| Brown Bag Program | 534-6678 Ext.202 1234 E. Front Ave., Spokane, WA |
| Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Free. Once each month commodities and other food items are delivered to low-income persons who are homebound, meaning they are unable to leave their home without assistance and have no other mobile person living with them. Interested persons can call the Second Harvest Food Bank for an eligibility determination based n their situation. | |
| City Gate (The) | 455-9670 170 S. Madison, Spokane, WA |
| Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - Noon and 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Free. Provides food and a clothing bank, sandwiches and coffee on some evenings, and a place for physical and spiritual help. No one is required to attend services in order to eat. Evening food is served on Wednesday, Friday, and every 3rd Saturday, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Saturday breakfasts from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Dinner is served, 7:00 p.m. the last Sunday of the month. The food and clothing bank hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to Noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., appointment is necessary. Geographic eligibility for food and clothing banks; please cal for a food bank appointment. | |
| Commodity Supplemental Food Program | 534-6678 Ext. 208 1234 E. Front Street |
| Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Free. Provides commodities and other food items to low-income 5-year-old children and seniors, 60 years of age and over. The package also includes nutritional and community resource information. The once-a-month supplemental food package may be picked up at area CSFP food pantries or delivered to homebound individuals. Leave a message with your name and phone number at the contact phone number and the program coordinator will return the call. | |
| ENFEP (Extension Family and Nutrition Education Program | 477-2195 WSU Cooperative
Extension 222 N. Havana |
| Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Free. Provides small group classes held throughout most of Spokane for homemakers with young children. Classes prepare sample dishes and teach about nutrition, planning meals , shopping for good, storing and preserving food. Groups are informal and usually held in homes and local agencies. Children can attend. Classes also meet at most Head Start and ECEAP Centers. Parents may ask for additional lessons in positive parenting. | |
Food Banks |
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| Days and hours vary by location. Please call. | |
| Tum Tum Sunset Food Pantry | 276-5540 or Marcy Scoles 276-8600 Tum Tum Community Center 6424 Hwy 291 |
| Loon Lake Food Pantry | 233-8450 4030 Moss Rd, Loon Lake WA |
| Gleaners Programs | 327-2567 or 624-7016 527 S. Sheridan |
| Monday - Saturday
(April - November), No calls after 5 p.m. Free Groups go to local farms to gather vegetables and fruits left after harvesting. |
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| Meals on Wheels (City of Spokane) |
456-6597 1222 W. 2nd |
| Monday - Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Fees vary. Administers and provides home delivered, hot, noon meals to senior citizens 60 years and other eligible adults living within the city who are unable to prepare adequate or appropriate meals because of physical, mental or emotional limitations due to illness, accident, frailty or disability. Meals for some lo-income elderly are subsidized with federal funds administered by Health District through ALTCEW. Also serves meals to homebound individuals under the age of 60 years with a doctor's note. Mid-City is the service provider. | |
| Meals
on Wheels (Spokane Valley) |
924-6976 1222 N.Pines |
| Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Donation recommended. Delivers hot nutritious meals to elderly or disabled persons of the Spokane Valley who are essentially homebound and unable to prepare meals for themselves. Meals are delivered Monday through Friday as well as frozen meals for weekends and liquid nutrition. We also operate two Senior Lunch Programs, where seniors that are not homebound can enjoy a meal together. Volunteers needed. | |
| Project Hand Up | 534-6678 Ext. 202 1234 E. Front Ave. |
| First Saturday each month; 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Free. A monthly supplemental program that provides food and non-food items to households transitioning from welfare to work. The food package is distributes at the Second Harvest Food Bank warehouse on Front Avenue. Families receive a voucher from program partners for participation in employment training programs. Program partners include DSHS, Wage Progression, Worker Retraining, TECC, Casey Family Partners, Life Skills/Women's Programs, IEL, ESL, and Families that Work. Contact your family services worker at these agencies to see if you are eligible. | |
