Market at the Heart offers loving space to fill needs, bellies
Jason Anderson of Dalton Gardens is served salad and a bowl of burrito soup Thursday at Heart Reach's weekly community meal at the Market at the Heart in Coeur d'Alene. The Market offers resources and fellowship for community members of all walks of life, from those facing homelessness and food insecurity to families just trying to make ends meet.
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Franny Anderson and her 11-year-old daughter Isabella LaRue, both of Dalton Gardens, visit Thursday at the Market at the Heart community meal before heading off to Isabella's school choir concert.
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Market at the Heart Director Myndi Sizemore on Thursday looks into the warehouse that will someday become a space for classrooms and counseling services at the Heart church's Coeur d'Alene campus.
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Market at the Heart volunteers Tammy Stovall and Dave LaFountaine share a smile Thursday during the Market's weekly community meal.
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A little framed sign near the entrance of Market at the Heart's community meal reminds people: "When you're here, you're family."
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Mike Alvis is the kitchen lead at Market at the Heart, which serves a free community meal each Thursday. The Market also provides food, clothing and other resources for community members in need.
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COEUR d'ALENE — An announcement on the whiteboard read, "We have fish!" People greet each other with warm hugs, smiles, handshakes and shoulder squeezes, embodying the words framed on a small sign near the door: "When you're here, you're family."
"Everyone here has got such a loving heart," Franny Anderson said Thursday evening while at Heart Reach Inc.'s Market at the Heart weekly community meal. "You can tell that they have the love of Jesus in their hearts when they're talking to you — it just shines through."
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