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,…
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Parkland-Spanaway Rotary
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…
Parkland Spanaway Rotary installs new officers
Today at their regular Tuesday meeting, the Parkland Spanaway Rotary installed their 2013-14 slate of officers. Carrie Ching will be their new President. Her most recent accomplishment was organizing the recent Surrender the Booty Bash. President elect (Vice President) is Marvin Rogers, Secretary is Ruth Kohler and Treasurer is Amy Hobson. Additional board of directors include Greg…
Rotary of Parkland Spanaway filled their treasure chests for worthy causes
The Rotary Club of Parkland Spanaway held their fourth annual Surrender The Booty Bash at the McGavick Center in Lakewood Saturday and a fine time was had by all the pirates and wenches. According to one reveller, it’s their annual opportunity to dress up like pirates and have drinks with their friends. Actually, it is a…
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