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Tacky Tree

By Huckleberry Press / December 22, 2022 /
reindeer ornament

Once upon a time I thought I might be one of those people who matched their gift wrapping to their Christmas tree trimmings. I don’t know why I thought I was that person but my ideas of coordinating bows and lights, garland and beads, soon disintegrated.

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Dynamo in Difference-Making: Mariah McKay

By Huckleberry Press / November 9, 2022 /
SIMBA Networking Group

The dictionary definition of dynamite is a person having a spectacular effect. Dynamic means characterized by constant change, activity, or progress. A second definition is a person with a positive attitude full of energy and new ideas.

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Spokane Fall Folk Festival: Spokane’s Premier Multicultural Music & Dance Event!

By Huckleberry Press / October 28, 2022 /

We’re BACK! It has been two years since the Folk Festival in Spokane has been a live event. 2019 had the largest attendance in 24 years. As the pandemic set…

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A HOPE MOVEMENT: Non-profit Serves Struggling Workers in the Restaurant and Hospitality Industry

By Huckleberry Press / October 13, 2022 /
spokane chefs

SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE US. In 2009, Big Table launched in Spokane for a simple reason. There wasn’t a single non-profit nationally caring for those working in the restaurant and…

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Spokane Helpers Network: Connecting Neighbors To Emergency Needs

By Huckleberry Press / October 2, 2022 /
Susan McDonald Osborn

The last couple of years, many Spokane residents and businesses have experienced financial struggles unlike any they had seen before. Many Spokane residents had lost their jobs and had to wait for extended periods to get unemployment and other urgent benefits.

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Sinead Voorhees: Ireland’s Gift to Whitworth University’s MBA Program

By Huckleberry Press / September 30, 2022 /
Sinead Voorhees

by Amy McGarry Seeing potential is one of Sinead Voorhees’s superpowers. She’s found a perfect role to put that superpower to use as Whitworth University’s assistant dean of graduate studies…

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Kalispel Career Training Center Offers Skilled Trades Education and Leads to Job Creation

By Huckleberry Press / September 19, 2022 /
Kalispel Casino

In the early 1970s, the Kalispel Tribe embarked on an entrepreneurial venture that led to the development of an invaluable partnership between enterprise and career training on the Tribe’s reservation in Cusick, WA.

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Keeping kids clothed and confident-Teen and Kid Closet

By Huckleberry Press / September 19, 2022 /
Teen and Kid Closet Team

Area youth have been able to depend on a Spokane non-profit to help them get new or gently used clothing items and confidently shop in the store for needed items.

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Great Pumpkinfest helps feed area youth

By Huckleberry Press / September 19, 2022 /
pumpkinfest

In a couple of weeks area residents can find thousands of pumpkins available for purchase, and all of the proceeds will be given to various local non-profit organizations.

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Local cattlemen group helps feed veterans

By Huckleberry Press / September 3, 2022 /
Spokane County Cattlemen

photo and article by Matthew O. Stephens Residents of the Spokane Veterans Home can trust they will have some extra meat in their meals thanks to a donation of nearly…

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