SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — A new community food bank and soup kitchen opened in Spokane Valley on Saturday, providing a lifeline for families facing food insecurity as the government shutdown enters its 25th day.
Nourish Spokane is run by the Filipino American Northwest Association. The program took two years to develop and aims to help families struggling with food insecurity.
“It’s Spokane Valley’s first cultural soup kitchen that’s not faith based,” said Jacqueline Babol, executive director of the Filipino American Northwest Association…