That's what you'll see in this year's Give Guide: people doing whatever it takes to have a positive impact, no matter their circumstances. Read about our three Peirone Prize winners who find three unique ways to make a difference. Learn how teenagers are choosing to help others, how nature can provide comfort to disable veterans, and how nonprofits are stepping up to solve the community's pressing issues. Maybe you'll come away feeling inspired to give however you can, too.
—WILSON CRISCIONE, section editor
The Peirone Prize Turns 10
For 18 years now, we've been publishing the Give Guide every summer. For the last decade, we've been highlighting locals who have been making an out-sized difference with the Peirone Prize. Named for Joe and Alice Peirone, grandparents of Inlander founders Ted (that's me) and Jer McGregor, we have three more amazing philanthropists to inspire you: Reisha Abolofia, Tyler Lafferty and Katie Tolley. You can read all about them and so much more in this 2019 edition of Give Guide.
Our goal in publishing this annual issue is to celebrate the often under-the-radar hard work so many people and organizations put in to make the Inland Northwest a kind and giving place. But it's also a not-so-gentle nudge to remind everyone that these efforts rely on the power of local donors — and that means you! So as you read through these pages, we hope you'll find a cause you connect with and either volunteer or support it financially.
Here are links directly to this year's Peirone Prize winners:
PEOPLE
• Meet two local teens who spend most of their spare time giving back to their communities
• Meet St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho's new director
• Hope House and Crosswalk expand
NATURE
COMMUNITY
• As schools move away from the arts, can nonprofits fill in the gaps?
• Spokane Guilds' school rebrands
• Future Song donates instruments
HEALTH
