that, but still would like to save a buck or two, and that’s where vintage clothing boutiques come in.
News >  Washington Voices

Convertible club, Red Hat Society donate pop tops

The Inland Empire Convertible Club and the Ladies of the Red Hat Society in Spokane Valley have collected 500,000 pop tops – the little aluminum pull tabs from pop cans – and they are donating them to Spokane’s Ronald McDonald House on Saturday at 4 p.m. Bud Dohler, a member of the Inland Empire Convertible Club for the last 28 years, said they first collected and donated pop tops about five years ago.
News >  Washington Voices

Shops offer vintage fashions that are still popular

Vintage is trendy, there’s no way around it. And who hasn’t listened with envy to the stories of the to-die-for dress that was only $5 hanging unnoticed on a rack in the back of a charity store? Some shoppers really have a knack for finding that diamond in the rough – they delight in going through piles of sweaters and stacks of pants, just to find that one great buy. Others simply don’t have the patience or the time for that, but still would like to save a buck or two, and that’s where vintage clothing boutiques come in.
News >  Washington Voices

Monument to honor bravery of Spokane soldier and father

When Army Sgt. 1st Class Bruce A. Grandstaff volunteered for duty in Vietnam in 1966 he left his two young daughters behind. When he lost his life on May 18, 1967, in Pleiku Province, Vietnam, Grandstaff left not only a legacy of heroism for saving at least eight of his men and giving warning to other platoons, he also left personal legacy of bravery for his children. “He was the primary caretaker for my sister and I,” said Grandstaff’s daughter Tami Grandstaff-Chamberlain, standing next to the new monument last week. “He had two little girls. It was a huge responsibility for him to be a father and a soldier at the same time.”
News >  Washington Voices

Festival an introduction to backyard poultry farming

A chicken is a humble bird. For ages it has scoured barnyards and gardens for spills of grain and a few insects here and there. It has dined on kitchen scraps and bruised fruit, pecked at worms and yard waste, all to produce a daily egg and often end its days in the soup pot. So it’s about time it gets its own celebration. On Saturday One World Spokane and PEACH Community Farm are putting on a chicken festival, and it’s an urban one at that; it will be held just off Sprague Avenue at the heart of the International District.
News >  Washington Voices

Barton School marks 42nd year with open house

The Barton School is celebrating World Literacy Day and the beginning of its 42nd school year with an open house on Wednesday. The school teaches English to foreign language speakers and had between 43 and 48 students last year. “It’s free. The teachers are all volunteers, the staff is volunteer, the secretaries volunteer,” said the school’s director Mildred Scheel. “We do one-on-one tutoring for adults. It started out as a school for American born foreign language speakers – but now it’s mostly foreign born students that we see.”
News >  Washington Voices

Input shapes Hillyard neighborhood group’s plan

Hillyard has a plan, and it’s a detailed one. For the last four years the neighborhood has been in a community development and strategic planning process that involved anyone who wanted to participate. Thousands of testimonials from neighbors, business owners and visitors have been collected at Hillyard events, entered into spreadsheets, analyzed and organized, and finally narrowed down to a report with 10 focus areas.
News >  Washington Voices

Youth group gains momentum as it branches out in Hillyard

Sometimes there really is a check in the mail, and sometimes it’s a big one. When Spokane Youth for Christ began looking at expanding its mission from West Central to Hillyard, finding funding and a new building was a top priority. That’s when an anonymous private donor gave the center $50,000 – with some strings attached.