Barbara Comito, former marketing director
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A Lifetime of Service and Beyond
Vern Scoggin, UGM's longest-serving board member, has overseen remarkable growth and change for over half of UGM's existence. Joining in 1985, he was...
From left: Ethan, Melissa, Cameron, Isaiah, Silas, Noah, Izzy, Roman, Maliaka, Joe and Maranatha
The Reid and Hefling families stopped by 1224 E Trent yesterday to drop off the $370 they raised at the Garland Street Fair through their Colors of Hope project. Moms Melissa and Maliaka said they were amazed at how bold the children were at the fair. Cameron demonstrated his technique: "Hi, I'm Cameron. Would you like to donate to the Union Gospel Mission and get some free crayons?" Now look at those faces. Who could refuse? Plus, the free crayons are super cool: they come in the shape of cars, suns and gingerbread people!
The two families set out to feed the hungry and make a difference by collecting used crayons. Read more about the whole process on their Facebook page or this previous blog post.
$1.84 will provide one meal to a hungry man, woman or child at the Union Gospel Mission. So far this year, UGM has served 164,988 meals.
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A Gift that Lasts
For years, UGM has been blessed to receive countless gifts from faithful partners who included the ministry in their estate plan. Today, we have 256 ...
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Exploring Something New
Beverly Bergstrom is a front desk volunteer for our Spokane administrative office. She and her husband had donated to UGM for years, and one day,...
Will color for food
Barbara Comito, former marketing director : April 16, 2013
Meet the Hefling family: Maliaka, Izzy, 4, Noah, 9, Silas, 6, Roman, 2, Joe, and Maranatha, 16 mos. Inspired by Christ's miraculous feeding of the...
Teaching Children to Serve Others
Barbara Comito, former marketing director : November 14, 2013
“Share.” As a parent, how many times do you suppose you’ve said that word? We want our children to be generous, selfless, compassionate, but...