| Second Harvest Community Gardens | 534-6678 Ext. 214 1234 E. Front Ave. |
| Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Free. A program dedicated to the relief of hunger and increased well-being of low-income families, the physically and mentally disabled, and the elderly through the distribution of complete vegetable gardens. The vegetable beds are created in the family's own yard or located in neighborhood community gardens. The gardens include premium garden soil, seeds and starts, instructions and volunteer mentors. Applications accepted year-round with garden space assigned in January and February each year. | |
Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest |
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| 534-6678 Ext 202 Their web site is here.Call for location serving your Zip code area. Days and hours vary by location; some are by appointment only. Call for information. Free. The following food pantries are part of the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest. Provides emergency food to families. Some sites also provide the Commodity Supplemental Food Program package, a monthly supplemental food box for 5-year-old children and seniors 60 years of age and over. Zip codes determine which food pantry a family should use. Most food pantries require picture identification, current proof of address, and identification for all household members. Must be over 18 years old. Some agencies may also have non-food essentials. | |
| Airway Heights Food Bank | 244-4845 13120 W. 13th |
| American Indian Community Center | 535-0886 905 E. 3rd |
| Better Living Center | 325-1258 25 E. North Foothills Drive |
| Caritas Center | 326-2249 5109 N. Adams |
| Cheney Outreach | 235-2325 630 3rd Stree |
| City Gate | 455-9670 170 S. Madison |
| East SNAP | 456-7106 500 S. Stone |
| Greenhouse | 276-8224 222 E. Crawford, Deer Park |
| Mead Food Pantry | 466-2894 12123 N Market, Mead |
| Medical Lake Food Bank | 299-4940 or 299-3879 211 N Lefevre, Medical Lake |
| North County Food Bank Program | 292-2530 Inland Grange # 780 37417 N. Conklin Road |
| Northeast SNAP Food Bank | 487-1114 4001 N. Cook |
| Northwest Ecumenical Food Bank | 325-4541 3908 N Driscoll Blvd. |
| Otis Orchards Food Bank | 926-4909 4308 N Harvard Rd. |
| Our Place | 326-7267 1509 W. College |
| Salvation Army | 325-6821 2020 N Division |
| Southyside Food Pantry | 535-2301 2934 E. 29th |
| Spangle Food
Bank, Spangle Community Church |
245-3492 301 E. 2nd, Spangle |
| St. Vincent de Paul | 534-2824 722 N Regal |
| Valley Food Bank | 928-7769 10814 E. Broadway |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | 328-5002 2705 W. Boone |
Summer Food Program |
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| 625-6200
(parks) or 325-7270 (schools) Monday - Friday, dates vary. Free. Nutritious breakfasts and lunches are served to children up to age 18 at many parks and schools in the City of Spokane. Call for times and loctations. |
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WIC |
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| Women, Infants and Children Supplemental food program. Days and hours vary, call for ingormation. Free. Probides health and nutrition risk screening, nutrition education, redeemable grocery store checks for nutritious foods and referral to other community services and organizations. Service is limited according to available funds and degree of medical or nutritional risk for pregnant mothers or their infants and young children to age five (all receive medical screenings). | |
| Airway Heights Community Center | 244-9334 13120 W. 13th (Wednesdays only) |
| Cheney | 559-5839 204 4th Street |
| East Central Community Center | 323-2830 500 S. Stone |
| Fairchild AFB | 247-2760 Days vary. Call fo r Schedule |
| Northeast Community Center | 323-2828 4001 N. Cook |
| North Spokane | 323-2818 5901 N Lidgerwook ste 21B |
| Spokane County Health | 324-1620 1101 W. College |
| Valley WIC | 323-2800 10814 E. Broadway |
| West Central Community Center | 326-9540 1603 N. Belt |
Women's and Children's Free Restaurant |
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| St. Paul's United Methodist Church | 324-1995 1620 N Monroe |
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:15 p.m. - 5:45
p.m. Free. Provides nutritious meals twice a week to low-income
women and children. Dinners are served in a safe, non-threatening
envoirnment. Programs and networking encouraged. Although a service
for women and children, young men can be served if they come with
a female parent or guardian. |
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