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Spokane County commissioners approve $100,000 emergency donation to Second Harvest amid SNAP disruption
Summary
Commissioner Amber Waldrep said the board voted to make an emergency $100,000 donation to Second Harvest Food Bank after a federal shutdown disrupted SNAP benefits; Waldrep described visits to local food providers and volunteered on a turkey‑drive effort. Vote tally was not specified in the transcript.
Commissioner Amber Waldrep said the Spokane County Board of Commissioners approved an emergency donation of $100,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank after a federal government shutdown briefly disrupted SNAP benefits and strained food‑security services.
"Last month, the government shutdown created a real crisis for families who rely on SNAP food benefits," Waldrep said. "I voted with my Board of County Commissioner colleagues to make an emergency donation to Second Harvest Food Bank of $100,000." The transcript does not include a roll call or vote tally for that action.
Waldrep described meeting community leaders at Second Harvest, Nuestros Raices and the Martin Luther King Junior Center to understand food‑security systems, and said she personally helped build Tom's Turkey Drive boxes before Thanksgiving. She urged residents to volunteer, donate or give food, saying community need will continue.
The remarks frame the county's immediate response to a short‑term federal disruption and highlight local partnerships the commissioner says aided relief efforts. The transcript records Waldrep's account of visits and the donation but does not provide further detail about the county's funding source for the donation or vote counts.
