There are SO MANY reasons that we need parks. But the health and future wellbeing of children is chief among them. Lately there has been a small flood of articles and studies showing why being outdoors is so vital for kids. These studies are not just showing that exercise done outdoors is better for kids than indoors (though any is better than none!), but also that when a child is connected with nature that child’s performance in math, reading and science also improves. And t

Frances Martin first began painting when she was 12 in her homeland of Taiwan. She started taking lessons from the Taiwanese watercolorist, Master Paul Kuo, and fell in love with the art form. When she came to Spokane in 1974 as part of the Taiwanese delegation to Expo ’74, she fell in love and returned to live here. She has continued painting ever since, and particularly enjoys painting scenes from Manito Park’s Japanese Garden, which reminds her of her homeland. She also re

We took on the 40th Anniversary Celebration of Expo ’74 – as shown by the addition of an Event category in our income. The net revenue from that event has been used to establish the 2020 Riverfront Park Fund to help with the revitalization of Riverfront Park, which was created by Expo ’74. The work of running that event, plus the addition of new fiscal sponsors to our list, helped to drive our fund management revenue to a new level. We act as the nonprofit of record for local