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Students, community make regalia for the first Pauline Flett Pow Wow
Posted by Theresa Tanner on 3/25/2024Originally published May 19, 2023
“For a long time, Indigenous people couldn’t be who we are – our culture was banned,” said SPS Native Education coordinator Tamika LaMere, a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. “For me personally, ribbon skirts and shirts are a symbol of Indigenous pride, of resiliency, of power. It shows that we are still here.”
This week, about 25 students, school staff and community members gathered at Flett Middle School for a Ribbon Skirt and Shirt making workshop with Spokane Schools Native Education, in preparation for the first ever Pauline Flett Pow Wow on Saturday, May 20, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
In the later part of the 18th century, European colonizers brought silk ribbons and other items to trade with the Anishinaabe people in the Great Lakes region. The ribbons were used as an appliqué to decorate garments like skirts and shawls, and the craft was adopted by tribes throughout Turtle Island – the name of the North American continent among many Indigenous tribes.
The practice had all but vanished by the early 1900s as the U.S. government separated tribes from their homelands and ways of life, but a resurgence of Native American cultural traditions and activism helped to revive the craft in the 1970s. Today, garments adorned with ribbons are often worn at native cultural events, like pow wows. More information and history about ribbon work can be found at Milwaukee Public Museum.
At this week’s workshop, measurements were taken, then fabric was cut by Anna Eagle Bear, an SPS Multi-Tiered System of Supports specialist who is a member of the Diné tribe. Students, staff, and community volunteers cut ribbons and affixed them with basting adhesive before the fabric was sewn together. Everyone supported one another, whether showing someone how to use a sewing machine or helping to pick out and place ribbons.
“They can choose whatever fabric and colors speak to them as an individual,” Tamika said, as students laid out ribbons across patterned fabric.
See more photos of the activity on Facebook.
The students will have the opportunity to wear their regalia at the inaugural Pauline Flett Pow Wow on Saturday, which is being organized in collaboration with multiple individuals and organizations to honor Pauline Pascal Flett and her legacy; check out this video by KSPS to learn more about Spokane Tribe elder Pauline Flett and her lifelong efforts to save the Spokane Salish language:
Flett principal Dr. Matthew Henshaw hopes to expand opportunities for students to connect with Native cultural traditions next year, with more workshops to make regalia and learn songs and dances in preparation for the new tradition at the school.
Learn more about the first Pauline Flett Pow Wow and thank you to the community partners that are sponsoring this event: WSU Spokane Native American Health Sciences, Salish School of Spokane, The NATIVE Project, University of Washington, Sister Sky, Elk Soup, and Spokane Tribe of Indians.
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Shadle Park students learn about Tuskegee legacy during Black History Month
Posted by Theresa Tanner on 3/6/2024On Thursday, Feb. 29, Shadle Park High School’s College & Career Center hosted a special presentation for Black History Month: “The Power of Legacy: A Tuskegee Airman” featuring Rhonda Leonard-Horwith.
Ms. Leonard-Horwith, a retired attorney, is the daughter of retired United States Air Force Lt. Col. Harlan Quetin Leonard Jr. (1926-2023), a Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTA) who attended pilot training at Tuskegee in 1944.
Every week, Shadle Park High School College and Career Readiness Specialist April Eberhardt invites different speakers to share with students about their careers for “Empowerment Thursdays.”
“Students don’t know what they don’t know,” explained Ms. Eberhardt. “So this gives them some inspiration about what they may want to do, and find the personal connections with people about how they got where they were going.”
She’ll often ask students what they’re interested in – forensics, occupational therapy, banking, poetry – and reach out to professionals in those industries.
“Inspire, empower and expose,” is what Ms. Eberhardt wants for her students, so she can help them figure out what they need to do now as a student to make those dreams a reality – whether that’s filling out the FAFSA for financial aid to pursue college, vocational training, or an apprentice program, or coordinating internship opportunities for a student’s Career & Technical Education pathway.
“Living history”
When Ms. Eberhardt met Ms. Leonard-Horwith and heard her story, she knew she had to get her in to speak with Shadle Park students.
“Her father was a trailblazer, but still experienced discrimination and segregation. It’s important for students to hear her story, especially for Black History Month. She’s living history.”In Shadle Park’s auditorium, dressed in a flight suit and jacket with Tuskegee and Air Force patches in honor of her father, Ms. Leonard-Horwith shared with students her and her father’s personal histories, as well as the challenges and impact of the first African American pilots for the United States military.
