Woven Lives
May 6, 2009 - 5:30-7:00 P.M.

Please, join us at TACID for Woven Lives. This wonderful event will feature door prizes, after work snacks, live music, a fun presentation on basket weaving, TACID success stories, and conducted tours of the TACID facility located here on the TCC campus at 6315 South 19th, Tacoma, WA 98466.

Sheila Wray.Woven Lives will provide basket weaving displays from artists Sheila Wray and Elaine Twogood of the NW Basket Weavers along with piano and voice stylings from the Carole King songbook to illustrate the many elements that become the fabric of our lives. Our community is filled with different cultures and has a rich heritage of people, of personalities, and of art created by hand, which makes our Pierce County homes wonderful and harmonious places to live.

We hope to have an unveiling of the basket that Sheila is creating for the Tapestry auction for September. Based on her Ocean Waves basket (pictured below), we expect a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Bidding will start at $150.00. We also might have centerpieces of baskets from Sheila and Elaine. Sheila and Elaine will be available for questions and answers about weaving during and after the event.

Popeyes Chicken.Popeyes Chicken, located at 6240 6th Avenue is supplying us with 2-piece Chicken and Biscuit boxes for our hungry guests. We will also have veggie and fruit trays along with cold cans of soda. This should keep you going until you get home for dinner after our event. Some people say that Popeyes biscuits are the best restaurant biscuits you will ever eat . . . and just to make sure, we will have several selections of jams for you to enjoy with the biscuits.

We will have mostly "mild" fried chicken available, but we will have some of their "spicy" version available also. We will also have some Popeyes coupons available for a free 2 Piece Chicken Dinner with the purchase of a 3 Piece Dinner at the regular menu price just in case you really want to chow down after Woven Lives.

Jannette Saxton, Ms. Wheelchair Washington 2009.We will also be graced with an appearance by Jannette Saxton, Ms. Wheelchair Washington 2009. Jannette Saxton has had Cerebral Palsy since birth. She was crowned the 2009 Ms. Wheelchair Washington on February 21st. As the new 2009 Ms. Wheelchair Washington, Jannette encourages people with disabilities to pursue a higher education. She believes her education has been an investment and lead to her independence. She is very proud of her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, and Public Relations from Arizona State University, and her Master’s degree in Counseling from the University of San Diego. In 2006, she ended up graduating with a 3.98 grade point average.

Currently, she works as a Specialist for the Mobilization and Deployment Program of Fort Lewis, WA. She works with dual-military and single parent soldiers as they prepare guardianship for their children during a deployment under Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and other military operations of the Armed Forces. This year she wants to work with the Paralyzed Veterans of America and follow up with soldiers when they return from their deployment and visit soldiers who have been injured.

Joining Jannette will be Tammy Wilber, Ms. Wheelchair Washington 2006. The delightful Tammy Wilber appeared at our fundraising breakfast last September. We would like both of them to join us for Tapestry as well.


Highlights of the event

Basket Art by Sheila Wray.Woven Lives is not a fundraising event, although you can make some purchases, but rather a donor appreciation evening from TACID as well as a donor introduction event for people in our community unfamiliar with what we do. Our fundraiser this year is Tapestry, which will be held at The Murano Hotel Ballroom in downtown Tacoma on September 22, 2009.

Here are some of the highlights of Woven Lives

  • Special Drawing tickets available for sale: $10 tickets contain special money saving offers from CI Shenanigans, Varsity Grill, Maxwell’s and Harmon Brewery & Restaurant
  • Special Drawing Prizes: Persian Carpet, Treasure Chest, Rock and Roll Collectible of Carole King, Vintage Navajo Rug (drawing to be held at our annual breakfast – September 22, 2009)
  • Door prizes (given away on May 6th)
  • Free snacks: Popeye Chicken and Biscuit with jam, veggie & fruit trays, and canned soda
  • Special Sale Items – Woven Friendship Bracelets
  • Printed TACID materials of our dozens of support groups
  • TACID Success Stories
  • Tours of the TACID facility with Executive Director Chris Ensor
  • Art from the Northwest Art Center (at TACID)
  • Woven Basket Art from Sheila Wray and Elaine Twogood
  • Piano and voice offerings of Carole King songs
  • Jannette Saxton, Ms. Wheelchair Washington 2009
  • Tammy Wilber, Ms. Wheelchair Washington 2006


    Great Special Drawing Prizes

    Our special drawing tickets this year have some great prizes:

  • Grand Prize - Beautiful Hamadan semi-antique Persian Carpet (hand-knotted wool, dyed by Iranian nomads)
  • First Prize - Overflowing Treasure Chest of wine, dining cards, and fantasic gifts
  • Second Prize - One-of-a-kind beautifully framed collectable featuring a rare autograph from Carole King
  • Third Prize - Lovely woven vintage Navajo rug

    Not only do we have great prizes but the ticket stubs themselves save you money when visiting our local restaurant sponsors*:

  • $10.00 off lunch or dinner for two - C.I. Shenanigans
  • $10.00 off the purchase of two dinners at Maxwell's Speakeasy & Lounge
  • Buy one dinner and receive one dinner free at Varsity Grill
  • Buy one dinner and receive one dinner free at Harmon Brewery & Restaurant
    *Some restrictions may apply. The drawing will be held at 8:30 on September 22, 2009 at The Murano. You not be present to win.


    Friendship Bracelets For Sale

    This year we will have our volunteers "selling" Friendship Bracelets for a donation of five dollars. The bracelets are handcrafted items woven in Peru. Each bracelet is created from scratch, one piece at a time. The bracelets are available at the TACID facility. People just love them. They are colorful and will remind you of the work TACID is doing and the fun you have each time you visit one of our events.

    Our Fundraising Goals

    For 2009 our goal is to raise $45,000 through donations to support our disability programs. TACID is a 501© 3 non profit corporation. The federal tax ID # is 91-1125538.

    To donate an amount of your choosing to TACID, please click on the Donate button.

    You may also help us by telling your friends about TACID and Woven Lives by inviting them to join you on May 6th. You may print out a .pdf flyer of Woven Lives. Thank you.