NOVEMBER | 2021
ADVENTURE WITHIN REACH PIERCE COUNTY PARKS SPECIALIZED RECREATION
November Program Locations: • PIERCE COUNTY PARKS
Chambers Creek Regional Park Environmental Serives Building (ESB) 9850 64th St. W., University Place, WA 98467
Lakewood Community Center (LCC) 9112 Lakewood Dr. SW, Lakewood, WA 98499
Meridian Habitat Park & Center (MHP) 14422 Meridian E., South Hill Puyallup, WA 98375
Spanaway Regional Park Sprinker Recreation Center (SRC) 14824 C St. South, Tacoma WA 98444
• COMMUNITY LOCATIONS
Century Point Ruston Cinema Point Ruston 5057 Main St., Tacoma, WA 98407
LeMay Car Museum 2702 East D St., Tacoma, WA 98421
Regal South Hill Cinema South Hill Mall 3500 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98373
Narrows Plaza Bowling 2200 Mildred St. W., University Place, WA 98466
• VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
Programs Are On The Shuttle Line
Pierce Transit Shuttle Service Customer Service
To Contact SHUTTLE: 1. Dial (253) 581-8000 2. Press 1 for SHUTTLE/ Fixed Route Customer Service 3. Then Press 2 for SHUTTLE 4. Then Press: • Toll-Free outside local calling area: 1-800-841-1118 • TTY for individuals with a hearing impairment: 711 • Fax: (253) 984-8154 or (253) 984-8227 Mailing Address: Pierce Transit, 3701 96th St SW, Lakewood, WA 98496 Email: adaquestions@piercetransit.org Website: www.piercetransit.org/shuttle/
Virtual programs meet via ZOOM https://zoom.us (internet & email required) PAGE
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REGISTRATION
Unexpected Absences You will not be billed out of pocket for any illness or behavioral related issues as long as we are notified prior to the absence. If you/the participant is sick or experiencing: • Behavioral issues: If for any reason you feel you/your participant is not able to safely attend classes, please call and inform us at your earliest convenience. Safety is of our utmost concern. • If you have any type of contagious illness: Please do not attend classes until you have not had symptoms for 72 hours.
Unattended Classes / No-Shows REGISTRATION: Pre-Registration is required. Class sizes are limited.
To register online, visit our website at www.piercecountywa.gov/PCSR and follow the “Register for Activities” link. To register by phone, please call (253) 798-4177, 7:30am to 8:30pm daily.
DDA : Pierce County Parks Specialized Recreation programs are supported by
DDA funding; respite money may be used. If using DDA funds to register please call (253) 798-4177 and have the participant’s case manager contact information on-hand.
GENERAL BILLING INFO: Case managers will be billed monthly, using the hourly reimbursement rate based on the quarter hour.
CANCELLATION POLICY: You must request cancelation, and receive
confirmation, from PC Parks staff at least 5 business days before an activity for a refund. Refunds will not be made for missed or forgotten sessions, or late cancelations.
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS: For virtual activities, access to an internet capable
computer/laptop/tablet/cell phone provided by the participant’s parent/guardian is required for participation. A ZOOM link will be sent to the email address listed on the registration prior to the program’s scheduled meeting.
If for any reason, you/the participant does not show up for registered classes or is absent for any reason other than illness or behavioral related issues, you will be required to pay the published rate for these classes. We cannot excuse absences related to caregiver or transportation issues, appointments or trips. Because we are unable to bill DDA for services not rendered, you will be required to pay out of pocket, and an invoice at the end of the month for the amount due.
