The volunteer organizations that make Palouse great!
4-H Club
Andra Edwards
Group Leader
509-592-8073
AAUW (American Association of University Women), Palouse-Garfield Branch
AAUW, founded in 1881, supports equality for women and girls through education, philanthropy, advocacy, and research.
Our Palouse-Garfield Branch focuses on education in our community. We raise funds to send local 7th grade girls to a week-long Tech Trek camp at Eastern Washington University, and we make financial awards to local Gar-Pal high school girls who excel in STEM subjects.
Membership in AAUW is open to any graduate holding an associate or equivalent or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution. Present members of our branch are women from Palouse, Garfield, Elberton, and Oakesdale, as well as farms in between.
Meetings Second Tuesday of Each Month, 7:00 pm at the Garfield Community Center or TBA
E-mail AAUW, Palouse-Garfield Branch
Block Watch of Palouse
509-878-1611
120 East Main Street
PO Box 248
Palouse, WA 99161
email Block Watch of Palouse
Boy Scouts
Jay Iverson
509-878-1830
Meets every Wednesday at 7:00pm at the Legion Hall
Palouse Chamber of Commerce
Your business and community support origination that help promote businesses, events, positive growth, youth mentoring in Palouse Washington.
General Membership/Community Development meetings held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm. Membership open to any individual or business in the Palouse area.
Community members that support your chamber:
Mary Welcome, Artist; Mary on the web; Email Mary
Eastern Star – OES
Gloria Hodges
509-878-1534
Free Mason Shrine F&AM
Robert Kramer
509-878-1478
Full Moon Yoga Coop
Peer Led Yoga
Everyone Welcome
M,W,F 6-7pm, Sun 9-10am
$5 drop in, $40/month
112 N. Bridge St.
Questions? Email Full Moon Yoga Coop
Garfield Palouse Athletic Club (GPAC)
Contact GPAC
PO Box 395
Palouse, WA 99161
Meets once a month on Wednesdays, TBA
Garfield Palouse FFA & 4H Boosters
The Garfield Palouse FFA Boosters supports Garfield Palouse FFA members
by encouraging student, family, school, and community involvement.
Email Gar-Pal Boosters
Girl Scouts (Garfield)
Lisa Orfe
Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays in Garfield
Palouse Arts Council
Shandra Bohn
509-878-1494
PO Box 121
Palouse, WA 99161
Palouse Community Center
Janet Barstow
509-878-1742
Board meets at the Library at 7:00pm on the fourth Monday of each month.
Reservations Info: 878-1774
Palouse Food Pantry
Charlotte Snekvik
509-595-3048
PO Box 326
Palouse, WA 99161
The Palouse Food Pantry strives to provide nutritious supplemental food to individuals and families in need within our own community. Dedicated volunteers distribute food once a month on the Wednesday of the last full work week of the month at the Calvary Chapel, 215 E. Church Street. See the monthly flyer fir special dates, times, and delivery options. We are open to residents within the 99161 zip code in need of food assistance.
Food donation can be dropped off at Palouse Family Foods and Needful Things.
Read about the Food Pantry on our Information Sheet
Note COVID-19 Protocol Changes: This month’s flyer >>
Sponsored by Council on Aging & Human Services
Palouse Lions Club
Meets at the Legion Hall on the first and third Thursday of each month, with a picnic meeting only on the third Thursday thru the summer months.
Palouse Skatepark
220 East Whitman St.
Contact: Aaron Flansburg
(509)878-1417
PEO Chapter AE
Local education funding organization for young women.
Contact: Diane Fernandez at 208-791-5012
Round Table
Tecla Blood
509-858-2178
Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays at members’ homes.
Support And Caring for Kids (SACK)
Palouse Schools: 878-1921
Garfield Schools: 635-1331
Parent – Teacher Organization
Meets 4 or 5 times through school year. Contact Schools for more info.
Tony Kettel Skate Gardens
220 East Whitman St.
Contact: Marie Dymkoski
(509) 595-1650
Meetings on 2nd Tuesday Each Month
Xenodican Club
Do you like to volunteer? || Do you believe in the importance of the local library?
Meetings are once a month from October – May
This Friends of the Library organization fundraises for the library and local scholarships
Contact the Palouse Library at 509-878-1513 ; palouse@whitcolib.org for more information
Yoga in Palouse
Local instructors operating in the original “Palouse Yoga” studio upstairs at 121 E Main Street.
Open to all experience levels. Space is limited. Please text 253-495-7186 for more information and to sign up. Flyer >>