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Check out some highlights from this year's Logan Block Party!

On its website, Manzanita House describes itself as a community nonprofit that provides legal aid to immigrants, in addition to community resources with plans to expand in the future. I had assumed that the focus of the organization was legal aid and took the community resources component as secondary. Pat's answers to my colleague's questions quickly dispels that notion.

The ZoNE Essential Skills program is a six-week career development series that provides unemployed and underemployed women in Northeast Spokane the opportunity to develop their workplace skills and build their professional confidence. This partnership between Gonzaga University and the ZoNE saw tremendous success this year, with 18 women taking part and graduating from the program - the largest number of participants so far!

Held on October 15, the Pumpkin Fest was an opportunity for the Clelland family, Sodexo's ZagDining, Gonzaga's Center for Community Engagement (CCE), and the Family Haven to provide families a space to celebrate the changing of the seasons and enjoy an afternoon of fun. Parents and children had a delightful day at the pumpkin patch enjoying various activities like hayrides, petting farm animals, painting pumpkins, and enjoying delicious treats.

Founded on the Jesuit cornerstone of a faith that does justice, Gonzaga seeks opportunities to care for the community and respond to its most pressing needs.

Gonzaga University actively partners with various entities to support Spokane through housing, climate research, health education, community development, and sustainable transportation.

Nearly 100 individuals working with Opportunity Northeast paused their busy schedules May 15 to celebrate completion of an academic year of progress and success.

Communities In Schools was recognized for its significant contribution to the community.

Gonzaga hosted the Inland Northwest Community Engagement Institute conference.

On March 28th, the Center for Community Engagement partnered with Sodexo's ZagDining to put on the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

LaunchNW, a community and economic vitality initiative of the Innovia Foundation, has tapped Gonzaga University to develop a comprehensive, interactive map of services that support youth and families in the completion of high school and the attainment of post-high school education in Spokane County.

Gonzaga students, staff and faculty bustle about from room to room, carrying decorations and wrapping paper and setting out toys, puzzles, dolls and games for youngsters. Soon families supported by the Center for Community Engagement's youth programs will arrive for the Winter Wonderland event.

$576,000 in direct federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enhance specialized, wrap-around programming and services

Inspired by what he learned while attending this spring's Northeast Immersion, Opportunity Northeast Faculty Research Fellow Dr. Vivek Patil imagined a project that explored the intersection and geographic distributions of a number of key social indicators across Spokane County and the relationships between these indicators and past housing policy within the City of Spokane.

This Fall Family Weekend, Gonzaga University families gathered to volunteer at Family Promise. Family Promise supports homeless families and individuals in the Spokane area.

When Jennifer Towers, assistant dean in GU's School of Nursing and Human Physiology, heard that some of the children at Gonzaga Family Haven might have to forgo participating in sports because they couldn't get health clearance by a primary care provider, she considered all the benefits they'd be missing. Exercise and physical fitness were top of the list, of course.