Fresh from his latest fundraising effort, Good Cheer Food Bank’s youngest benefactor is expanding his focus, not to mention his network.

JaNoah Spratt, who lives with his parents Todd and Teresa near East Point on Fox Spit Road, recently raised nearly $2,000 for the food bank through an innovative match program.

Last week, he met Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire.

“She’s nice,” JaNoah said Thursday. “I asked her about global warming.”

Last fall, JaNoah grew vegetables in the family garden and sold them at his roadside stand. He made $50, all of which he gave to Good Cheer.

Then he went door-to-door to businesses in the area, urging them to match his contribution. He raised $1,485.75 in cash, and the rest in gift certificates, all of which he gave to Good Cheer.

JaNoah is 8 years old. He was 7 when he started his charity work. He turns 9 later this month.

“We couldn’t have a better spokesman for us,” Kathy McLaughlin, Good Cheer executive director, said this week. “We hope he will continue to have a passion for helping us. He’s a real entrepreneur.”

In a letter of appreciation to JaNoah earlier this year, McLaughlin credits him with being the inspiration for Good Cheer’s new community garden, created almost entirely by volunteers.

“I believe that was the beginning,” McLaughlin wrote. “Those efforts began with you, and for that I will be forever grateful. You continue to amaze me.”

JaNoah said his next project is to work with his father to publish a journal of his fundraising experiences. His working title is “How I Helped My Community, and You Can Too.”

He plans to sell as many copies as he can.

“Everything goes to Good Cheer,” he said.

JaNoah said he may also contact Microsoft’s Bill Gates and the Boeing Co. through a YouTube presentation to expand his matching program. He said he may also add Oprah Winfrey to his contact list.

And he’s considering getting in touch with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, because of their interest in gardening.

“Maybe I can help them with composting and stuff like that,” he said.

JaNoah knows a lot about composting. He grew up on an organic farm in Oregon that specialized in worms.

In fact, science is his favorite subject, and JaNoah, a home-schooler, plans to become a marine biologist.

“Ever since I was young, I always wanted to do something with science,” he said. “I saw a documentary when I was three, and that’s how it started.”

JaNoah’s visit with the governor was arranged by Bob Drewel, former Snohomish County executive and current executive director of the Puget Sound Regional Council.

Teresa Spratt said Drewel, a family friend, mentored JaNoah with his matching program and is like a grandfather to him. They had lunch together before meeting the governor.

JaNoah said he and Gregoire spent a few minutes together.

“She asked how things were going, and I said great,” JaNoah said. “Then I asked about global warming, and that’s how it started. Then she had to go to some bill signings.”

JaNoah spent most of the day at the state Capitol in Olympia, accompanying Gregoire and also meeting with one of his state representatives, Norma Smith of Clinton.

He had a new suit and tie for the occasion.

“The suit was nice,” JaNoah said. “It wasn’t as scratchy as it looks.”