“They had a double victory because they had two wars to fight: One in Europe in World War II, and one in America against segregation,” she told students, emphasizing that military leaders even doubted that Black pilots could fly aircrafts until First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt took a flight with aviator Charles Alfred Anderson Sr. in 1941.
Ms. Leonard-Horwith spoke about growing up on military bases in Maryland, where Black service members had a 4 p.m. curfew because it was too dangerous in the area for them to be out after dark. “I was sick with worry for my father.”
She also experienced discrimination herself, as her high school guidance counselor discouraged her from going to college. “’You people don’t do well there, you cook there,’” she was told. She was accepted to several universities, including her alma mater, the University of California, Riverside.
And her father always challenged her to do better than him. “He had one degree, so I got two.” She shared about her professional goals and accomplishments, and how she follows the Six Guiding Principles of Tuskegee Airmen: Aim High, Use Your Brain, Believe in Yourself, Be Ready to Go, Expect to Win and Never Quit.
It has been an honor for Ms. Leonard-Horwith to see her father and the legacy of Tuskegee airmen honored in recent years with a Congressional Gold Medal, floats in parades, statues and memorials in the United State and Italy, and even a big screen portrayal in the 2012 film “Red Tails.”
“It was a wonderful presentation,” Shadle sophomore Nikita Habimana said. “It was insightful and enlightening. It’s inspiring for young people of color – for everyone – because it helps us see that we can do anything we put our minds to.”
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National School Counseling Week: Emily Magnuson and Alicia Shenefelt
Posted by Kevin Dudley on 2/9/2024Emily Magnuson is a counselor at Lewis & Clark High School, where she works with ninth graders and English Language Learners (ELL)—students of all high school grades who recently relocated to the United States.
Emily’s been at Lewis & Clark since 2021 and has been a school counselor since 2017.
As part of National School Counseling Week, Emily sat down with us to share her unique role.
What are the needs of your students?
With my ninth-grade students, I’d say the biggest needs are lessons on time management, communication, navigating social relationships and self-advocacy. I help them communicate accurately with their parents or guardians about their grades and help them stay ahead of things instead of playing catch up. I also do a lot of general time management process lessons with them to help them map out their time. That transition from middle school to high school can be difficult for some.With my English Language Learner students, it really depends on their situation and where they’re coming from. I’ve worked with a lot of refugee students and students who have lived in the U.S. for several years but are still receiving English services. The cultural complexities of joining a U.S. high school are very challenging. We also work on expectations, how we process things, how transcripts are evaluated, how credits are awarded—there’s a huge learning curve. I’ve also worked with kids who’ve never seen a computer before. That enrollment meeting and learning curve is going to look a lot different than a ninth grader transferring in from another school.
Going from living in a refugee camp or different countries to our school system is a big change. The differences in dress, interaction, social/cultural norms, all those things are sitting in front of me. I’ve had students who’ve fled war torn areas, so, for instance, emergency protocols and drills can be very triggering. So, there are the nuts and bolts of the job like classes, credits, and learning, but there’s also the dynamic of becoming part of the U.S. culture and what our school system looks like. It just comes down to experience and empathizing with them and listening to their stories and getting to know them on an individual level.
What kinds of things do you address when students come to your office?
It’s such a wide spectrum. It’s anything from future planning careers and higher education and graduation planning to crisis response, mental health needs, students’ relationships, career goals, dealing with culture clashes. You name it, in an hour I can see all those things.What’s something the public might not know about school counselors?
At their core, counselors are strong student advocates and have a very unique opportunity to support students in the in-between. When you think of school, you think of math, science, English. We’re the gel that holds all that together.The role of the school counselor has evolved and continues to do so. It’s so much more than organizing student schedules. Every child is important to us.
Alicia Shenefelt is the ninth grade counselor at North Central High School, a place she’s been for the past four years. She has nine years of experience as a school counselor.
As part of National School Counseling Week, Spokane Public Schools is featuring counselors from its schools all week. Alicia sat down with us recently to share what she sees everyday in her role at North Central.
What are the needs of your high school students?
