Programs Paused for Continued Development

Building Capacity for More Effective Programs

We have decided to pause recurring youth programs while we develop more effective processes and policies for supporting participants, volunteers, and staff during program activities, as we continue our pivot to mobile programs while we search for a permanent location in West Central.

We understand that this decision impacts youth in our community. We plan to announce pop-up youth opportunities during the summer and will share more updates in the coming weeks.

We are so grateful for our network of youth who have participated in our programs. We also appreciate our community’s understanding as we make changes to programs during an exciting season of growth for our organization.

Youth-led Broth Service with Our Place & Project Hope

New Service Learning Opportunity:

Project Hope Spokane, dba River City Youth Ops, is happy to share that as we expand to year-round operations, we are starting a broth service with our program partner, Our Place Community Outreach Center on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. Our Place is a no-barrier food and resource bank located in the West Central neighborhood. With support from the amazing farmers and ranchers in our region, we will be facilitating a broth service with our youth team.

WhaT:

This will be a 2-part activity.

  1. Making broth: Youth will learn how to make bone broth and mushroom-based vegetarian broth on Saturday, February 10.

  2. Sharing broth: Youth will share broth with community members during Our Place’s Wednesday evening food distribution on Valentine’s Day.

Who:

Past participants and youth 12 years of age and older are invited to join us!

Note: Do you want a current food worker permit but don’t have one yet? No problem! Visit https://www.foodworkercard.wa.gov/ to take the food safety course and get certified. The permit costs $10. Show us your receipt and permit and we’ll reimburse you for the cost of your permit.

Why:

We are excited to introduce this activity. Our intentions for this service learning opportunity are to:

  • Allow youth to strengthen their food handling and community service skills

  • Provide community members with a warm, nourishing cup of meat or vegetable broth

  • Share heart health resources for Valentine’s Day

  • Share resources to reduce food waste through broth-making

When:

This opportunity will take place on 2 different days:

  • Saturday, February 10: 10 am - 2 pm

  • Wednesday, February 14: 3 - 7 pm

Where:

  • Saturday, February 10: Salem Lutheran Church (428 W Broadway Ave, Spokane, WA 99201)

  • Wednesday, February 14: Our Place Community Outreach (1509 W College Avenue)

Partners:

Thank you to all of the wonderful partners in our network for helping make this possible:

Special thanks to Salem Lutheran Church for sharing their kitchen space with us for this activity!

We hope you’ll join us!

Youth are invited to attend one or both days of this service learning opportunity and are encouraged to learn more and RSVP at this link.

If you have questions about this activity, please email Kaela Loriz.