Spokane Collaborates, Responds to Community Needs at Spokane Resource Center Brightly-colored abstract watercolors and sketches from local artists and local renderings of famous abolitionists like Stephen Douglass frame the spacious […]
SNAP Celebrates Partners at Appreciation Event
On Monday, May 20th, SNAP hosted its annual Partner Appreciation Event. This year, the venue changed to Nectar Downtown, where guests were treated to an assortment of cheese trays, appetizers, […]
Mainstream Electric, Local Churches Rally to Help
The cold didn’t have a chance in February thanks to some generous in-kind donations from our local partners. Mainstream Electric stepped up with a badly needed hot water heater at […]
Project Share Emerges as Winner through Avista Assists
Along with a record-setting 29 wins, a regular season conference title and another bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Gonzaga University women’s basketball team did their part to keep the […]
SNAP expands transportation service
When former client Robert got into the Medstar van operated by SNAP, he expected simply to receive a ride to Urgent Care. Instead, Medstar driver Kyle Chandler went above and […]
Legislative agenda signals hope for housing
From her chair as executive director of the Spokane Low Income Housing Consortium (SLIHC), Kay Murano has a birds-eye view of the area’s ongoing affordable housing shortage. “The need is […]
Inaugural WBC Competition celebrates business ingenuity
On June 20,SNAP Financial Access hosted the inaugural Women’s Business Center Competition featuring three dynamic, creative businesswomen narrowed down from a preliminary group of competitors.. The result was the […]
Comcast Cares Day a win for SNAP
SNAP was the beneficiary of the tremendous support from over 300 volunteers taking part in Spokane’s Comcast Cares Day this past April. Nationwide there were over 100,000 Comcast employees and […]
Skils’kin produces well-received Energy Assistance PSA
On the surface, it seemed like an unlikely pairing – a nonprofit that works to employ residents with disabilities collaborating with a nonprofit community action agency to produce a public […]
SNAP committee members impacted by homeless walking tour
On a brisk, overcast day last fall, a walk through downtown Spokane shed light on the plight of the homeless for members of SNAP’s Communication and Development Committee. The homeless […]