Right now with freshman, we’re working on school behaviors like staying in class, getting assignments done, prioritizing, communicating, follow-through, responsibility, those kinds of things.We also have a ninth grade homework center, which is really rad. Staff help students with goals, grades, communication with teachers, advocating for themselves and just overall responsibility and accountability that is a step up from middle school.
What do high school counselors focus on at each grade level?
In 10th grade, it’s still a little bit more about fine tuning skills and building their academic confidence. By 10th grade hopefully they have some credits under their belt and we’re making bigger plans, which is fun.By junior year, a lot of different doors open. They can go to NEWTech, and On Track Academy opens up to students. We also get to talk about college and post-high school. Junior year is still the hardest academically, which is cool because they’re ready for it.
Senior year is so much of making sure we’ve met every requirement, making sure that kids who are ready for college are getting their applications in and their FAFSA done. We communicate with parents a lot and answer all the questions that have to do with having a senior in high school.
With such a large student body in our high schools, what’s the range of things counselors address?
In just the last week alone, we’ve had things range from ‘My boyfriend broke up with me,’ or ‘I lost this paper,’ or ‘I’m having bad thoughts and I need help,’ and everything in between. We have some freshman who are still young in their minds, and that’s fine because it’s developmentally appropriate. So, it’s ‘My friend is mad at me,’ to ‘I can’t find my paper and my mom will be mad because my grade will be lower’ to ‘We’re going to be homeless tomorrow.’ So, we have a huge variety of needs, and that is the same for every grade level.There’s a big prioritizing piece for counselors. You can have a list of what you’re doing that day, but if a kid comes in with some big mental health needs or at-home needs, those things always come first. We never know who’s going to walk in the door.
What is something the public might not know about high school counselors?
A school counselor is kind of a gatekeeper. We’re not a mental health therapist, we’re not an academic specialist. We get to kind of field the different resources. When students come in the door, we find what will work for them. Oftentimes that helps us build a relationship and can have a check-in. We’re not a weekly meeting resource. We refer out to others for that.Over the four years, we do get to see each kid for a different reason, which is cool. We get to spend time with everybody.
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National School Counseling Week: Kitty Hennessey, Flett Middle School
Posted by Kevin Dudley on 2/7/2024Kitty Hennessey has approximately 30 years of experience as a school counselor. She’s been in elementary schools, middle schools and high schools. Currently, she is the counselor for all seventh grade students and half of the sixth grade class at Flett Middle School.
As part of National School Counseling Week, we sat down with Kitty to learn about her role as a school counselor for middle school students.
What are the needs of middle school students?
This age is the biggest point of growth they will have physically, emotionally, with their brain, since they were born. If you think about the amount of change they’re dealing with, it’s huge. We have kids dealing with things developmentally and we try and figure out how to regulate, how to be a student, and all of this is on top of the needs in their environment, which can be hard.Middle school kids, because of their development, don’t always read things correctly. So, sometimes they interpret conflict or stress differently from what it might be in reality. They think people are mad at them a lot, when it’s really just, ‘Oh, I just told you sit down until ten after.’ We do a lot of helping them regulate those emotions.
It’s also a hard time for parents. Kids are high energy at home and here. They need a lot of love and care. They need strong boundaries, high love and high expectations.
From a counselor’s point of view, what’s the focus on this age level?
First and foremost, it’s teaching them how to regulate. If they’re not regulated, they can’t do what they need to do, so we help them build the tools to regulate. Elementary schools do a nice job of starting that process and it’s really important for us to use the same lessons and put it into practice here so we can pass them on to high school.Discipline and those things are important and we’re part of that, but we’re here to help them prepare and learn the skills to get along.
What growth do you see from grade 6 to 8?
First of all, they’re not going to look the same. We can laugh at that, but it’s a big deal. It’s also emotional growth. They’ll make huge growth one year and I say, ‘I want you to remember this feeling.’ Then when they get to eighth grade, we can say, ‘Do you remember?’ and they say, ‘Yes!’ and they laugh at the feeling of growth.We teach that hopefulness, that things get better. Sometimes kids get stuck in it and don’t know how to get out and can’t see that life will get better.
Social media is also really hard on our middle schoolers. They want it, but they can’t always make sense of it. It’s 24/7 and it’s a lot to ask of middle school kids.
What’s something the public might not know about middle school counselors?