To communicate an absence or for any SCHEDULING QUESTIONS please contact us at: 253-798-2997 pcsr@piercecountywa.gov
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▶ Bingo & Beyond
LEISURE PROGRAMS
Each Wednesday evening, we’ll meet in the gym of the Lakewood Community Center and play a game (or two)! From Bingo to Pictionary and Sorry to Connect 4, we’ve got all your gaming needs covered! All Ages | $35/participant | No Meeting Nov 24 LOCATION Lakewood Community Center DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Wed Nov 3, 10, 17 5:30 - 7:00 pm Nov 1 16884
▶ Crafts & Cocoa
Get crafty with us on Saturday mornings! Each day we’ll provide the materials for a craft and hot chocolate beverage. If you’d like to stay for a longer morning, join us for FUNctional Fitness and get active from 10:30am-12:00pm. All Ages | $26 | 3 Classes | No Class Nov 27 LOCATION Lakewood Community Center DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Sat Nov 6, 13, 20 9:00 - 10:30 am Nov 4 16885
▶ Grit City Peers Crew
Register for Mondays or Fridays, our projects and activities will be the same both days. Come see old friends and meet new ones while we play games, craft, hang out, and chat. All program supplies provided. All Ages | $35 | 3 Classes | No Meeting Nov 22, 26, 29 LOCATION Lakewood Community Center - Gym DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Mon Nov 1, 8, 15 5:00 - 6:30 pm Oct 29 16881 LOCATION Sprinker Recreation Center - Cedar Room DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY Fri Nov 5, 12, 19 1:00 - 2:30 pm Oct 29
▶ Art Class
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▶ The Hangout
If you enjoyed hanging out with us this year at Club Pierce and Camp Pierce, then this is the program for you! Participants, ages 20 and older, will enjoy personally enriching activities each day, including enhancing socialization with peers and increasing independence skills by participating in crafts, sports, cooking and other activities. Ages 20+ | $25/participant/day | No Meeting Nov 25 LOCATION Lakewood Community Center DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Thurs Nov 4 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Nov 1 16876 Thurs Nov 11 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Nov 1 16877 Thurs Nov 18 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Nov 1 16878
It’s time to relax and create! Step by step instructions and materials will be provided for each art project. We’ll take a quick lunch to socialize and fuel our creativity during this 2 hour class, so please bring a sack lunch. All levels of artists are encouraged to join! All Ages | $15/class | No Class Nov 24, 30 LOCATION DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Lakewood Community Center Tues Nov 2 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Oct 26 at 12 pm 16887 Lakewood Community Center Tues Nov 9 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Nov 2 at 12 pm 16889 Lakewood Community Center Tues Nov 16 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Nov 9 at 12 pm 16891 Lakewood Community Center Tues Nov 23 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Nov 16 at 12 pm 16893 Meridian Habitat Center Wed Nov 3 1:00 - 3:00 pm Oct 27 at 12 pm 16888 Meridian Habitat Center Wed Nov 10 1:00 - 3:00 pm Nov 3 at 12 pm 16890 Meridian Habitat Center Wed Nov 17 1:00 - 3:00 pm Nov 10 at 12 pm 16982
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VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
SPORTS / FITNESS
✅ Manic Monday Meet Up
➡ League Recreational Bowling
Register once for all of the Manic Monday Meet Up sessions! Hang out with us at the beginning of the week - virtually! Fill your cup with coffee, tea, juice, or water, log in, and let’s chat! This is a wonderful opportunity for participants who are new to ZOOM.
All Ages | FREE | 5 Dates
LOCATION Zoom, virtual CODE 16879 DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY Mon Nov 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 10-10:30 am Oct 29
✅ Laughing Lunch
Hang out with us virtually while eating your lunch. We’ll chat, watch funny videos, tell silly jokes, and laugh the whole time! Register just once for each of the Wednesdays that we meet this month. All Ages | FREE | 3 Dates | No Meeting Nov 24 LOCATION Zoom, virtual CODE 16883 DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY Wed Nov 3, 10, 17 12-12:30 pm Nov 2
✅ Virtual Club TGIF
Let’s get together (virtually) and have some fun! Virtual Club TGIF participants will take part in games, crafts, virtual field trips, and more. Access to an internet capable computer/laptop/tablet/cell phone provided by the participant’s parent/guardian is required for participation. All other required supplies will be provided and will need to be picked up from a Pierce County Parks community center prior to the first Club meeting. Please indicate your preferred community center (Lakewood Community Center, Meridian Habitat Community Center, or Sprinker Recreation Center) choice in the registration process. Ages 18+ | $42/participant (includes all dates) | No Club - Nov 26 LOCATION Zoom, virtual CODE 16874 DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY Fri Nov 5, 12, 19 9:30 - 11:00 am Nov 1
Come bowl 2 relaxed games and have a fun time with your bowling partner at Narrows Plaza Bowling. To bowl with a specific friend, please sign up together and specify during registration. Price includes shoes & 2 games. Please do not send money for participants to purchase meals at bowling. There is not enough time. All Ages | $40 | 4 Classes | No Class Nov 30 LOCATION Narrows Plaza Bowling CODE 16871 DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY Tues Nov 2, 9, 16, 23 3:30 - 5:00 pm Nov 1 at 12 pm
➡ FUNctional Fitness: Basketball Skills
Get movin’ and have some FUN at FUNctional Fitness. We’ll be doing a series of low impact exercises, focusing on balance, flexibility, strength, and cardio. In addition to circuit style training, we’ll work on basketball skills like running, shooting, defense, and passing in the gymnasium. All ability levels are welcome. Please wear clothes you can be active in, and bring water! Ages 8+ | $26 | 3 Classes | No Class Nov 27 LOCATION Lakewood Community Center CODE 16872 DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY Sat Nov 6, 13, 20 10:30 am - 12 pm Nov 4 at 12 pm
➡ Low Impact Aerobics
Raise your heart rate and keep your joints happy with our NEW low impact aerobic exercise class. It includes a variety of exercises designed to improve cardiovascular efficiency (efficiency with which the human body can distribute blood and oxygen.) Some examples of low aerobic exercises include walking, marching, and rolling shoulders. Ages 13+ | $26 | 3 Classes | No Class Nov 26 LOCATION Lakewood Community Center CODE 16873 DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY Fri Nov 5, 12, 19 9:30 - 11:00 am Nov 4 at 12 pm
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EXPLORE
🚘 LeMay Car Museum & Lunch Time for another day out on the town! Meet us at the LeMay Car Museum in Tacoma for a tour of the museum and lunch at the Full Throttle Café.
