SNAP
3102 W. Fort George Wright
Spokane, WA 99224
(509) 456-7111
Fax: (509) 534-5874
Press Release 11/3/09
For immediate release
TO: News Desk, Assignment Editor
FR: Ron Hardin, Communications Manager
SNAP
2116 E. First Avenue, Spokane WA 99202
509-456-7111 ext.242; hardin@snapwa.org
Cell phone 993-7143
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Saturday Energy Assistance available Saturday, November 7
With the increased demand for energy assistance, SNAP has scheduled an additional day for those seeking to schedule an appointment. The SNAP phone lines for energy assistance will be accepting calls on Saturday, November 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The phone number is 242-2376.
“Saturday energy assistance was very successful last year,” according to Margaret Belote, Director of the Energy Assistance Program. “We have scheduled this Saturday and the first Saturday in December. Perhaps, we will do additional Saturdays in 2010.”
SNAP phone lines are normally open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Tuesday-Thursday schedule will continue until funds are spent. Web appointments are available on Wednesdays at www.snapwa.org
“The working poor are challenged by our Tuesday-Thursday schedule of telephone appointments,” Belote said. “We hope this makes it easier for working people to get energy assistance help from SNAP.”
Between 200 and 300 additional energy assistance appointments are expected to be scheduled during the Saturday morning session.
Last year, SNAP distributed help to 13,880 households in Spokane County with a dollar value of $8,860,037. This year, SNAP has served about 700 households and spent about $187,000 during the first few days of the program.
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About SNAP: SNAP connects and provides access to resources which creates opportunities, with dignity, for low income people.