http://www.inlander.com/spokane/articles.sec-86-1-philanthropy-2010.html Growing up in Spokane can be a drag. Ask anybody who did. Ask 20-year-old Taylor Weech, who was raised on the South Hill and went to Lewis and Clark High School. Sure, it’s cool when you&rsqu]]> Ben Stuckart is a professional asker. He has to be. Because the more people he asks for help — help in the form of checks with lots of zeros on them — the better off the entire city will be, he says. ]]> Stylish blonde hair, dangly earrings, form-fitting pedal pushers, precarious heels. One night a week, I’d heard, she tends bar at the Satellite. An upper arm sports a ‘40s-style pin-up girl tattoo. She’s a former Lilac City Roller Girl, too: “One year,” she says proudly, “I won Hematoma of the Year.”]]> Restaurant owners have enough to worry about. Are the forks clean? Is that fish fresh? Is my staff happy? Am I going to make money this month? It’s a high-stress, high-turnover business. But many restaurants (and other businesses) in Spokane master these details enough to ask the bigger questions, too: Am I supporting my fellow businesses? Am I giving back to my community? Am I making a difference?]]> From providing make-up to the disadvantaged to making wishes come true for seniors to building community through art, these newly active charities are changing lives in novel ways.]]>