Poverty and the lack of affordable housing are major causes of homelessness in Spokane, pushing increasing numbers of women and families with children into unhealthy and unsafe living conditions. L…
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SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 1,800 women experience homelessness in Spokane each day and Transitions’ is working to help meet their basic needs with their “Mardi Bras” event. …
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In spite of COVID-19, Transitions' Women’s Hearth continues to be open for a few women at a time to come in each day. Transitions’ Women’s Hearth first opened in …
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Transitions' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement: Approved 1/28/2021
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EduCare received a $9,000 grant from the Morning Star Foundation. EduCare provides licensed, sliding-fee scale childcare on the TLC campus for toddlers, preschool and school-age children desig…
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EduCare received a $10,000 grant from Washington Youth Development Nonprofit Relief Fund made possible by the CARES Act with School's Out Washington and the Washington State Department of …
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Women's Hearth received a $10,000 Community Partnership Fund Grant from MultiCare Inland Northwest. Women's Hearth provides a safe space for women who have experienced poverty, trauma and/o…
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‘It’s helpful, it’s inspiring for them’: Non-profit Transitions helps bridge the gap for students in need SPOKANE, Wash. — Virtual learning can be tough. It’…
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Food made with dignity. Served with love. Available for curbside pickup. New Leaf provides job training in the food services industry for women with barriers to traditional employment. Ha…
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Aurora Northwest Rotary comes through with $10K grant, volunteers to help Transitions’ Women’s Hearth All photos courtesy Spokesman-Review. Sagging shelving unable to suppo…
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The pandemic has caused dramatic increases in food insecurity, but local nonprofits are ready to meet that need Since the coronavirus pandemic disrupted nearly every facet of daily li…
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In this episode of FāVS Forward we talk with Edie Rice-Sauer, the executive director of Transitions, a non-profit that seeks to end homelessness and poverty for women and child…
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United Way Partners with Transitions: View the full video on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/_DrbnWSmmwI
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Does your kitchen need a break? New Leaf is offering homemade sandwiches, wraps, and entrees for curbside pickup from our kitchen at 3102 W. Fort George Wright Dr. Please place orders 48 …
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When Central Food owner David Blaine decided to temporarily close the restaurant in Kendall Yards earlier this month to ensure safety and financial stability amid the coronavirus pandemic, he was l…
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Ami Manning, Director of Housing Services for Transitions was recently featured in The Inlander discussing affordable housing in Spokane and the current eviction moratorium: “When that ev…
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Transitions' job-training program New Leaf Kitchen & Café received $5,000 from the US Bank Community Possible Grant Program. This award will help the New Leaf job training progr…
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Transitions' Executive Director Edie Rice-Sauer shares an update about each of our programs during COVID-19: New Leaf Kitchen & Cafe curbside pickup details: http://www.h…
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Author: Tristan Cole, 2019-2020 XPLOR participant, National Benevolent Association Read the report in full HERE. "The following report is a comprehensive list of drop-in centers avail…
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Liberty Mutual Foundation awarded Transitions $1,000 to help respond to the need for support of women and children experiencing homelessness in the Spokane area. We are appreciative of their partne…
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Photo: Screenshot of Zoom meeting with Transitions staff/Contributed By Matthew Kincanon With COVID-19 shutting down most businesses and organizations throughout Spokane, Transitions has…
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To read more about updates on Transitions during this time, please go here: http://www.help4women.org/transitions-covid-19-update The best way to stay updated on everything goin…
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Shawn Vestal: Effort underway to aid bar, restaurant workers shut out of work by virus restrictions The waiters, bartenders, cooks and others who work in restaurants and bars are one group of w…
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‘Last on the totem pole’: Virus takes toll on Spokane homeless, even without cases detected Transitions, which operates the Women’s Hearth day shelter for women, has canceled …
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Safeco Insurance Fund awarded Transitions a grant in the amount of $20,000 to support Women’s Hearth. Women's Hearth, a program of Transitions, is a one-of-a-kind downtown day center for …
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Spokesman-Review: City scrounges for funding promised to two affordable housing projects Two permanent affordable housing projects in Spokane were in line for city funding. Until they weren&rsq…
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Mardi Bras helping women in need this February Spokane Mardi Bras is a collaborative fundraiser between Volunteers of America's Hope House and Transitions' Women's Hearth. The f…
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New Leaf Café in Spokane giving women a second chance SPOKANE, Wash. - You probably don't see your 9-5 job as something to look forward to everyday, but for many women in Spokane wor…
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New Leaf Cafe moves to YWCA building, expands to help more women gain job skills SPOKANE, Wash. — A cafe tucked away in the corner of the YWCA building has some new life breathed into it …
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New Leaf Bakery finds new home at YWCA on North Monroe: Coffee shop, cafe offers barista, kitchen training New Leaf Café is a free job training program that provides employment skills tr…
