Tacoma Area Stroke Support Group
Seeks New Coordinator
Qualifications:
Someone with Medical background preferred. Able to facilitate each meeting and discuss with group about their disabilities; get speakers from different medical fields Physical, Speech & Occupational Therapists etc for meetings. Videos pertaining to Stroke & Aphasia through Library or American Heart Assoc. the is a volunteer position.
Meetings:
The meetings are held 2nd Thursday of every month @ 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Meetings are for the months March through December only (no meetings held January or February do to winter weather).
Location: TACID Center , 6315 South 19th Street , Tacoma WA 98466. Group Size: 25-30
Linda Thompson, the current coordinator, can be contacted @ (253) 472-0857 most of the time unless she is having treatments. Linda regrets she is unable to continue on as Coordinator for the group . She plans to continue attending some of the meetings when she is able. She is available to discuss with anyone that is interested and willing to hand over any information, paperwork that she has for the group names, addresses, phone numbers and previous speakers names & phone numbers that the support group has had in the past years.
Giant TACID
Yard & Garage Sale
July 10-11, 2009
Yard & Garage Sale
Join us for the Giant TACID Yard & Garage Sale. The event will be held on Friday and Saturday, July 10-11 from nine to five on both days. You can help by shopping at the event, or by volunteering as a helper, or by donating used items from around your own home and garage that are just getting in your way. Remove the clutter and share!
Click Here for a flyer for the Yard & Garage Sale. Please, share it with your friends.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call Lisa at 565-9000 Ext. #25.
TACID Talent Contest
November 4, 2009
TACID Talent Show
Please, join us for a evening of fun and entertainment. People from across the Pacific Northwest will perform just for you. There will be prizes for the most talented selected by professional entertainment industry judges. Perhaps, you will see tomorrow’s super stars before they become famous. Proceeds will be used to continue our many community programs at TACID (Tacoma Area Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities).
Click Here for more information about the TACID Talent Show.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call 565-9000.
Community Appreciation Event - Woven Lives
Woven Lives, our spring community appreciation event, was a huge success. Approximately seventy people attended the event held at TACID. Marie Janes shared her TACID success story with the audience and we had fun learning about woven art/baskets, eating fried chicken from Popeyes and everyone saw a preview of our Special Drawing prizes . . . and much more. For photographs and the complete story, please visit Woven Lives.
TACID Walks a Mile in Her Shoes
Local leaders, men and women, squeezed into women's shoes on April 24th in Tacoma to raise money for the Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County.
The "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" fundraiser began at 11:30 a.m. in the Mount Tahoma Auditorium at the Washington State History Museum. The walking commenced at noon. Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy, Attorney General Rob McKenna, TV personality Tony Ventrella, and TACID's Mental Health Resources Program Manager Laurie Teeter all participated. The event was pretty amazing, but not always pretty. Laurie enjoyed himself as he walked through Tacoma and visited with walkers and observers alike. Like TACID the Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County is a good cause and needs all the help it can get.
TACID New Ballot Drop Off Spot
New Ballot Box Being Installed
For upcoming elections, TACID will once again welcome voters. Our multi-purpose room will contain voting machines, and we will provide volunteers for trained assistance to help people with disabilities. The paid-volunteers will help people understand the basics of casting their votes. Although this is a part of a program to provide greater voter accessibility, any registered voter in Pierce County may stop at the facility and vote in person.
In addition, the Pierce County Auditor has installed a new drop-off box in front of TACID where people may drop off their sealed ballots. On January 30th, newly selected Pierce County Auditor, Jan Shabro, was on hand to observe the installation fo the drop-off box and answer questions by the media. The drop-off box is easily used by anyone stopping by TACID or attending Tacoma Community College.
Free Haircuts
Don't Just Cut It Yourself
Look Your Best - Get That Job!
About every two weeks a professional barber volunteer stops in at TACID and provides free haircuts to our clients. Please, check with Georganna about exact dates and more information. Email Georganna at georganna@tacid.org or call 253-565-9000 ext 21.
Grants and Gifts
Just in time for the holiday season and our year end, we have received three grants and gifts from the community.
The Puyallup Tribe has for the second year in a row given TACID a grant of $10,000. I am not only thrilled to accept the donation, but I am also proud to be associated with the Puyallup Tribe. Last month I was involved with a concert at the Emerald Queen Casino and noted that just in the concert area I saw a security guard with a physical disability and was also helped by a member of the custodial staff with double hearing aids. For hiring the disabled, the Puyallup Tribe won a place in my heart right there.
We have been awarded $3,000 from Florence Kilworth Foundation and just received notification that we will receive $5000 from the Russell Investments.
I was also given a $500 check from the Health Care Providers Council of Pierce County. I attended their holiday party/meeting and had a great time.
If you would like to personally help, please visit our Donations page.
-- Don Doman, TACID Board Chair
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