Civic Engagement Clearinghouse
Eastern Washington University
Trash Free Earth is an organization that advocates for an environment that is trash free through educating those around them and getting the community to participate in clean ups all over. This organization sets up various projects to gather people apart of their organization and those not yet to clean up popular areas to make them look healthy and happy again. They often times partner up with other organizations or communities to clean up together.
Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas.
This program collects and distributes new unrawpped toys by local donations, those purchased by the foundation, and those donated by corporations. The foundation aims to unite members of local communities in a common cause to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas.
The Gathering House is an Evangelical Covenant Church committed to using its resources of space, time, and assets to create an environment where lives can be changed under the purposes and leadership of Jesus Christ. Worship occurs every Sunday and the other 6 days is transformed into a café serving the local community with coffee from local roasters, a salad bar, hot soups, and gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches by day. This café is a jobs-training location, hiring individuals out of prison where they gain life skills and work skills with ambitions to move on to greener pastures. The evenings provide community space and a stage for open mic nights, meetings, and other presentations or performances.
This organization is a huge staple to life in Cheney, Washington and their purpose is to meet the needs of the community as best as they can whether that be with utilities in the home or giving the city alerts to emergencies in the area. The City of Cheney as an organization is there to be the glue that holds everything together covering many different departments from parks and recreation all the way up to the mayor. This large organization aims to keep citizens informed about what is going on in their community and help keep Cheney a place where people want to live.
The Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce is a local organization dedicated to helping the prosperity of Spokane. The group represents, organizes and serves businesses to help the economy grow. Essentially, the organization unifies the business community in Spokane for economic prosperity.
“The Spokane Tribe of Indians is a sovereign government body led by the Spokane Tribal Business Council. The Council consists of the Tribal Chairman, Vice Chairman, Tribal Secretary and two Council members.The Spokane Tribal Business Council reports to the General Membership, meaning all enrolled Spokane Tribal members. A Spring and Fall General Council meeting is held each year so the Tribal Council can update the Membership of important Tribal issues.” They are in charge of maintaining roads and performing and managing the goings on in the reservation. They perform the same role that local Government does.
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