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by Marilyn Urness, EWU Intern Ami Manning's belief in the healing power of a community stems from her own experience with homelessness. As director of housing services with Transitions…
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Transitions is able to continue providing licensed, sliding-fee scale childcare at EduCare for toddlers, preschool and school-age children, because of community partners like America…
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Transitions is able to continue providing licensed, sliding-fee scale childcare at EduCare for toddlers, preschool and school-age children, because of support provided in part by Providence Sacred …
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For nearly 10 months, four young adults living in a house in Spokane's Northtown neighborhood, have been exploring what it means to care while serving with four Spokane community nonprofits thr…
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2019 Spokane Childcare Survey "I am not able to get child care until I find a job, but I am not able to find a job if I have no child care.” A coalition of representatives from Trans…
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'We ran out of everything’: Spokane organizations seek gear for homeless After the coldest October on record in Spokane, organizations that provide resources to the homeless are strug…
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Transitions received a $2,000 grant from the Buder Memorial Donor-Advised Fund at Innovia Foundation. This grant funding will be split equally among the following Transitions' programs: Mi…
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EduCare received a $10,000 grant from the Morning Star Foundation. EduCare provides licensed, sliding-fee scale childcare on the TLC campus for toddlers, preschool and school-age children designed …
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Women's Hearth received a $5,000 grant from the Corkery Fund at Innovia Foundation. This grant funding will be used for general operating support for the Hearth, like continuing to provide free…
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State, Spokane County struggle with far-reaching health impacts of domestic violence, homelessness "Edie Rice-Sauer, the executive director of Transitions, which supports women a…
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Transitions: Advocating for Justice at EduCare 2019 by Rogue Heart Media on Vimeo. Thank you to everyone who participated in the People Who Care event this year! If you weren’t …
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The results from this survey of Spokane residents about child care access and barriers can help raise awareness about child care needs in the Spokane area, and inform programming decisions among ch…
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Spokane City Councilmember Breean Beggs hosts this edition of Council Connection which looks at the need for more affordable housing in Spokane. Councilman Beggs is joined by a panel including Tran…
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Transitions received a $2,500 grant from Banner Bank for the Responsible Renter Program. This investment will support access for at-risk, low-income members of the community to free …
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Sen. Maria Cantwell visited Spokane yesterday to discuss the need to increase access to affordable housing in Spokane, in Washington state, and across the country. Miriah, a resident at the Ho…
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KHQ6 Local News visited the New Leaf Cafe and featured the New Leaf job training program on the local news. The New Leaf program blends education, hands-on work experience, and supportive services …
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Women's Hearth received a $10,000 grant from MultiCare Community Partnership Fund. This grant funding will help provide safety, emergent services, and stabilizing support for Spokane-area …
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With help from Bank of America, Transitions' New Leaf Bakery Cafe job training with support services will continue to help women experiencing poverty address their barriers to employment, …
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Spokane United Way awarded Transitions $30,000 each year for the next two years to provide infant care and drop-in respite childcare at EduCare, and parenting support through partnership with Volun…
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The Women's Hearth has received a $20,000 grant from Numerica Credit Union. These funds will help with operations costs for the Women's Hearth, a drop-in day center for women in downto…
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Transitional Living Center and EduCare have been awarded a $15,000 grant from Wells Fargo. Funding from this generous grant with go to Transitions' Transitional Living Center and EduCare p…
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The Women’s Hearth was selected to receive the Spokane County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP) “Community Partner Agency of the Year” award for 2018. …
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Transitions is very grateful for being selected to receive $7,000 from The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation to support Women's Hearth services offering marginalized women off-…
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SPR's Steve Jackson sat down with Edie, our Executive Director, and Mariah, a resident of the Home Yard Cottages. Listen to the audio recording here: https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/pos…
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KXLY4's Extreme Team has chosen TLC’s kitchen, family room, and staff offices as their next remodel project, slated for the week of February 25-28. To renovate a 350 sq ft kitchen in a bu…
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Transitions was nominated by radio listeners for the 2018 Winter Blessings contest and received $1,000 from th…
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Transitional Living Center and EduCare have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Morning Star Foundation. This generous support will go toward helping children who have experienced homelessness to…
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Women's Hearth has been awarded $20,500 from an anonymous fund at Innovia Foundation; funds will be used to buy and install solar panels at the Women's Hearth facility. Using solar panels s…
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Transitions' EduCare program has been awarded a grant from the American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation in the amount of $5,000. Funding from the grant will help meet the needs of formerly h…
