Help support Winterfest 2022

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,…

Stuff the Bus 2022 helping neighbors

The Bethel Transportation Department is once again holding their annual Stuff the Bus to help neighbors in need this holiday season. The bus will be at the Spanaway Walmart parking lot (20307 Mountain Hwy E) on Saturday, December 3, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations are sought of clothing, gift cards, canned or…

Sock Hop at Marymount Nov. 12

The LeMay Family Collection Annual Sock Hop is a dinner and dance featuring live music from Danny Vernon as Wally and the Beaves. While enjoying the music, food, and drinks, you will also get to experience a few museum gallery rooms during this event. We encourage you all to wear your finest vintage attire! To…

Lacamas Trunk or Treat

Sunday, October 30, 2022, at 3 p.m., the Lacamas Community Center will be having a Trunk or Treat events at32113 8th Ave S, Roy, WA 98580. This is a family friendly, free, fun event. Looking for participants to hand out candy at our 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat. Please contact us at lacamasfair@gmail.com.

More bus service in Spanaway, Parkland & Midland

PIERCE TRANSIT — The Spanaway Runner provides on-demand transportation to the public, connecting students, workers, seniors and those with limited mobility to and from community resources, appointments, school, work and transit hubs within the Spanaway Runner zone (shown in the map below). Trips must have a starting point and destination in the specified Spanaway Runner…

Bethel’s ABC Day coming Oct. 1

Mark your calendars! ABC Day will take place on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at Bethel High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There was a couple years the event was put off due to the pandemic, but it is back, as good as ever! Here is a short clip from the last ABC Day…

Tear gas 25 years ago – it hasn’t happened again

25 years ago, September 24, 1997, a U.S. Army training unit released tear gas in the middle of the night during dense fog. A large area west of Pacific Avenue needed to be evacuated. Residents were taken to a couple of gymnasiums at Camas Prairie and Spanaway Elementary schools a few were taken to local…

Parkland Spanaway Kiwanis – Join a Gem

In South Pierce County, there is a hidden gem that meets at noon the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at the Paradise Lanes Entertainment Center, 12505 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98444. The club, part of Kiwanis International, raises money and provides more than $12,000 of college scholarships annually in the Franklin Pierce and Bethel school…

August 27 – 44th Annual LeMay Car Show

At the house on C Street and at the Marymount Campus, there are multitudes of vintage and antique cars and memorabilia to see this Saturday at the 44th Annual LeMay Car Show This is a Parkland- Spanaway Tradition. Dozens of local auto enthusiasts spend weeks dusting and polishing cars for display. It’s a local labor…

Lacamas Community Fair – August 27 & 28

There’s nothing like an old-fashioned country fair for a bit of family fun. Not far south of Spanaway, you can visit the Lacamas Community Center for the Lacamas Community Fair, August 27 and 28th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The location is 32113 8th Ave S, Roy WA. We are very excited for the…