Sometimes it’s like triage. I can set my day, but I never know what it’ll be like, which is part of what I like. I get to think about things deeply every day. Middle schoolers are hilarious. I cry, and there are things that should move you to tears because students are dealing with a lot. And then there are things that make me think deeply. I often think, ‘How can I be an agent for positive things?’ or something will present itself and I need to think creatively and be part of a plan. I would also say it’s one of the most hopeful age groups because you see change, and right before your eyes sometimes. -
National School Counseling Week: Mary Wetzel, Lincoln Heights Elementary
Posted by Kevin Dudley on 2/5/2024Mary Wetzel has been a school counselor for 11 years at Lincoln Heights Elementary and was previously a school counselor at Chase Middle School and Ferris High School.
As part of National School Counseling Week, Spokane Public Schools is featuring counselors from its schools all week. Mary sat down with us recently to share the ins and outs of her role at Lincoln Heights.
What are the general needs of your students?
When a kid enters my office, I first look at their basic needs. ‘Are you hungry? Are you tired? Do you need a hug?’ That has really helped. Most of our kids just need stability and predictability just like any kid. We get a lot of support from our staff and the community with things like clothes and food and support with their academics.Counselors are out and about in classrooms. What kinds of lessons are you teaching in elementary classrooms?
We approach lessons differently for each grade level, but overall we look at mindfulness a lot and I support the Purposeful People lessons in elementary.We know the research around mindfulness is really helpful for kids. We help them with managing behavior and emotions, and also perseverance and getting through things that are tricky for them, whether home is hard and they need to transition to school, or school is hard and they need to navigate their seven-plus hours here. We build those skills so when they move on to middle school, they can take a minute to take care of themselves first and then manage whatever thing they’re dealing with.
What is most rewarding about being a school counselor?
The kids. Being in elementary school is really neat because I have many of these students for a long time. Watching them grow, watching them learn and be proud of themselves is great. We grow relationships with their parents and are partners with them in supporting their student.Every morning my principal and I will stand at the front door to say good morning, and you can kind of just set their day and that is very rewarding. When you see them have their little wins and can be that person that can safely listen to them when they’re having a hard day, it’s rewarding.
We just want students in school and to spend time with them and take care of them. I think it’s a huge blessing that someone is letting us take care of their kids for hours in the day and we must honor that gift.
What is something the public might not know about school counselors?
The job can be very different from building to building and day to day. Some days you’re a social worker, some days you’re teaching a lesson in the classroom. Some days you’re helping with day-to-day issues. There’s not a lot of predictability, and it’s never cut and dry. It’s responsive and you don’t always know what the day is like and how a kid will come to school. But we’re here for it. Our job is to be responsive to the needs of our kids and that can change minute to minute or week to week. -
Public pickleball courts coming soon to a school near you
Posted by Ryan Lancaster on 1/30/2024Pickleball was established as Washington state’s official sport in 2022 and is now the fastest growing sport in America.
Local fans will have more places to work on their ace this summer, thanks to a Spokane Public Schools initiative to create 14 new public access courts across the city.
After hearing from community members about their love of the game, SPS is making accommodations to existing tennis courts at Rogers, Shadle Park, and North Central high schools to create a total of six pickleball courts on the north side of the city. Ferris High School and Lewis and Clark’s Hart Field will each have two tennis courts adapted to make another eight pickleball courts available on the south hill. This will support both school-based programming and community use.
Pickleball was born in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington. While it can be played in or out of doors, outdoor courts in the Spokane area have been limited.
“At Comstock Park, there will be 40 to 50 people playing pickleball,” said former SPS superintendent Dr. Gary Livingston, who has been playing pickleball since 2012. “So those courts at the high schools will definitely be used.”
Livingston said the sport’s “forgiving nature” makes it accessible for retirees like he and his wife. It’s not too hard on the knees, and it’s a great social activity.
“I participate in a group that plays pickleball twice a week,” he said. “This would be great for the community because the school district is contributing to the social connectivity of retired people.”
While details regarding reservations and availability are still to come, Spokane Public Schools is proud to provide what the public has been asking for.
“I think any time the school can give back to the community that supports it and continues to support it, is a powerful message,” said Livingston.
