What helps you live a full, supported, and independent life as you age or manage a disability in Pierce County? More than 800 local older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers shared their daily experiences through our survey and community conversations. Their input helped Pierce County Human Services create an updated roadmap—and now we need…
Category: Resources
As Northwest as it gets, it even flows that way
By Marianne Lincoln This week is for chasing water. I am leading the Chambers Clover Creek Watershed Council on a trip to Graham. This is the far eastern edge of a watershed that takes up the center of Pierce County. This watershed has no glacier fed rivers. It does not flow from the Cascade mountains….
Jan 9 at St Paul Lutheran, learn about County Human Services
Staff from the Department of Human Services (DHS), Pierce County, will be available at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Graham, 22419 108th Ave E., on Friday, January 9th, 10am-1pm. DHS is available to share information and answer questions about various kinds of benefits. (If you are visiting, thank you for parking at the south end of the…
Watershed Roundup Nov 18
Pierce County has four state designated watersheds. The Chambers Clover Watershed (WRIA12) includes Lakewood, University Place, most of Tacoma, Dupont, Spanaway, Parkland, Frederickson, Midland, Elk Plain, and the northwest part of Graham. This watershed is dependent on rain. For the past three years, the area has been under drought conditions. In October, it was at…
Killing Sequalitchew, a watershed in danger
By Marianne Lincoln Sequalitchew Creek runs from Sequalitchew Lake, through Edmund Marsh, to Puget Sound’s Nisqually Reach, through the City of Dupont, Washington. This is the same Dupont where the Nisqually Indians lived and later welcomed and worked for the Hudson Bay Company at Fort Nisqually. The Fort had two sites above the Sequalitchew. The…
June 28 Community Resource Fair
Spanaway Middle School will be the location of a community resource fair, on June 28. Cheri Coleman, is Founder and Executive Director of On the Road with PartnerCafe. They are a team of human and social service providers, representatives, and government agencies. They host and facilitate community resource fairs, bringing information, resources, and direct services to underserved…