These are the May 2025 Events as listed on the Fir Lane Memorial Park web page. Placing Vet’s Flags Event May 24, 2025 10:00 AM to May 24, 2025 12:00 PM With the help of volunteer veteran groups, scouts, and local families, crosses and flags will be placed on veteran graves on Saturday May 24th,…
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May 23 court reconsideration hearing for Spanaway Concerned Citizens
UPDATE: The Court stood by its decision, 5/23/2025, 9:34 a.m. Testifying were Atty David Bricklin for Spanaway Concerned Citizens, Atty Margaret Archer for TRM, and Dave Owen for Pierce County. The Honorable Thurston County Superior Court Judge Carol Murphy has asked for responses from Tacoma Rescue Mission and Pierce County to our motion for reconsideration,…
Effective homeless family program to expand
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…
Learning to be drought aware
By Marianne Lincoln How much water do you use when you wash your hands? How much when you brush your teeth? Laundry, showers, and flushing the commode all take water too. The average person uses 80 to 100 gallons a day. Multiply that by the houses in your neighborhood and the houses in your community….
May 21, Spanaway Cemetery Cleanup
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a team of young men and women in their congregations that come from six different parishes to work on cleaning up the old Spanaway Cemeteries on 176th & A Street. This year that cleanup will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on May 21, 2025….
Clover Creek Restoration Alliance May 14
CCRA’s next public meeting scheduled for May 14th at 6 PM with guest speaker Councilwoman Jani Hitchen! The meeting will be held at the Parkland Community Center (Formerly the old Parkland School). This is a hybrid meeting and is hosted by the Parkland-Spanaway Kiwanis to showcase the amenities at the new Parkland Community Center. Date: May 14th, 2025Time: 6 PMLocation:…
May 17 Flett Creek habitat stewardship
By Derek R. Faust, Ph.D. Just a reminder about the habitat stewardship event on Clover Park Technical College’s (CPTC) Flett Property this Saturday, May 17th from 9:00 AM to noon! I have attached the flyer with pertinent details and all of the 2025 dates for our remaining habitat stewardship events. For this event, we will focus on removal of invasive plant species…
Happy Mother’s Day!
By Marianne Lincoln To all our mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, mothers who were mothers, and those looking forward to motherhood, we wish you a wonderful day to celebrate the condition we call motherhood. Motherhood comes with a broad range of emotions, the joy and fears of birth and its complications. The raising of children with…
Bethel ABC Day table registration is open
We’re thrilled to be gearing up for another fantastic ABC Day in 2025! A huge thank you for all your support and for sharing your feedback on how we can make things even better. This year, we’re excited to introduce automated sign-ups, which means you can choose your own location through Ticketspice! With your reservation,…
Harvest Pierce County needs your help for upcoming glean May 13
Please join us as we fight food waste and food insecurity by gleaning some precious produce to send to local hunger relief organizations. As an added bonus, you’ll get to take home some of the harvest! Thanks for your interest in gleaning with us; together, we can make a world of difference, and we look…
Central Pierce Relay For Life June 21
25th annual Relay to benefit the American Cancer Society. Central Pierce Relay For Life, 21 June 2025 from 12- 4 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 12115 Park Ave S, Tacoma WA 98444. This is a celebration of cancer survivors and caregivers with a free meal, free t-shirt, and community gifts. FUNdraisers on site, children’s activities,…
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…
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