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A weekly meeting impacts both mentors and students
Posted by Theresa Tanner on 1/26/2024 5:00:00 AMA weekly meeting impacts both mentors and students
The time on Felisa Bravo’s calendar is blocked out on Mondays at lunchtime. No work meetings, no appointments are scheduled during that time.
She has a standing engagement at Grant Elementary School: A one-on-one mentoring session with first grade student Amberly Turner. Every week during the school year, Felisa and Amberly eat lunch and enjoy an activity together.
“We’ve been working together for about a year. She shows me different card games to play, and we collaborate on making pizza, cupcakes,” Felisa said, after tidying up the day’s Play-Doh creations and walking Amberly back to class.
Felisa is one of 65 EPIC Mentors who meet with students in our district to serve as a positive, impactful adult in their lives.
Patrick Donahue, Community Partnerships Manager for the Office of Family & Community Engagement, asked Felisa if she was interested in becoming a mentor last year. She had volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters when she was in college, and was willing to help SPS students in any way.
“Whatever you need, let me know,” she said she told Pat.
She had initially indicated a preference to work with an older, middle school-age student, but when she learned there was a need for a kindergarten mentor, she jumped in. “Amberly and I hit it off right away.”
“I just like working with kids. Everything they see and experience is new, and they delight in that joy. It’s wonderful watching them experience something for the first time,” Felisa said.
And the connections that Felisa has made go beyond Amberly. Other Grant students know and recognize her as Amberly’s mentor, and they’re just as excited to see her and other mentors. “They give us fist bumps, they tell me ‘You’re so beautiful, you look like Mother Gothel from ‘Tangled’!” Felisa laughed.
But most important to Felisa is that Amberly looks forward to their weekly meetings. “She says, ‘I knew you were going to be here because it’s Monday!’” That consistency is important for Felisa to maintain. “We talk about planning for next time, because Amberly knows she can rely on me to be there.”
Felisa works full-time and has two school-age children of her own, but carving out less than an hour a week to spend time with an imaginative kid like Amberly is a priority for her that brings joy to both of their lives.
“Pick up the phone or send an email. There are so many ways to contribute,” Felisa said, encouraging other potential mentors to get involved. “Even if it’s not for you, you may know someone who would be a great fit. It doesn’t hurt to ask.”
We have students who are waiting to be matched with a mentor. Please visit EPIC Mentors to apply; an SPS Volunteer application is also required.
Families can also Request an EPIC Mentor for their student.
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SPS thespians advance to state and national competitions
Posted by Kevin Dudley on 1/24/2024More than 300 thespians from 11 regional schools descended on Lewis & Clark High School on Jan. 13 for the Washington State East Regional Thespy ™ event. Students from Lewis & Clark, Ferris, North Central and Rogers high schools qualified for the state and national competitions.
Students performed and presented in front of a team of trained theatre arts adjudicators who scored students based on rubrics designed for performance and technical theatre categories.
The performance category included duet musicals, a duet scene, a group musical, monologues, musical theatre and solo musical.
The technical category included costume, costume design, lighting design, playwriting, props design, scenic design, short film, stage management, theatre marketing, and makeup design.
Ninety-two SPS students qualified for the state competition in the performance category, and 17 stagecraft students qualified in the technical category.
Forty-four students qualified for the national competition in the performance category and 16 qualified in the technical category.
Find the names of all state and national qualifiers here.
Congrats to our talented performers and stagecraft students!
Find more photos courtesy of Richard Maguire here.
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Descendants of Sacajawea share history with middle school students
Posted by Theresa Tanner on 11/22/2023 6:00:00 AMOn Tuesday morning, nearly 1,000 middle school students gathered in their school gym to hear from some special guests.
Their school, Sacajawea Middle School, was named after an Aqai Dika Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1805. The morning’s speakers were descendants of their school’s namesake: Rose Ann Abrahamson and her daughter, Lacey Bacon Abrahamson.
Lacey, an artist and cultural consultant, helped redesign the school’s new Thunderbird logo to include Shoshone culture. Rose Ann is an educator, activist and cultural historian, who shared her great-great-great aunt’s history in a KSPS video presented at the school’s dedication ceremony in October.
Rose Ann and Lacey were invited to speak to the students to share Sacajawea’s history and the importance of her name. Rose Ann explained that just as there are many languages spoken by people in different parts of Europe, there are different Shoshone divisions with distinct languages and traditions.
