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CARES ACT FUNDING, ALL IN WA BENEFIT CONCERT AND MORE – JUNE 19
SPOKANE COUNTY CARES ACT FUNDING
We are grateful to announce that on June 15, the Spokane County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of providing up to $2,139,500 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to Second Harvest. This funding is restricted to responding to the increased need for food assistance in Spokane County. It will exclusively cover food purchases along with staff and trucking resources to get food to where it’s needed most. Read more about how this funding will be used here, or watch this video.
ALL IN WA BENEFIT CONCERT
All in WA, a collection of nonprofits, government and business leaders, and philanthropic groups, will host a concert benefitting organizations in Washington working to address the COVID-19 crisis, including Second Harvest. The concert will air on Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel, through allinwa.org and on KREM and KSKN in Spokane. Performers include Dave Matthews, Pearl Jam, Macklemore, Brandi Carlile, Allen Stone and more. For more details about the concert, click here (note that the concert was originally scheduled for June 10). You can donate to the All in WA fund here.
(Allen Stone of Chewelah,
photo by Robert E. Klein of Invision/AP)
STREET MUSIC WEEK
Thank you to the talented performers and generous donors who helped make the 18th annual Street Music Week a success. The virtual event last week raised more than $27,000 to help get food to our neighbors in need during this crisis. A special thank you to Doug Clark and his team of volunteers who made sure this beloved tradition still happened safely amidst the pandemic. You can read more about this year’s Street Music Week here.
STORY OF HOPE
SNAP, who has been partnering with City of Spokane to respond to basic needs requests made by calling the city’s 311 line during the pandemic, reached out to Second Harvest this week to help a family of seven seeking food assistance while quarantining due to COVID-19.
SNAP directed their volunteer, Miracle, to Second Harvest’s Mobile Market distribution at West Central Community Center. Within 30 minutes of receiving the call requesting her help, SNAP’s “miracle” volunteer had picked up emergency food boxes from the distribution and was on her way to deliver them to the family. Thank you, SNAP, City of Spokane and Miracle for helping ensure everyone in our community can stay safe and get the food they need during this crisis!
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Gonzaga’s Dusty Stromer and Zilch: Teaming up to end hunger – March 29
Dusty Stromer understood from a young age that while his family had enough to eat, others in his circle were not so fortunate. Dusty had a courtside seat to food insecurity — he says that by age 10, he knew some of his friends came from households where food was not reliably available.
A freshman shooting guard on the men’s basketball team at Gonzaga University, Dusty recently got a close look at the fight against hunger by touring Second Harvest’s warehouse and helping to distribute free food through its Zilch program.
Grocery Rescue: Changing lives daily – March 22
Your visit to a local grocery store may seem like a routine, unimportant chore. That perfect strawberry, tomato or apple you select is made possible because different departments of your neighborhood store carefully maintain a standard for each product. But what happens when the banana is too green, or the strawberries are too ripe? That product is stranded and without rescue would find its way to the landfill. Thanks to stores partnering with Second Harvest’s Grocery Rescue program, that nutritious food is shared with partner agencies throughout the 26 counties in Eastern Washington and North Idaho served by Second Harvest.
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