At the Core tackles food insecurity through connection
Nineteen percent of children in Spokane County face food insecurity. But dedicated community organizations like At the Core are on a mission to bring that number down.
At the Core is a nonprofit with the mission of ensuring no child in Spokane County goes without food over the weekend. This organization is the point of connection between Second Harvest — a Spokane-based food bank — and local businesses and churches to sponsor food access for school-age children via the Bite2Go weekend meal program.
As Bite2Go participants, local organizations not only provide financial support for the weekend meal kits — they also help with the heavy lifting of packing and distributing meal kits each week of the school year. They often participate in other activities as well, like reading buddies and recess monitors.
Currently, At the Core has secured sponsorship at nearly every school in Spokane County — totaling more than 8,200 meal kits every Friday during the school year. And now the nonprofit is setting its focus on ensuring surrounding schools in rural Eastern Washington and North Idaho receive the same support.
Watch this video to learn more about At the Core and hear from one local business, NAI Black — a commercial real estate brokerage — that has been sponsoring Bemiss Elementary School for years.
“Partnering for healing and a healthy future” is MultiCare’s mission, and it inspires us to form connections that help improve the quality of life for our communities. Community organizations all around us are doing amazing work, and we’re inspired and excited to support that work.
Stories from our Community is an ongoing series conceived to dive into some of these organizations*, bring their stories to life and spread the word about how they are making our communities better.
*Some of the organizations profiled in this series are recipients of MultiCare’s Community Partnership Fund, which awards funds to nonprofit organizations working on initiatives, programs and projects that improve our community.
