Community Partnerships
The Center for Public Service connects the campus with many community organizations in partnerships to serve the community’s needs, to educate students about issues communities face, and to help students become increasingly aware of their own role in the promotion of social justice.
Jump to: Featured Partners | East Campus
Featured Partners
Emergency Food Network: The Emergency Food Network (EFN) has been working since 1982 "to provide a reliable food supply so that no person in Pierce County goes hungry." Each month in Pierce County, more than 140,000 people seek emergency food assistance. EFN provides food and other essentials at no cost to 74 food banks, hot meal sites and shelters for distribution to low-income families and individuals. PLU students volunteer at the Distribution Center, the Cannery Project and the Mother Earth Farm, as well as participate in the annual Hunger Walk.
For other community partners see future “Featured Partners” and check the All Opportunities page of the Volunteer Center’s website.
East Campus Organizations
Jump to: College Bound | Couple & Family Therapy Center | Dance | Head Start | L.I.F.E./Elderhostel | Second Wind | Tacoma Pierce County Health Department | Women’s Recovery
College Bound
A branch of the Metropolitan Development Council, these programs assist first generation college-bound high school students, helping them to gain the skills and access the resources they need to succeed in higher education. Check out their website!
Contact: Gavin Brem, Program Manager, gavin@mdc-tacoma.org, 253-536-7087, Rm. 21
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Couple & Family Therapy Center - PLU
Operating as part of PLU's Couples and Family Therapy graduate program, this clinic provides counseling services to families, couples, and individuals. All counselors (PLU graduate students) are training to become professional marriage and family therapists and are closely supervised by faculty. Check out their website!
Contact:
| Couple and Family Therapy Center | mfth@plu.edu | 253-535-7659 | Rm. 28 |
| Charles York, Professor MFT and Clinic Director | yorkcd@plu.edu | 253-535-7599 | Rm. 26 |
| David Ward, Clinic Director of Training | warddb@plu.edu | 253-535-8284 | Rm. 28 |
Dance - PLU
Contact: Maureen McGill, Director of Dance and Theater, mcgillma@plu.edu, 253-535-7359
Head Start
Headstart is a free pre-school for 3 and 4 year-old children from low-income families.
Contact: Sandy Dickson (Director) sandy_dickson@fp.k12.wa.us, 253-298-4673
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L.I.F.E./Elderhostel, an “At Home” Elderhostel
A continuing local education program affiliated with Elderhostel, offering lectures, trips and forums with speakers from PLU faculty and staff and well-known local artists and experts in various fields.
Website: www.plu.edu/~lifeeldr
Contact: Laura Polcyn, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Special Academic Programs, 253-535-8225, Hauge Administration Building, Room 127.
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Second Wind
A continuing education program for seniors that offers classes taught by local community members and PLU students and faculty.
Contact: Laura Polcyn, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Special Academic Programs, 253-535-8225, Hauge Administration Building, Room 127.
Tacoma Pierce County Health Department-Family Support Center
Contact:
| Tacoma Pierce County Health Department | 253-798-6557 | Rm. G-7 | |
| Jonice Morris | jmorris@tpchd.org | 253-798-6557 | Rm. G-7 |
| Rhiannon Williams, Family Advocate | rwilliams@tpchd.org | 253-798-7670 | Rm. G-7 |
| Michelle Punzel, Community Health Nurse | mpunzel@plu.edu | 253-798-7667 | Rm. G-7 |
| Chris Blosser | cblosser@plu.edu | 253-798-6473 | Rm. G-7 |
Women's Recovery - MOMS
A program of the Health Department, Women's Recovery provides affordable and accessible alcohol/drug treatment to low-income parenting women.
Contact: Vivian Lyons, vlyons@plu.edu, 253-798-6655 Rm. G-7
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