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Be a Spreader!

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SPiN Cafe superspreaders Carol and Bob Wall have a message for all of us.

Catch some kindness … and be a super spreader!

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, please join SPiN Cafe and spread kindness in our community.

“Kindness is Contagious” yard signs will be available beginning Thursday, February 4, at the Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce, 32630 Hwy 20.

Make a Kindness is Contagious gift to SPiN Cafe. Suggested donation: $25. Funds will be used to bring kindness and dignity to our SPiN Cafe guests, the most vulnerable among us.

You can also email spincafeoh@gmail.com or call 360-682-5949 and we’ll get a sign to you.

At SPiN, it is our hope that you will help spread kindness in our world.

A Warm Winter Welcome

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It’s a return home, even if it’s temporary.

A year ago, SPiN Cafe lost its lease and sought simple warmth, out of the weather, for our vulnerable and struggling citizens to have a meal. Two congregations stepped up. Church on the Rock and St. Stephen’s Episcopal, neighbors on Regatta Avenue, provided the welcoming shelter we needed. That is, until COVID-19 put us back on the street in March.

But a year can make a big difference when dedicated people decide to solve a problem.

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2020: A year like no other

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2020 was a time of tragedy and unprecedented challenge. It was also a year of inspiration, of people driven to make things better, to face adversity, to serve the needs of others.

SPiN Cafe opened the year uncertain of our future, even before COVID-19. On the street due to a lost lease, we were invited to St. Stephen’s Episcopal and to the Church on the Rock to continue our evening meal service – only to see that evaporate with the state restrictions beginning in March.

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SPiN Welcomes Chapman as Executive Director

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Michele Chapman has deep roots on Whidbey Island. She comes from two generations of Navy service at NAS Whidbey: her grandfather was stationed and retired in Oak Harbor, and her father, uncle and aunt all graduated from Oak Harbor High School. With her father in the Navy as well, the family traveled the world but returned to Oak Harbor in the late 1970s. Michele graduated from OHHS and has lived most of her adult life right here on Whidbey Island.

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