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Transitions could not have the same impact without great community partners like Providence Health Care. We are thankful to be a recipient of a Providence Health Care $10,000 grant to help make saf…
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We are thankful to be a recipient of a Shopko $500 grant to help fund the Women's Hearth to help provide women in need free access to showers, restrooms, and donated hygiene products in the par…
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Transitions - Growth In Wholeness 2018 from Rogue Heart Media on Vimeo. Thank you to everyone who participated in the People Who Care event this year! If you weren’t able to make it,…
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Transitions has been awarded a grant from the Beyersdorf Mulloy Fund at Innovia Foundation (formerly Inland Northwest Community Foundation). Funding from the grant will be distributed among Transit…
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Transitions has been awarded a grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation in the amount of $2,500 to support the Transitional Living Center program. Funding from the grant will help …
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Spokane Raises New Homes & Hopes from SpokaneCity on Vimeo. A little known City of Spokane department is creating new housing opportunities for low and middle-income families. (Vi…
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24 new cottage homes to provide permanent residences for women, children in Spokane Before the end of the month, previously homeless women and children will take up permanent residence in 24 ne…
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Funding from the Wells Fargo grant will help fund New Leaf Bakery Cafe job skills training and employment services to help women and youth challenged with poverty and barriers to employment progres…
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These local organizations are helping low-income residents with housing in 2018 Last week, SNAP and Mountain West Bank announced a unique partnership that will give hopeful home owners in…
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Funding from the Innovia Foundation will be used for the Women's Hearth Educational Programs, including the Responsible Renters program and Mental Health classes (HeArt of the Emotions art…
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Premera giving $180,000 to Spokane housing charities Premera Blue Cross is donating $180,000 to two Spokane nonprofits to provide housing and support for homeless families. The not-for-pro…
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Funding from The Associated Garden Club of Spokane will help buy the gardening supplies needed for the vegetable and herb kitchen garden New Leaf uses to support their commercial kitchen s…
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Unique partnership gives young people hands-on experience building low-income housing A partnership between Walker Construction, NEWESD 101 YouthBuild, Next Generation Zone and Transitions is w…
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Funding from the BNSF Railway Foundation will help stabilize children who have experienced the traumas of poverty, homelessness, and abuse. Transitions' EduCare program helps children…
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Check out the events calendar featuring Spokane Mardi Bras! The Inlander Health & Home Magazine: Upcoming Events featuring Mardi Bras!
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A few weeks ago, we were nominated by our awesome Spokane community, and then randomly chosen as a PNW Difference Maker by Megan and Mike from Rogue Heart Media Inc. They came to Mir…
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Housing for abuse survivors reopening Transitions, a nonprofit organization serving women and children, and the YWCA received a $499,766 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen four…
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Join us for an Open House at the Women's Hearth as we assemble first aid kits together. During 2016, 1,411 women accessed the services at the Women's Hearth. Help us meet the basic nee…
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Experience what it's like to be a part of our kitchen! Go behind the scenes at New Leaf Bakery-Cafe and learn about our job training program while helping prepare a large order, participat…
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Rally time for PWC Table Captains! This year we decided to turn our rally into a gathering! We combined our yearly PWC Table Captain Rally with our long-awaited Ground Breaking Event for T…
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It's a housewarming party you don't want to miss Saturday, June 10 - 10:30-11:30 am You won’t believe your eyes as we unveil the newly remodeled Miryam’s House. Af…
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Making a Difference Can Be a Phone Call Away Sometimes a lasting connection with a local business is due to serendipity. In 2009, a Transitions’ staff member called…
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The following is a story shared by The Women's Hearth Program Director Susan Tyler-Babkirk. There was a lull in programming one afternoon and a staff member asked if anyone wanted…
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Make giving to women and children at Transitions a part of your family's holiday tradition. Download the Transitions' 2016 Wish List here. Imagine that feeling you…
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Thank you for your interest in employment with Transitions. Transitions is a not for profit corporation governed by a Board of Directors of community volunteers, it is the umbrella organi…
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View the KXLY News story here and read the Spokesman - Review front page story here. Local Non-Profits Hit Hard By Cuts In Federal Funding This month Transitions and th…
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Volunteers Are Needed It’s totally like bodacious!!! We are recruiting volunteers for the run portion of this all women’s event! Join us the morning of July 10th and che…
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Summertime Needs As the seasons change so do the needs of our participants. Please consider supporting our programs by donating the following items. Download the list here. c…
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Limited Time Offer from New Leaf's Growing Hope Garden Every year New Leaf offers a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program through the Growing Hope Garden. Participating in the…
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Give to the Transitions Back-to-School Donation Drive It's hard to keep up in class if you don't have the needed supplies. Donate items to Transitions Back-to-School Drive and hel…
