October 17 is the next Community networking Hour for Parkland Spanaway at the El Toro lounge, 13719 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98444. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. come out and meet members of the community from local businesses, non-profits, service clubs and of course, the local Rotary who sponsors this event. Yes, you…
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Parkland-Spanaway Rotary
Community Networking with local Rotary Club
The Rotary Club of Parkland Spanaway has begun hosting community no-host networking nights once a month. The Next is Thursday, August 20, 4 to 6 p.m. They are on the third Thursday of the month in the lounge at El Toro in Parkland, 13719 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma, WA. (Happy Hour is from 3 to…
April 18 Rotary Charity Auction at Marymount
Save the Date!! The Rotary Club of Parkland Spanaway’s Annual Charity Auction will be held on Saturday, April 18th, 2026, at Marymount Events Center. We have sponsorship opportunities. Click here for more information. The event is April 18, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m. 1950’s attire is suggested, but not mandatory. Have some pocket money ready…
Rotary Fundraiser Auction May 3
The Rotary Club of Parkland Spanaway will hold its annual fundraiser auction on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at Marymount Event Center. The ticket price is $80 for dinner and a drink. There is usually a dessert auction also. The event theme is “Shake, rattle, and roll,” it is a fifties themed charity auction. If you…
Kiwanis selling Sees Chocolates for the holidays
If chocolates are on your gift list for the holidays, please get them through this link! The money you spend will include 25% toward your local community projects! It is their “Yum Raising” plan for the holidays. Other local projects coming up the Fall: • A Food Drive, for the Trinity Food Pantry.• Collecting bath towel donations (new…
Parkland Spanaway Rotary, new location
The Rotary Club of Parkland Spanaway is now meeting on Tuesdays at noon at the Marvel Bay Cafe, 301 133rd St S, Tacoma, WA. That is the former skating rink turned grocery and meeting site. Saturday, July 27, 2024 is the 3rd Annual Veterans Golf Tournament. Half of all proceeds benefit the American Lake VA…
Rotary Club of Parkland-Spanaway Annual Chairity Auction – Saturday, April 20, 2024
The Parkland Spanaway Rotary Annual Charity Auction will be held on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 at Marymount Events Center, 6 – 9 p.m. Tickets and sponsorships are now available online! Click here to purchase. Tickets are $75 each. The location is Marymount Event Center, 325 152nd St. E, Tacoma, WA 98445. The theme of the auction…
Where are you?
The Bethel and Franklin Pierce School District areas in unincorporated, urban Pierce County have several thousand employees between them. In addition, the military base and local medical facilities also are very large employers with hundreds of employees in the area. The streets are lined with houses and apartments. But, where are you? We haven’t seen…
Rotary fundraiser Dec. 2
Parkland Spanaway Rotary Club is having a Holiday Ball Drop to raise money for a business project in Kenya. See the website or the graphic below for more information. Please go to http://psrotaryclub.org/ to participate. You can purchase golf balls for this project at https://rotary-club-of-parkland-spanaway.square.site/ The Parkland Spanaway Rotary Club meets Tuesdays at noon at…
April 22, Fifties Charity Auction
The Parkland Spanaway Rotary is hosting their annual fundraising auction on April 22, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Marymount Events Center. The “Fifties Charity Auction” will benefit the community work the Rotary does in our local area. Tickets at $60 per person. The price includes dinner and 2 drinks. The reservation deadline…
Help support Winterfest 2022
Each year, community services in the Parkland-Spanaway area support low-income families by collecting items for Winterfest. Families receive invitations from those community services to participate in the event. Winterfest has served hundreds of local families over the past 30 years. They share refreshments, hold a children’s fair with games, face painting, a visit with Santa,…
June 11, Parkland Spanaway Rotary Auction
The Parkland-Spanaway Rotary is priming up for its Booty Bash, fundraiser on June 11, 2022, at the Marymount Event Center at 325 152nd STE, Tacoma WA 98445, 5:30 p.m. Our Rotary club had been holding auction events for over 20 years and has raised over $900,000 that has benefited our local charities, organizations, and scholarships….
Free Shredding October 16
The Parkland Spanaway Rotary Club(FB/webpage) will host on site document shredding event Saturday, October 16, from 10 am – 2 pm, at Paradise Lanes and Entertainment Center (12505 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, WA 98444). The shred event is sponsored by TwinStar Credit Union so all proceeds(donations) raised go to support local nonprofits and the causes supported…
New Rotary Chapter Forming – Jan. 25
The local Rotary Club is forming a new chapter for Graham Frederickson and Eatonville. GFE Rotary will help local businesses address issues facing their business and others and help them support their surrounding communities. The event will be held at Frontier Park Lodge, Saturday, January 25, starting at 6 pm. The cost is $15 for…
Rotary’s Surrender the Booty Bash May 18
Service clubs are a vital part of a functioning community. The Parkland Spanaway Rotary has been active in the area for a very long time, providing scholarships to students in the Bethel and Franklin Pierce School Districts as well as charitable services in the community. The Surrender the Booty Bash is their annual auction fundraiser….
October 6 is ABC Day at Bethel High
ABC Day is All Bethel (School District) Community Day. Over the past 10 plus years, it has become a very popular event for the community to come to that year’s high school to see what is going on in the c=-schools and around the community. Community groups come out and show what they offer to…
Join, help your community and be happier as a result
South Pierce County has many local organizations from Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis to community associations in the unincorporated areas. These groups are made up of volunteers who care about the people and places around them. They put in countless unpaid hours to make your lives better. If you are feeling low, participating in one of these…
Dazzling party at Sprinker for the 555th of JBLM
By Marianne Lincoln SPANAWAY, WA — It was a Tuesday afternoon and the parking lot at Sprinker Recreation Center had nary a space left to put another car. The fledgling Eastisde Subchapter of the local AUSA was welcoming soldiers, their wives and children to the center to celebrate. It was a “Welcome Home” party from their deployments and…
Relay for Life at FP Stadium celebrates survivors memorializes loved ones lost
At 6 p.m. Friday Relay for Life Central Pierce kicked off events at Franklin Pierce Stadium. For 24 hours, they will walk in teams, and in their booths, sell everything from wrist bands to cupcakes to raise money toward curing cancer. The even began with an introduction of cancer survivors, from the longest survivor to the…
Our benevolent local non-profits boost local graduates
By Marianne Lincoln One of the most amazing things happing in our community is also probably one of the least publicized. In fact, I believe this is the first comprehensive article ever written about it. I am speaking of the local non-profit organizations that raise money all year long in the Franklin Pierce and Bethel…