REMINDER! The Pierce County 2025 Watersheds Small Grants Program application deadline is April 30, 2025. This program funds community projects that improve water quality, restore habitats, and protect the environment. This grant is open to everyone! Nonprofits, schools, teachers, tribes, local governments, and individuals are encouraged to apply for up to $2,500 to start neighborhood cleanups, build…
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These Orgs Make Parkland-Spanaway Healthier!
BLUE ZONES — We’re excited to announce that Pacific Lutheran University and Collins Elementary School have officially become Blue Zones Project Approved — joining a growing movement of schools and worksites committed to supporting healthier choices and better, longer lives! For their efforts in making their campus a healthier place to work, Pacific Lutheran University has earned the designation as Pierce County’s first Blue Zones Project…
Local author to receive PLU Honorary Doctorate
By Marianne Lincoln Hope Cecilia Svinth Carpenter wrote several books about the experience and lives of the Nisqually people, When I met her, she was part of the Descendants of Fort Nisqually Employees Association. Her maternal great-great grandparents were Charles and Isabella Ross, who came to the Pacific Northwest to work with the Hudson Bay…
Saving Parkland School – a success story
by Julie Collison May 17, 2024It isn’t often that we get the opportunity to do something that will leave a legacy for ourchildren. 2 years ago, the Parkland Community had just that. News from our countycouncil representative, Jani Hitchin, came to the folks attending the ScandinavianCultural Center meeting that the Parkland School was being considered…
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