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BRIEF: New Spokane website focuses on parents, caregivers

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spokidsfbheaderA new local website, Spokids NW features a detailed calendar of events for parents and caregivers in the Spokane area, along with lists of resources, classes, and promotional deals. The site also features a blog with information connecting parents and caregivers to services and solutions; along with provide access for community members to comment and share, according to a press release.

Developed and managed by two mothers and friends, Lindsey Vlasman and Emily Gwinn, the site hopes to help parents and caregivers find the services they need and provide new ways to connect with others.

It’s free for businesses to get listed, and feature-advertising packages are available.

“We would love to hear from area businesses about special events and anything “kid-related” to add to our website and calendar,” Vlasman and Gwinn said in a news release.

Add #spokidsnw to your media posts for a chance to connect to our wide audience of parents and caregivers in the Inland Northwest.

For more information about advertising or general site questions contact Gwinn at979-5190 or e-mail [email protected].

Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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Lindsey
10 years ago

Thanks so much…that was so nice of you.

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