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Closing the Year with Gratitude

Thank you from Palmer Scholars
Palmer Scholars


As we close out the year, we want to pause and say thank you. Because of you, Palmer Scholars continued to walk alongside young people in Pierce County as they pursued college, apprenticeships, and meaningful career pathways. This year was marked by growth, transition, and impact and through it all, our community remained rooted in possibility and legacy.


In 2025, we celebrated milestones across our programs from scholars graduating and advancing into their next chapters, to the continued growth of our Legacy Program, Palmer Pathways and Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) programs, where young adults gained hands-on experience, industry exposure, and confidence in their futures. We welcomed new leadership, strengthened partnerships, and remained committed to creating access, opportunity, and belonging for the young people we serve.


We also navigated change this year. Transitions challenged us to reflect, adapt, and recommit to our mission. Through it all, your belief in our work whether through partnership, mentorship, advocacy, or generosity made a lasting difference. As we look ahead to the new year, we do so with gratitude and momentum. We remain grounded in the legacy that built Palmer Scholars and energized by the future our scholars are shaping every day.


Thank you for being part of this community and for standing with us as we continue this work together.



With appreciation,

The Palmer Scholars Team


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Palmer Scholars acknowledges that our work is carried out on, and our office space is located within, occupied Coast Salish land, specifically that of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. We pay respect to Coast Salish Elders past and present and extend that respect to their descendants and to all Indigenous peoples. To acknowledge this land is to recognize its longer history and our place in that history; it is to recognize these lands and waters and their significance for the peoples who lived and continue to live in this region, whose practices and spiritualties were and are tied to the land and the water, and whose lives continue to enrich and develop in relationship to the land, waters, and other inhabitants today.

 

We also pause to recognize and acknowledge the labor upon which our country, state, and institutions are built.

We remember that our country is built on the labor of enslaved people who were kidnapped and brought to the U.S. from the African continent and recognize the continued contribution of their survivors. We also acknowledge all immigrant labor, including voluntary, involuntary, trafficked, forced, and undocumented peoples who contributed to the building of the country and continue to serve within our labor force. We acknowledge all unpaid care-giving labor.

 

To the people who contributed this immeasurable work and their descendants, we acknowledge our/their indelible mark on the spaces in which we operate today. It is our collective responsibility to critically interrogate these histories, to repair harm, and to honor, protect, and sustain this land.

Physical Address - 

4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW BLDG 16

Lakewood WA 98499-4004

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Phone -

Tricia Speid (CEO) (253) 617-5676
Note: For general information ONLY

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For questions regarding our specific programs/enrollment please contact the following: 

Palmer Legacy - Jessica G. | (253) 444 - 8564

Palmer Pathways - Alondra M. | (253) 317 - 5479
 

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Mailing Address - 

PO Box 7119, Tacoma, WA 98417

Email - info@palmerscholars.org

To contact someone directly visit our staff page here: Our Team

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