“When she was captured, her name was distorted,” Rose Ann said. But it’s important to say her name as the Aqai Dika – the Salmon Eaters – pronounced it, because names were given to 3-year-old children based on their habits or characteristics.
“My name means ‘One who moves her head to the rhythm of the drum,’” explained Rose Ann, because she bounced her head when she heard music as a baby. “My daughter Lacey is called ‘Butterfly’ because she –” Rose Ann moved around quickly to demonstrate, fluttering across the floor of the gym, “–and she still does to this day!
“We are given a name for what we did. And Sacajawea’s name means ‘One who carries a burden,’ or ‘That is her burden.’” Sacajawea was named this because she carried a ‘wea’ or a burden basket, which was used during gathering season.
Rose Ann explained that when a name is given to you, it serves you later in life.
She shared that Sacajawea, who was captured by another tribe when she was 12 years old, traded for marriage to a Canadian-born fur trader, and became a mother by the time she was 16, journeyed thousands of miles across the North American continent as an interpreter and guide while carrying her infant son on her back.
“I want you to fight for her name,” Rose Ann told the students. “If someone asks you what her name means, you better know it. You are the students of Sacajawea Middle School. You have to be brilliant and know her history.”
While the students took away some thoughtful lessons, they also had fun during the interactive presentation. Rose Ann taught the group several phrases in Native American Sign Language, like “How are you?”, “What’s your name?” and “I love you.” Rose Ann and Lacey concluded with an Indigenous game between the grades with 8th graders demonstrating the best moves and quickest reflexes.
The students were excited to share what they took away from the experience.
“Meeting them is really special,” said ASB president Ava, noting that she liked the practice of naming children based on their characteristics. “It would be cool if we did that today.”
“It’s important to get that perspective on how they lived and how they live now,” she added, grateful for the time Rose Ann and Lacey shared with her and her classmates. “They showed us respect, so we need to show them respect.”
“You represent one of the most famous women in the world, a human being. I want you to be inspired by her,” Rose Ann told the students. “You are powerful, you are special, and you have purpose.”
Several news outlets attended the event. Video can be found at KXLY and KHQ.
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Resources for extended school breaks
Posted by Theresa Tanner on 11/20/2023 6:00:00 AMAs our schools prepare for the first two extended breaks of the school year – Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 22-24, and Winter Break, Dec. 25-Jan.5) – we wanted to share some community resources that families may find useful.
Since 2014, Second Harvest and At The Core have partnered to send food home from school with students who are experiencing food insecurity through Bite2Go, which distributes nearly 300,000 food kits annually kits at schools in eastern and central Washington, as well as north Idaho.
Bite2Go is available at all Spokane Public Schools. Teachers and counselors identify students who would benefit from the program.
“There is no formal sign-up process because we have found that consent forms are a barrier to getting kids the food they need,” said Steve Durham, 2nd Harvest vice president of Philanthropy.
Bite2Go distribution dates at SPS elementary schools are Wednesdays and every other Tuesday at SPS middle and high schools (except during school breaks). Find a calendar at Bite2Go Partner Resources, or talk to your school’s counselor for more information.
When school isn’t in session, families can enter their zip code at Food Near Me to find nearby food pantries and meal sites.
There are many other areas of need for families, especially during the winter holiday season. Here are a few ways to both give and get support:
- SPS HEART Git Card Drive, Nov. 15-Dec. 11, for unaccompanied youth who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence
- Spark Central is hosting a Friends’ Feast on Tuesday, Nov. 21, with KSPS
- The Fig Tree and United Way of Spokane County have compiled a list of Thanksgiving Meals and Holiday Giving & Events
- Sign up to receive a to-go meal through Tom’s Turkey Drive, while supplies last
- Find links to nonprofits and agencies that provide support with food and clothing banks, utility assistance, housing and shelters, health services, family support, and much more through The Fig Tree
- Community Resources and Services compiled by City of Spokane, including a Pocket Guide and Resources for Youth
- Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners help connect community members to housing resources including energy assistance and weatherization improvements
Please note that most of these resources are coordinated by organizations outside of SPS. Please direct any questions to the organizers through the included links.
- SPS HEART Git Card Drive, Nov. 15-Dec. 11, for unaccompanied youth who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence
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