A modified menu of lunch choices will be emailed to registered participants prior to the event so that they may choose their food ahead of time. Please be sure to bring a copy of the menu with the participant’s selected meal to the event. Ages 13+ | $25/participant LOCATION LeMay Car Museum DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Sat Nov 6 1:30 - 4:00 pm Nov 1 16870
COMMUNITY
🎬 Lunch & A Movie
We’re going to the movies! The movie title will be a surprise until the week before we go, but we promise it’ll be great, and it will be rated G to PG-13. Before the movie, we’ll chow down on some pizza at Farrell’s Pizza at Point Ruston. Registered participants will meet at the entrance to the movie theater at Point Ruston. Participants can then be picked up at the same location (Century Point Ruston theater entrance) at the end of the activity. Due to varying movie times and titles, a final decision on the activity meeting time and movie will be made no later than the Friday before our movie and will be emailed to registered participants at that time. We will be watching an afternoon movie. Ages 13+ | $40/participant LOCATION Century Point Ruston Cinema DAY DATE TIME REG. DEADLINE CODE Tues Nov 30 TBD Nov 23 16864
🎬 Dinner & A Movie
We’re going to the movies! The movie title will be a surprise until the week before we go, but we promise it’ll be great, and it will be rated G to PG-13. Before the movie, we’ll chow down on an all you can eat buffet at the Golden Corral. Registered participants will meet at the entrance to the movie theater at the South Hill Mall. Participants can then be picked up at the same location (South Hill Mall movie theater entrance) at the end of the activity. Due to varying movie times and titles, a final decision on the activity meeting time and movie will be made no later than the Friday before our movie and will be emailed to registered participants at that time. We will be watching an evening movie. Ages 13+ | $40/participant LOCATION Regal South Hill Cinema DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Thurs Nov 18 TBD Nov 11 16863
SPECIAL EVENTS
🚨 Car BINGO!
Join us for a fun family outing from the safety of your car! Six BINGO cards and one dauber will be distributed at the parking lot to each player. BINGO will be called through a FM transmitter. When someone in your car gets a BINGO all you have to do is honk your horn and flash your car lights. We will come to your car to verify and handout prizes for the winners. Carolina Grill food truck will be on site selling food and drinks. All Ages | $30/car LOCATION Meridian Habitat Park - Parking lot opens at 5:30 pm DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Fri Nov 5 6:30-9:00 pm Oct 25 16658
🎉 Monthly Party Las Vegas Casino Dance Party
Time to get fancy ‘cause we’re goin’ to Vegas, baby! Dress in your best party clothes and get ready to roll. Maybe Lady Luck will be in your corner when you try your hand at our Las Vegas style casino games. Dancing more your thing? No problem! We’ll have our very own dance club with a DJ to keep you moving all night. So, who’s in? Ages 13+ | $25/participant LOCATION Chambers Creek Regional Park - ESB DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Fri Nov 12 6:00-9:00 pm Nov 10 16865
🏈 Seahawk Sunday Football Party Come and enjoy a fun afternoon rooting on your favorite football players. Each month we will be hosting a Seahawks game in our gym, projecting the game on our giant wall. Tailgate food will be served and some crafts to do at half time. We welcome all kinds of fans even if the Seahawks are not your favorite team, all football fans are welcome! Ages 13+ | $25/participant LOCATION Lakewood Community Center - Gymnasium DAY DATE TIME REGISTER BY CODE Sun (Packers) Nov 14 1:00-5:00 pm Nov 11 16867 Sun (Rams) Dec 19 1:00-5:00 pm Dec 16 16868 Sun (Cardinals) Jan 9 1:00-5:00 pm Jan 6 16869 PAGE
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