Community Service Varsity Letter
Earn a Varsity Letter in Community Service
Volunteer service is an excellent way to grow yourself personally and professionally, strengthen your resume, connect to community mentors, and serve others. Tacoma Public Schools is now offering students the opportunity it earn a Varsity Letter in Community Service if they complete 100 hours of service.
4 Steps to Earning your Varsity Letter
- Complete the TPS Varsity Letter in Community Service Enrollment Form
- Download the Volunteer Service Log so that you can keep track of your hours - Volunteer Service Log (Print and Handwrite)
- Volunteer at least 100 hours with a non-profit or government agency
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Submit the TPS Varsity Letter in Community Service Completion Form and upload your Volunteer Service Log within this form
Questions? Contact Brady Bekker, bbekker@tacoma.k12.wa.us
Looking for volunteer opportunities in the community?
Consider reaching out to these organizations:
Associated Ministries: Mary Herman @ maryh@associatedministries.org
Children's Museum of Tacoma: Jen McDonald @ jmcdonald@playtacoma.org
City of Tacoma, Center for Urban Waters: Jacqueline Fuller @ jfuller@cityoftacoma.org
Community Youth Services: Ursula Zuker @ Uzuker@communityyouthservices.org
EarthCorps: Lisa Kenny @ lisa@earthcorps.org
Emercency Food Network: Caroline Comfort @ CarolineC@foodconnection.org
Foss Waterway Museum: Aarin Wilde @ aarin.wilde@fosswaterwayseaport.org
Hilltop Urban Gardens: hugoperations@gmail.com
Job Carr Museum: Holly Stewart @ hstewart@jobcarrmuseum.org
Lemay Car Museum: Terry Ball @ volunteer@americascarmuseum.org
Lutheran Community Services: Teri McKeown @ tmckeownSFS@lcsnw.org
Metro Parks Tacoma, Aquatics: Jenny Petty @ jenny.petty@tacomaparks.com
Metro Parks Tacoma, Community Outreach: Courtney Acoff @ courtneya@tacomaparks.com
Metro Parks Tacoma, Park Clean Ups (CHIP IN): Amy Boucher @ amyb@tacomaparks.com
Metro Parks Tacoma, Youth Services: Renee Ward @ reneew@tacomaparks.com
Metro Parks Tacoma, Youth Sports: Benton Lefton @ bentonl@tacomaparks.com
Metro Parks, Races and Walks: Ralph Thomas @ ralpht@tacomaparks.com
MultiCare: Theresa Lerma @ talerma@multicare.org or Julie Hubbard @ jphubbard@multicare.org
Nourish Pierce County: Haley McClure @ volunteer@nourishpc.org
Norwest Furniture Bank: Haley Haines @ volunteer@nwfurniturebank.org
NW Trek: MacKenzie Schaefer @ MacKenzie.Schaefer@nwtrek.org
Pierce Transit: Penny Grellier @ pgrellier@piercetransit.org
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium: Alex Nicely @ alex.nicely@pdza.org
Tacoma Rescue Mission: Desniege Robison @ DesniegeR@trm.org
Salvation Army: Stacy Blaisdell @ stacy.blaisdell@usw.salvationarmy.org
Tacoma Tree Foundation: Sarah Low @ info@tacomatrees.org
Trinity Presbyterian Church Tacoma: Rachel Boisen @ rachel@tpctacoma.org
United Way of Pierce County: Allison Loft @ allisonl@uwpc.org
Washington State Historical Society: Susan Hesselgrave @ susan.hesselgrave@wshs.wa.gov
Washington State Office of Financial Management: Katherine Silley @ katharine.swilley@ofm.wa.gov
YMCA: Melissa Pulliam @ mpulliam@ymcapk.org