By Marianne Lincoln Over a month ago, the board of Family Promise of Pierce County voted to add a dba (doing business as) name to its license. The name Family Promise of Puget Sound was added due to interest from Kitsap, Thurston and King Counties, in the project started in Spanaway. With all the noise…
Category: Shelter
Help! It’s COLD out there!
Two operations in the Parkland Spanaway area have been reaching out for assistance as they try to help others who are without housing in this cold Winter weather. Family Promise of Pierce County, located in the Parkland Community Center at 121st and Pacific Avenue was called up to be the warming center for Pierce County….
Unhoused people are like everyone else, until…
By Marianne Lincoln Becoming unhoused is a very difficult thing to experience. It happens to many very ordinary people. It could be a medical situation, a job loss, sale of a rental property, death of a spouse whose pension or income helped support the household, or many other traumatic life events. Many people have close…
Groundbreaking for Good Neighbor Village draws supporters and protestors
By Marianne Lincoln Good Neighbor Village, the village of tiny homes that the Tacoma Rescue Mission and the Pierce County Executive’s office are trying to build in Spanaway, had a groundbreaking today, November 21, 2024. The event was an invitation only event at the farm site near the intersection of 176th and Spanaway Loop Road….
Faith, Optimism and Community
It was the first community meeting for Interim Superintendent Brian Lowney. The first noticeable difference, after 23 years with Tom Seigel, was humor. He had the room laughing several times in the first few minutes. The meeting is called Faith Leaders. It began almost 30 years ago with the Bethel Superintendent and leaders of local…
It’s COLD outside
By Marianne Lincoln, Steve Decker and Rev. Samara Jenkins Family Promise of Pierce County is now fully staffed, and has completed staff training. The Day Center is open daily now and the Annex Shelter is still under renovation to house a few of our local homeless families. Calls are coming in and referrals are happening. Our…
Project Homeless Connect
This is the second year Bethel has participated in Project Homeless Connect. The event gives homeless individuals an opportunity to access a host of free services all in one place. This year the event was held at Bethel Middle School. Jay Brower, Bethel’s director of community connections said that Project Homeless Connect was originally held…
Freezing Nights Fundraiser Sept. 28
PUYALLUP, WA — The Freezing Nights Council is having a Parking Lot Sale on Saturday, September 28, from 9 am – 5 pm, at Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church, 8401 112th St E, Puyallup. This is in support of the Freezing Nights organization as a whole. Among other things, the organization provides linens, cots,…
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