Community

Boy wearing a blue backpack as he lines up to get on the school bus, other kids with backpacks are in front of him while the teacher checks off attendance by the bus doors.

Packing to punch out hunger

The ACCESS Powerpack Program fills backpacks with weekend nutrition for food insecure students.

Senior woman sitting with another woman at a kitchen table, chatting and drinking coffee.

Pilot Program Enhances Safety for Vulnerable Families

Pilot program provides backup power solutions to people who are medically vulnerable

Multiple decorated Christmas trees with boxes of ornaments for sale at Old World Christmas in Spokane, Washington.

Old World Christmas is Keeping Spirits Bright

For over four decades, Spokane-based Old World Christmas has been creating custom glass-blown ornaments for the holidays.

Bearded man wearing sunglasses and a blue t-shirt, smiles in front of a Freedom Farms Gold Hill, Oregon sign at a farmers market vegetable table.

Freedom Farms also cultivates people

When recently incarcerated people work in the vegetable beds at Freedom Farms they reconnect better with the outside world.

Two women stand and watch a man talking to a classroom. The women are wearing blue t-shirts that say "Human Powered. Avista."

Avista Foundation’s Giving Provides Year-Round Community Support

The Avista Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps communities served by Avista Utilities. Funding comes from the company’s shareholders, not from customers.

Group photo of Dignified Workday staff and participants

Innovative Program Helps People Find Work and Stability

Two grants from Avista’s Named Communities Investment Fund will support efforts to help people experiencing homelessness in Spokane who are working to change their lives.