Spokane Joins Hands Again: Hands Across Spokane Returns for Second Year with Expanded Community Focus
May 14th, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Community-Minded Enterprises Announces Return of Hands Across Spokane Annual community event and resource fair returns to Riverfront Park on September 12, 2026
Community-Minded Enterprises is proud to announce the return of Hands Across Spokane, a community-wide event and awareness campaign designed to make Spokane’s support networks more visible, accessible, and connected.
Hands Across Spokane 2026 will take place on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Riverfront Park’s Central Plaza in downtown Spokane. The event is free and open to the public.
Launched in 2025 with a focus on mental health awareness and connection, Hands Across Spokane is expanding in 2026 to reflect a broader vision of community health, support, and belonging. This year’s event will continue to honor the importance of mental health while widening the conversation to include the many factors that help people and communities be healthy; among them access to resources, social connection, recovery support, family stability, basic needs, and meaningful engagement with local services.
A Campaign That Makes Care Visible
In the month leading up to the event, Hands Across Spokane will launch its social media campaign, inviting community members, organizations, businesses, schools, service providers, and neighbors to share photos of themselves joining hands using the hashtag #HandsAcrossSpokane. Through these shared photos, the campaign makes care and support visible across Spokane and remind the community that support doesn’t only happen inside programs or organization; it happens between neighbors, coworkers, friends, and families, and everyone willing to show up for one another.
A Day of Connection and Community
The campaign culminates on September 12 with a community event and resource fair bringing residents and local service providers together for an afternoon of connection, resources, and participation. Attendees can visit resource tables, learn about local services, enjoy food trucks and live entertainment, and engage with organizations working across Spokane.
At the heart of the event is a shared hand-joining moment, where attendees stand together as a visible reminder that care and connection are already present across Spokane; and that every person has a role in strengthening them.
A New Location
This year’s move to Riverfront Park’s Central Plaza marks an important milestone in the event’s growth. The location offers a more visible and central gathering space that reflects the event’s expanding focus on community health and connection.
Get Involved
Local nonprofits, service providers, public agencies, community groups, and mission-aligned businesses are invited to participate as table vendors, sponsors, or event partners.
More information, including vendor registration, sponsorship opportunities, and social media campaign details, is available at handsacrossspokane.org.
Media Contact:
Madi Allen
Communications Manager
Community-Minded Enterprises
Direct: (509) 666-4183
MadiA@community-minded.org
About Community-Minded Enterprises
Community-Minded Enterprises is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering families and individuals through a range of programs in early learning, recovery support, and family services. CME works to improve the quality of life in Central and Eastern Washington and surrounding areas by providing essential resources and services.
Mission
Community-Minded Enterprises transforms communities in Washington State while advancing diversity and inclusion of marginalized populations, so that all people have an opportunity for equitable health, education, and safety.
Learn more about the work we do: https://community-minded.org/
