Help Paint Tacoma Beautiful
This summer will be the 23rd year for Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful. Last summer approximately 2,000 volunteers painted 82 homes all over Tacoma and Pierce County. Since 1985 when the program began, a total of 1,654 homes have been painted by crews from churches, service clubs, unions, businesses, schools, local government offices, Ft. Lewis, McChord, and individuals who come out on their own.
More than 250 low-income seniors and people with disabilities have applied to have their homes painted this summer by Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful crews. Organizers say they hope to paint at least 100 of these homes and that it all depends on how many crews materialize. How about you? How about your group of friends, office, or service organization?
Crews will be matched with homeowners by mid-June, so interested groups should contact the program as soon as possible.
Visit PaintBeautiful.org for more information.
So… the last time I was on a Paint Tacoma Beautiful crew was like fifteen years ago. It’s time to get the paintbrushes out again and see what we can do. If you’d be interested in joining some folks from Exit133 and Suite133 on a crew this summer, post it in the comments or send us an email. We hope to see you out there… on a ladder… with a bucket of paint.
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4 comments
M michael buchanan March 27, 2008
Last year I got recruited the first nite I moved back to Tacoma when I met some church friends at the Cold Stone Creamery in Westgate! The next day I got more paint on me than the house. But what a great project and feeling of being part of the community.
R Rick Jones March 27, 2008
Count me in.
S Sallie Shawl March 28, 2008
This is so cool; I just came onto the website to see about adding something about our need for volunteer paint crews for Paint Tacoma-Pierce Beautiful, and here’s this conversation already happening!
I’m the director of the program, and I just want to chime in that we have lots of applications from homeowners (deadline for applications is April 15), and we are going to need lots of crews this year in order to help all these people. Individual volunteers are wonderful: we need you, and we’ll match you with crews.
Even better than individuals are FULL CREWS who will adopt a house, because each new crew means that we will paint one more house. It could be a group of friends, a soccer club, a church group, a book club, a hiking group: your imagination is the limit. Full crews should have at least 15 people.
Maybe you’ve got some suggestions on groups we should approach?
Check out the website and see what’s there that you’d like to do; there are lots of options. www.paintbeautiful.org
Last but not least: Maybe you’ve been driving by a home that’s been getting more and more in need of paint, and you’ve been wondering why. Send us the address, and we’ll send an application to them that explains eligibility requirements; if they apply and are selected, you’ll know that you are the person that started the process: nice gift! (You could even ask to work on that house if it’s selected.)
L luneray March 28, 2008
I’d like to help out.