08/08/2026
Dear Spokane, I’m so sorry we’ve been so quiet over the past few days!
Less than 24 hours after the fires began, I left for a planned vacation across the pond. It was so tough leaving and every day I’ve been thinking about how and when we can best show up for our community.
While I’m trying to be in the moment here, formulating a plan is probably the only way I’m going to be able to balance these two worlds.
Last year our $3 dinners turned into $free dollar dinners because Spokane showed up in such a big way. I’d love to bring something like that back for displaced families and frontline workers.
We’re trying to be realistic about our bandwidth. We ran those dinners during fall and winter when business was slower. Right now we’re in the middle of our busy season and I don’t want to burn out our staff when we have to get through August events.
My main focus is the second wave. These families, frontline crews, shelters, and our community are still going to need support weeks from now.
Even though I’m 4,500 miles away and working with an 8-hour time difference, I’m hoping we can figure out a direction over the next few days.
If you know of a specific need, an organization we should connect with, or an idea for how we can help, I’m putting together a super short Google Form so we can keep everything in one place and actually follow up. I’m especially interested in what Spokane may need in the coming weeks.
We have the ability to make quite a few things happen with our Hidden Bagel kitchen and Scoop truck, so maybe this time around we partner with another business or non-profit to help with logistics?
I’ll continue doing what I can from afar, and doing small donations as they come up until I get back to Spokane.
It has been absolutely heartbreaking to see it all unfold and feel so helpless, but also inspiring to see how people are helping!
We love you, Spokane!
