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The Hispanic Business/Professional Association Establishes Endowment to Sustain Their Vital Mission

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The Hispanic Business/Professional Association (HBPA) serves the Hispanic community of the Inland Northwest through a variety of economic, educational, cultural and social support services. HBPA’s programs include providing scholarships for local youth of Hispanic heritage, promoting vaccine outreach, hosting a food pantry, and creating opportunities for Hispanic businesses and professionals. This year, HBPA established a nonprofit endowment at Innovia to support their work in the community for generations to come.

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Empowering Refugee Women in Spokane: Faith Hayflich launches the Spokane Community Refugee Fund.

Empowering Refugee Women in Spokane: Faith Hayflich launches the Spokane Community Refugee Fund

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Imagine having left your country, fleeing from war, violence or other unimaginable difficulties, and finding yourself in a strange country with an unfamiliar language and no connections in your new community. “Just imagine,” Faith Hayflich invites us. “What would it be like if some disaster comes into your life, and you have nobody to turn to?”  Growing up in the small town of Huntington, West Virginia, Faith Hayflich moved to Spokane in 2000 to escape the bustling environment of Silicon Valley where she taught ESL

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The Wolff Family.

The Wolff Family

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Family History  A close-knit family known for their success in the real estate business, the Wolff family’s legacy of philanthropy in the Inland Northwest stretches back to the early 1900s. Proud to call Spokane home, Alvin J. Wolff, Sr. was a self-motivated visionary who knew what he wanted out of life. He attended West Valley

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Sparking Student Success with Data

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Over half of rural high school graduates in Washington State do not pursue any type of postsecondary education in the year following graduation, greatly reducing future career opportunities. In an effort to change the trajectory and create better outcomes for those graduates, Innovia launched a two-year initiative to strengthen school-community connections in five rural school districts: Dayton, St. John Endicott, Lind-Ritzville, Riverside and Inchelium.

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Bolstering Community Health

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Fresh tomatoes, avocados and tortillas are just a sampling of the foods available for free at El Mercadito. Operating monthly, Latinos en Spokane stocks the market with an array of culturally relevant foods, fulfilling an important need for the Latino community that often goes unmet by local food banks. Since the advent of COVID-19, the market has served as a trusted gathering place for locals to access more than just fresh vegetables.

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Making Waves with Just 5%

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“You don’t need millions to make an impact,” says Aaron McMurray, Chief Strategy Officer at Innovia.
Since the release of a regional transfer of wealth study in 2019, Innovia has joined with local leaders and nonprofits in galvanizing the community around the power of giving back just 5%. The numbers are staggering: $42 billion is expected to transfer generations in Eastern Washington and North Idaho over the next decade. While much of that wealth will go to family members and heirs, the 5% Invested, Fully Committed campaign launched by Innovia inspires people to consider giving 5% in end-of-life generosity to their community.

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