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Up Close - Corporate Citizenship - August 16, 2012
Avista plugs in human energy
Almost 600 at company donate service hours to support Inland Northwest communities

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Avista Corp. employee Randy Bareither delivers meals in the West Central neighborhood for Meals on Wheels Spokane.
Avista Corp. employee Randy Bareither delivers meals in the West Central neighborhood for Meals on Wheels Spokane.
—Staff photo by Treva Lind
Randy Bareither, an Avista Corp. pipeline safety engineer, has a green light to leave his job midday to volunteer on company time for Meals on Wheels Spokane, a nonprofit program that delivers food to elderly and home-bound residents.

Sometimes, Bareither drives one of Avista's alternative fuel cars to make the deliveries. A 14-year employee, he has volunteered for about 10 years to deliver meals one day every four weeks.

"It's always been understood you could take wo...


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