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Jailed and Bailed for a Good Cause Update: Thanks to our "jailbirds" over $11,000 was raised on May 11th! Got stripes? Earn some by p…
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Dee Cook, the incoming Volunteer Lawyers Program coordinator, recently wrote about the pro bono work done at The Women's Hearth. Here is the article from the April edition of the Calendar Call …
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A Donated Item Makes a Difference On our Transitions Wish List, you will notice everything from bus passes to jelly. Our different programs have diverse needs for the women and children served.…
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Giving suggestions from the Transitions' Holiday Wish List Home and Heart Imagine that feeling you have as you snuggle up in your favorite spot, gather a bl…
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On October 13th, 606 guests came together and celebrated Transitions 20-year Anniversary! Guests celebrated at both a breakfast and a lunch. The keynote speaker was Stephanie Regalado, the editor o…
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Mark Your Calendars Transitions 12th Annual Golf Outing is happening on July 9th, 2015! Last year we set a fundraising record at this event, raising over $37,000 to end poverty and homelessness…
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Many students buy the granola sold at Thomas Hammer in Jepson, but not many students know where it came from. The granola is made by women hoping to get back on their feet as a part of the New …
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For those in poverty, excessively stockpiling possessions can act as a link to a more prosperous past or insurance for a difficult future. Fear meets Sarah Wolff in the elevator. It’s…
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Many first time visitors to Transitions’ Women’s Hearth comment on the immediate sense of warmth and vitality they feel when they walk in the door, said Susan Tyler-Babkirk, program dir…
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Broken and Alone "Any one of us has done it because we're broken in some way; we self-sabotage ourselves because we don't think we can ever succeed. Success scared me, so…
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Wonderful excerpt from the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters Spectrum newsletter! We are so thankful to work with Kathy over the next year! She has already made quite an impression on us wi…
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Growing through Community Engagement Rights are something valued in U.S. society. Whatever side of the issues you may fall on, news headlines locally and across the nation feature phrases like …
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Back to School Do you remember those days of running around the playground, pretending to be a princess or cowboy? A time when your dreams could be reality and possibilities were endless? A…
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Slippery Slope After Rachelle was laid off from her job, she found her family on a slippery slope to poverty. Soon after, she lost her home and her children entered the foster care system. In A…
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Growing Up At Miryam’s House Teenagers are experts on a lot of things, just ask them. Charlotte is no different, she just happens to be an expert on Transitions’ Miryam’s Hous…
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"Readers, yesterday I shared with you about how dreams come true in a post that was very personal to me about my own journey. here. Today, I’d like to share with you how we ca…
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Story by: Marni Jameson "To help those less fortunate better, I have gotten dressed up, teetered around a party in too-high heels while balancing a glass of champagne, and written a c…
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Back in October, Transitions won a $20,000 makeover from Design for a Difference. We couldn't be more grateful to have had this opportunity! Thank you to Design for a Difference for c…
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Transitions Holiday PSA from Community-Minded TV on Vimeo.
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Thank you Gina's Design Center for nominating us for "Design for a Difference" and helping transform the Transitional Living Center community room into a new and bright sp…
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"Most charity money is typically used for services, not for siding and soft lighting. However, it's because Transitions needed upgrades that helped it win a national contest called 'De…
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"The show talks with nonprofit organizations, nonprofit leaders, volunteers, board members, and discusses topics related to the nonprofit sector." Listen to the Transitions broadcast here…
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"In February of this past year, IDG launched Design for a Difference, the first-ever national design contest awarding one talented designer $20,000 in goods and services to transform a sp…
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Condon heading to D.C. to meet with legislators; will bring delicious treat Transitions for Women announced Friday that the mayor will be taking some pecan toffee bars from New Leaf Bakery-Caf…
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Walmart Gives $165,000 to 11 Nonprofits Providing Job Training and Support on the Seventh Day of “12 Days of Giving” Holiday Campaign
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Transitions just keeps on helping Key sister behind Women’s Hearth receives first Pizelo Award
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Checkout Time A downtown motel closes, widening the affordable housing gap.
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Peirone Prize Winner - Jamie Borgan Wherever she is needed, Jamie Borgan is there, making herself useful
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Knitting Helps Women In Need Fridays at the Women's Hearth in Spokane are special days. It's the one day a week where women can come, sit around a circle, and knit together.
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Valentine's Day is only a week away, and if your looking for something sweet for your sweetie - think New Leaf Bakery.
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Competitors rev their engines for Spokane charities Community members are revving their engines for charity in Spokane.
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The Spokesman-Review: A Kitchen on a Mission There’s a new place in town to get your morning cuppa joe and muffin to go, but it’s not a ubiquitous national chain.
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