Pierce County Events Calendar
This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Pierce County, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood and beyond.
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- Name of Event
- Date, time and location (name of business if applicable and complete address)
- Organizer(s) name
- Cost
- URL to purchase tickets
- Website URL
- SHORT description of the event
- Photo
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Registration, course map, and results can be found at https://patriotcrosscountry.com/ppr
Cost – $15
Online Registration closes on August 18th at 11:59 PM
Registrations are also accepted on the day of the event for an additional charge of $5
8:30 AM – Registration/Packet Pick Up Opens
9:20 AM – Registration/Packet Pick Up Closes
9:30 AM – Start of Event
10:30 AM – Start of Awards
USATF certified 5K course is flat and fast
Raffle prizes are given away at awards ceremony
Ribbons are given to top 3 in each gender and age group
Medals are given to 1st place overall male and female
All proceeds benefit Washington High School Cross Country
For More Information:
Allen Culp
253-219-5252
aculp@fpschools.org
This event provides funds to purchase shoes and uniforms for local youth runners, as well as provides a college scholarship for a graduating senior
Join Tacoma Aikikai for a one-day introduction to Embodied Empowerment and Self-Defense in a space welcoming all women-identified, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming folks.
Our philosophy is that we all have something to teach and learn about tapping into our internal power. Hone awareness, set boundaries, and learn verbal, emotional, and aikido-based physical skills to defuse, deflect, and evade vulnerable situations.
Online registration closes on October 4th at 11:59 PM
Registrations are also accepted on the day of the event for an additional charge of $5
7:30 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Opens
8:50 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Closes
9:00 AM – Start of 1K Kids (Cost is $5 / Registrations are only accepted on the day of the event)
9:15 AM – Start of 5K
High School Cross Country races will follow this event
Course is mostly flat with some gently rolling hills on grass and dirt trails
Event shirts are available for purchase on site
1K Kids Awards:
Every kid receives a prize
5K Awards:
Ribbons are given to top 10 in each gender as they finish
For More Information:
Allen Culp
253-219-5252
aculp@fpschools.org
Jesse McNeil
253-359-6497
jmcneil@fpschools.org
This event provides funds to purchase shoes and uniforms for local youth runners, as well as provides a college scholarship for a graduating senior
ANNUAL AUCTION BENEFITING SOUTH SOUND CARE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
Beer & Bites is October 7th!
Beer & Bites, the annual event and auction benefitting The South Sound CARE Foundation (CARE) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday, October 7th 2023. All proceeds from this annual event go towards expanding clinical trials and research for patients fighting cancer in the South Sound. Historically a cancer diagnosis in the South Sound meant an immediate referral to Seattle or cancer centers far beyond. Since 2008, the South Sound CARE Foundation has been expanding access to the very best care for patients in the Puget Sound region. Important trials are conducted locally, patients are living longer and they are living better lives. Beer & Bites helps fund this research and provide access to care that patients were previously unable to find locally.
Spearheaded by CARE’s Founder, Dr. Frank Senecal, and Gordon Rush, a CARE Emeritus Board Member and Founder of The Rush Companies, Beer & Bites got its start in 2013 as a way to get the local community involved in improving treatments options for a disease that has touched far too many: cancer. The 10th annual Beer & Bites fundraiser will be held at The Waterfront Venue at Narrows Marina. The generosity of the local community has allowed Beer & Bites to raise more than $7.6 million over the last 10 years to bring important research to our area and to allow cancer patients to stay close to home, surrounded by their support systems during some of the most challenging times of their life.
“Finding a better way to care for our patients and a better way to treat the cancer – whether it is surgery, immune therapy, chemo therapy, or radiation therapy—all depend upon good clinical research,” said Dr. Frank Senecal, Founder of the South Sound CARE Foundation. “Beer & Bites helps make that research possible.”
You are cordially invited to the 2nd Annual HopeSparks Lighting the Way Dinner and Auction Fundraiser!
We’d love for you to join us as we envision the future together and celebrate our accomplishments.
Ticket price includes: Reception with silent auction and appetizers, delicious dinner with complimentary wine, opportunities to engage in games – including a dessert dash, and a chance to bid on incredible live auction items.
Tickets are $150 per person or $1,500 for a reserved table of 10 guests.
This is a dressy casual, 21 and over event
All event proceeds go to HopeSparks programs that directly benefit children and families who have experienced trauma, adversity, and overwhelming life challenges.
Grab your friends and family, or your date, and come out to enjoy a scrumptious spaghetti dinner benefiting the Gig Harbor Senior Center, on Saturday, October 21, 4pm to 7pm.
The Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, is a casual and family-friendly event where you can indulge in a delicious spaghetti dinner, replete with a choice of meatballs or sausage, salad, garlic bread, ad dessert, for a great cause – Gig Harbor Senior Center programs, services and its future forever home!
Don your spookiest or most fun Halloween costume and support a great cause at the same time as Centerforce hosts All Hallows Eve: A Just Like You mixer and auction on Friday, Oct. 27.
Wine and beer will be available, along with some hors d’oeuvres, while you browse the silent auction, grab a bottle of wine from the wine pull or try your chance at winning 2 tickets for travel valid on Alaska Airlines! Tickets are $45 each for our 21-and-older event at Lakewood Elks Lodge #2388, 6313 75th St. W, Lakewood, WA 98499. Doors open at 5 p.m. Costumes are welcome but not required. Purchase your tickets today at https://centerforce.salsalabs.org/allhallowseve2023/index.html
For 50-plus years as a local not-for-profit 501 (c)(3), social service organization, Centerforce has provided employment training, volunteer opportunities and assistance for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to move toward inclusion in their community. The 200 individuals we serve in south King, Pierce and Thurston counties have a wide range of disabilities and a number of barriers to traditional employment. With this event, our goal is to raise $40,000 to support our programs that assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities find jobs, and be able to engage and participate in their communities.
As with everyone, Centerforce services have been significantly impacted by the pandemic and other economic forces. We serve those with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are among the most vulnerable and, as a result, are still impacted by the pandemic.
When you attend our event, it supports clients like John B., who has been employed at Safeway for 18 years; Sarah H., who worked for McDonald’s for 10 years, then lost her job during the pandemic, and with our help, found employment at Safeway; Chris J., who is now on his 8th year working for the Ram Brewery and Restaurant; Joe C., who transitioned from a 13-year job at the ARC to working for MOD Pizza; Tyler K., as a school-to-work client, secured a job with OnTrac five months before he graduated; and Deacon C., who with our help, transitioned from school to working his first job at Red Robin, before his high school graduation.
Would you like to sponsor our event or donate silent auction items? Contact us here. For more information regarding Centerforce and its services, contact Debby L. Graham, M.A., Executive Director, at 253-426-1860.
Round up the little goblins (or maybe your ghoulfriends) and join us for Rattle Dem Bones – a group bike ride for people of all ages and abilities, followed by a spook-tacular Halloween party in boo-ti-ful Gig Harbor!
Rattle Dem Bones has something for anyone: Cyclists riding Monster Hills will be challenged by some good climbs and overtaken by gorgeous scenery. Anyone terrified of Monster Hills can take on the Son of Monster, still lovely but shorter and less hilly. Casual riders seeking healthy outdoor activity, but not necessarily wanting to be super heroes, can ride as much or as little as they wish on the Mini-Monster route. We invite anyone who doesn’t want to ride to help support the riders with good cheer… and candy!
All riders and volunteers are invited to the post ride party, featuring music and the awards ceremony – with prizes – for best costumes in several categories, including best themed group, best volunteer and best use of the bike as part of the costume.
Proceeds from Rattle Dem Bones benefit the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Community Recreation Fund – we are going to have fun and also make it possible for all kids in our area to join in sports and recreation activities, regardless of their family’s ability to pay registration fees and equipment costs. Ride is limited to 250 riders, so plan your costume, tune up your bike and register for Rattle Dem Bones today!
Find more information, registration and volunteer sign up at https://www.gigharborfoundation.org/rattle-dem-bones
Grab your friends or round up the family – get out to enjoy the crisp autumn air – in costume and on your bikes!
Join us for the annual Rattle Dem Bones Bike Ride & Costume Contest. Enjoy the Picturesque Cushman trail in Gig Harbor for a perfect family ride with recharge stations and ride support to an awesome experience! If you are up for a casual ride, the Mini Monster trail is for you with great biking experience with up to 15 miles of fun. If you are feeling up for a bit of a challenge, Son of a Monster trail is biking at its finest with up to 22miles. But if you are up to a real challenge, Monster Hill trail ride is right up your alley at 36 miles. One you cross the finish line you will be welcome with music, activities, a souvenir photo, and a costume party with prizes and treats.
Proceeds benefit the Community Recreation Fund, making participation in sports and recreation programs a possibility for all kids!
Enjoy an evening of mouthwatering sweet and savory creations prepared by local culinary talent and select curated libations – from wine to coffee, and all in between – all in support of the Gig Harbor Senior Center, our community’s only senior center.
Ticket includes Welcome beverage, entry to the auction, 5 drink tickets, open access to mouth-watering bites by select area chefs and restaurants, games, raffles, and all other evening activities.
Proceeds benefit the Gig Harbor Senior Center’s programs, services, scholarships, and endowment.