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…
Category: Community Assoc
Our Savior Lutheran Church brings National Volunteer Day to Franklin Pierce High School
Work Party 8 am – noon, Saturday, April 18 Franklin Pierce HS Community Lunch Noon – 1 pm at Our Savior, 519 112th St. E On the third Saturday of each month, dozens of members of Our Savior Lutheran Church meet to help members of the community. They call this day Faith in Action, and…
Community invited to open houses for Pierce County’s Comprehensive Plan update
PIERCE COUNTY — Pierce County has issued a draft Comprehensive Plan update package and invites the community to learn more about such topics as land use, transportation and regional parks at a series of open houses. “This is the community’s opportunity to learn how Pierce County will deal with growth in the unincorporated area over…
“CULTURAL GROOMING” Forum NEXT WEEK, Tuesday, March 17 at PLU
You are invited to an evening exploring vulnerabilities to trafficking in our communities. What is “cultural grooming” and how is it impacting children, youth and adults? Is there a link between our sexualized culture and sex trafficking? Get answers at… CULTURAL GROOMING – Uncovering Vulnerabilities to Trafficking March 17 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm Anderson University…
Volunteers sought for Frederickson Events Committee
Tuesday March 3rd is the monthly meeting of the Frederickson Events Committee. It is at 4 PM in the school dist. annex 184th & Canyon bldg. C. Everyone is welcome to attend. We could really use any volunteers who are willing to help with this summers events. We really would like more help. It’s an…
Happy 20th Birthday Spanaway Community Association!
20 years ago in January, the Spanaway Community Association became an official non-profit corporation in the State of Washington. For many years, they operated under the moniker, Spanaway Community Action Network (SCAN) and took on a myriad of projects across the community from holiday tree lightings to campfires and informational meetings. They even got involved…
Remember us on Giving Tuesday
December 2nd is giving Tuesday. If you like having information about your local community daily from Midland to McKenna, the good news, then please donate to the Pierce Prairie Post. We are trying to accumulate enough funds to purchase a new computer that can handle all the graphics and volume of photographs daily. Thank you…
BSD’s Michael Presswood at GCAT Oct 23
Michael Presswood, Risk Manager from the Bethel School District will speak on emergency preparedness and communities at the GCAT meeting, in Thursday Oct 23 at 6pm, North Star Elementary on 224th. GCAT is the Graham Citizen’s Action Team.
Realize 2030 – Pierce County Comprehensive Plan
Pierce County Comprehensive Plan Updates org/realize2030. Upcoming Meetings November 3 7:00 p.m. South Hill LUAC Central Pierce Fire & Rescue-Stn 69 November 4 6:30 p.m. Mid-County LUAC Mid-County Community Center November 6 7:00 p.m. Graham LUAC Graham Public Library See all posted LUAC agendas
Garfield Street Fair Booth Changes
PARKLAND, WA — This is to notify vendors for the Garfield Street Fair on Saturday of a major change. The change will effect several of the vendors. The permit we received from Pierce County to use Park Avenue was revoked last night due to some technicality. Thus, we are not able to use the vendor…
Happy 2nd Anniversary Pierce Prairie Post!
SPANAWAY, WA — Today, August 14, marks the 2nd anniversary of the Pierce Prairie Post. On this day in 2012, with the help of Ben Sclair of the Suburban Times, The Post became a reality. In the past two years, we have posted over 2060 stories about the communities, people and history of South Pierce…
Parkland Mural Dedication – August 16
By Saiyare Refaei and Carly Brook PARKLAND, WA — Join us to celebrate the completion of the Parkland Community Mural Project! We want to thank all who participated, share stories of the process and invite you to come see the finished product that we all helped create. 10:45 Speeches on the Main Stage (Garfield St.) 11:00…
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