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Shalom Ministries is serving free meals again, from a parking lot on East Pacific Avenue
The Daily Spokane Valley team
If you've been wondering where downtown Spokane's free meals went, Shalom Ministries is serving again. The group brought back a limited meal service Friday, Oct. 30, in the parking lot of Bloom Psychiatry at 302 E. Pacific Avenue, about a mile from its old church basement. Volunteers handed out hot soup and rice, sack lunches, clothing and self-care kits, and about 200 meals went out.
Shalom served about 82,000 meals last year
- 82,000
- meals served last year
- 32 years
- of serving downtown Spokane
- 7,000 to 8,000
- people reached each month, an estimate
- about 200
- meals served Friday
Sources: The Spokesman-Review, NonStop Local KHQ
The program shut down in August after Zeal Church, the new owner of Central United Methodist Church, declined to renew its lease. The final meal there was served Aug. 24, and a partnership with City Gate gave Shalom access to a commercial kitchen.
- Fridays: Bloom Psychiatry parking lot, with CHAS Health
- Monday nights: mobile meals, with two vehicles planned
- Still looking: a permanent home with a kitchen and dining area
Shalom served about 200 meals Friday, up from 125 planned
Sources: The Spokesman-Review, NonStop Local KHQ
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Friday planned | 125 |
| Friday served | 200 |
| Monday planned | 100 |
Sources: The Spokesman-Review, NonStop Local KHQ