Sunday, August 29
11:00 a.m.  Singspiration at CenterPlace, followed by potluck
Sunday, September 5
11:00 a.m.  Singspiration at CenterPlace
Sunday, September 12
11:00 a.m. Singspiration at CenterPlace, Steve Wilson speaking.
Sunday, September 19
11:00 a.m. Singspiration at CenterPlace
Sunday, September 26
11:00 a.m. Singspiration at CenterPlace

WELCOME

Welcome to ChangePoint Spokane, a new organization led by volunteers. We have been asked by Spokane Valley Partners to expand their services to the disadvantaged in our community in at least three ways…

1.   Provide skills training and jobs, helping people get out of the “food bank line” to productive employment.
2.   Raise funds for the truly needy. This is being accomplished mainly through point-of-purchase donations through local grocery and hardware stores.
3.   Add a holistic dimension to Partners’ current community services. This means finding needs and filling them.
      As community organizers, we seek to partner with other groups that work together for the common good.

Major ChangePoint projects underway in 2010. . .

Panhandling Solutions…
“Change for the Better” Campaign
    This campaign led by ChangePoint Spokane starts with “Operation Cardboard” in September, with the full campaign, “Operation Freedom” making its debut in October. Here’s the underlying purpose.

1. To educate the public on the reality of panhandling in order to stop perpetrating it.
2. To educate the public on the reality of panhandling in order to stop perpetrating it.
3. To improve safety and security in our community and improve the experience here for visitors and for our own citizens.
4. To support social service agencies that provide fundamental resources to people in need.
5. To help get individuals on the streets (whether they panhandle or not) into a safer environment.
6. To help the disadvantaged without resorting to more government or tax money.

    Its NOT about saying “no” to panhandlers or about decreasing the public’s compassion to  people who are homeless or disadvantaged. Change for the Better offers a way the public can truly help.

    For more details, click here and view the Power Point presentation, that includes “Panhandler Sam’s Story.”
(download file)

Partners Advancing Character Education
    Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) is a grassroots Spokane Valley initiative to promote the importance of good character through partnerships with schools, businesses, public agencies, residents, faith-based organizations, and community service groups.
    Working from a common list of monthly character traits, partners will strive to promote and integrate each trait into the regular activities of the organization.
    It is the intentional effort by schools and communities to develop in their students important qualities such as honesty, respect, responsibility and citizenship.
    Character education helps students to judge what is right, desire good, and then do what is right.
    For more details, click here and view the Power Point presentation. PACE WEB (download file)