SPOKANE, Wash. — A local bakery will provide free bread and meals to anyone who asks as part of a new program launched to address hunger in the community.

On Friday, Great Harvest Spokane, a worker-owned cooperative bakery, announced its new "Food for Friends" program.

The initiative will operate with no questions asked, no paperwork required and no expiration date. Anyone needing food can tell staff they need to "feed a friend" and will receive two sandwiches and a loaf of bread to take home or share.

"This isn't charity," said Sara Kersey, operations director of Spokane Workers Cooperative. "It's solidarity. We believe no one in our community should go hungry while wealth and power concentrate in fewer and fewer hands."

Spencer Vaughn, Great Harvest front of house manager, said the p

See Full Page