Join us for a family-friendly event open to kids and families of all ages, where children and adults alike can lend a helping hand to animals in need. At various craft stations, children can unleash their creativity as they craft enrichment toys for the shelter’s rabbits, cats, and dogs. Enrichment toys play a vital role > Continue Reading

The South Puget Sound is home to American Cancer Society’s signature peer-to-peer fundraising event, the Relay For Life of Tacoma-Puget Sound. Founded in 1985 on the track at the University of Puget Sound, local oncologist Dr. Gordy Klatt committed to walking and running for 24 hours to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer > Continue Reading

Join us this spring for Family Saturdays! Explore how history connects us all during this hour-long story time program designed for children ages 4 to 10 and their friends and families. This month’s book: Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer comes just in time for summer break! This book is full of exploration, excitement, and big > Continue Reading

Tree Stewards are community tree champions who help grow and protect Tacoma's urban tree canopy. Do you care about Hilltop? Do you care about Tacoma? Would you like to help increase its tree canopy? As part of our Tacoma Creates program, the Tacoma Tree Foundation is offering a FREE Tree Stewards Training. This day-long training > Continue Reading

We're Doing it Again!  The Largest Juneteenth Celebration in Washington State June 19, 2024 from 11am-5pm Stewart Heights Park (5715 Reginald Guiterrez Ln, Tacoma) Partnering with the City of Tacoma/Tacoma Creates, Metro Parks, Tacoma Urban League, MultiCare and other community organizations and utilizing the beautiful Stewart Heights Park, the Juneteenth festival will host over fifty > Continue Reading