A Season Building HOPE in Local Community
Leading to a Holiday Celebration of JOY Sun, Dec 20.

Glow UP Tacoma!

NEW AUDIO 30 AUG 2026
LOVE PROTECTS:
THIS IS THE POWER OF PEACE TO PROVIDE

Audio above: *INRO to Region-Wide Season building HOPE in our city and the South Sound raising drink spiking awareness leading to the HOLIDAY HOPE HOPE Dec 18-20: 0:00
*DEEP issues: @32:5min.
*MUSIC COMMUNITY: ~1:12

Destiny Saturday is Sept 19:
Join us in the Children's Parade and Roots & Shoots' Giant Peace Doves at Tacoma Sister Cities' Peace Day Celebration.

10p - 3p
​Thea Park: 405 Dock Street

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2026 Season to Rebuild HOPE in community: Holiday HOPE Hop & Tacoma Santa Parade. 

23 Aug - Peace Dove Builds @ Tupac 1p - 5p 1105 MLK in Tacoma
19 Sept - Sister Cities' International Day of Peace 10a - 3p
18 - 20 Dec - 2026 HOLIDAY HOPE HOP 
20 Dec - Tacoma Santa Parade 11a - 7p

Starting Peace Day, Sept 19, we join w/ Tacoma Sisters Cities 

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Our industry partners include  First Star Entertainment with their award-recognized  cinematographers and production talent.

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Leading up to a celebration of Holiday JOY in our city at the Tacoma Santa Parade Sun. Dec 20, we join with communities from Tacoma to Olympia, Sumner to the Key Peninsula as we gather on So. Tacoma Way to honor our city's beloved Santa Al in his finale parade as he prepares to pass the reins. 

​Highlighting the local champions working on the ground level serving community in our cities we align with the businesses, bands and artists to advocate for support of these local organizations at the time they need financial support the most. 

Join us with the Tacoma Sister Cities Sat, Sept. 19 (Peace Day Weekend) in Tacoma's Thea Park on Dosck Street.) This Peace Day begin a Season of building hope in our local South Sound communities:
 

Through THE WALL businesses, artists and bands provide deals, art and music as incentives to give to the local community organizations serving at the ground level in our communities - we all win.


Media partnerships include ADTV (30M viewers/mo) and Radio Tacoma - local community partners like Washington's Skoolie Foundation we're building HOPE in community all around the South Sound.

This exceptional 2026 Holiday Season is going to be one for all of use to remember!

See why this Season Matters: 
​Full Letter to Peers: (PDF)

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More on the Tacoma Santa Parade HERE 

THE WALL Supports Local Community
LOOKWASHiNGTON.com (scroll for more)

2025 we hosted the Tacoma Santa Parade (Al got sick, so we canceled the parade and had a Holiday Festival) & we set the precedent for a fun, family-friendly and generous event. The Skoolie Foundation gave 15k lbs of food and 2k toys to people in need.  ​

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Learn about us on our ORIGINS page 

Build HOPE in South Sound Communities
​Leading to this Holiday Season of JOY

Sun. Dec 20: Santa Al Finale Santa Parade

2026 we build towards a penultimate Santa Parade this December (Sunday the 20th)

We held our first meeting at the Star Center in March & enjoy the support of the South Tacoma Way Business District again.

​We'll build on the same footprint we had in 2025 AND a whole lot more. Also we'll be hosting Giant Peace Dove & Lighted Star Builds leading up to the event. 

See how to be involved at TacomaJOY.com (LINK)

All-Year Clothes+ & Toys Drives

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IG VIDEO: SEE OUR PROCESS

Donate Quality Clothes, Toys, School Supplies & Hygiene Products at Marlene's Market & Deli (So. 38th St.) & Playback Sports (6th Ave)

Marlene's Market & Deli (MAP)

Playback Sports (6th Ave MAP)

Listen to music for THE WALL by Colin Scott Reynolds & scroll

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In our Community: Olympia's Luminary

Olympia's annual luminary is the kind of elevated spirit that inspired us to bring the luminary arts to Tacoma in 2012. 

High spirited Olympia friends celebrate Earth Day every year in April - the whole city lights up for a true regional event that draws tens of thousands to Olympia every Earth Day. 

See their kind of celebration in the Reel at Rt (ig link) & join in the fun with us and our friends this Fri. Apr. 24 & 25 (Procession of the Species website).

2025 Oly Luminary

​THE WALL: A pioneering philanthropic platform making contribution FUN.
We also Connect People to Viable Resources via a Resource Library - See Below:

THE CHALLENGE: Exactly as need in WA communities is growing, organizations that serve those needs are suffering loss of critical funding they need. We also have a building Resource Library across fields.

App is in Beta until 19 Sept 2026

See what we're doing HERE
​Find THE WALL's History Here

& Everybody WINS

Rewarding Community Giving

HOPE Grows

NEW: Resource Guides

Find Helpful Resources in Our Library

Filter by Topic, Add Quality Resources in a Field & Find Where to Go for Help
We are Adding Resources During Pilot Phase: Suggest Helpful Resources

In every stage of abuse there are signs that are easy to miss. Browse critical current issues, gain insight into your legal recourse and find help at every stage: Follow this link directly to the Library

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BANDS: Add Your Music to THE WALL

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What It's All About: The Crux is Family
From Our Home to Your Own

Developed for Healthy Community Engagement Fit For Families of All Kinds, Introducing Northwest Life & Culture in Tacoma

Illuminated STARS are an Icon of PNW Community Art Culture from Olympia to Bellingham - Tacoma's Stars 4 Peace Add an Element of HOPE

Support this work by Donation & By Shopping Quality PNW Wares

TheGiving.SHOP 
Online Spring, 2026

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Quality Gifts Fit for Loved Ones & Friends

My Niece, Scarlett

SEE HOW STARS 4 PEACE BROUGHT LIGHT TO LIFE W/ MUSIC & WHY IT MATTERS

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STARS 4 PEACE: ORIGINS (link to more info)
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OUR BEST 4 NEXT GENERATIONS RIGHT NOW

THE CHALLENGE we present to our community this Holiday Season is simple:

1. Let's support our city's At-Risk Youth as strongly  as we can.

2. Encourage our community to help us do this

3. Make it so fun & rewarding it's just plain common sense to support youth.


Find ways to support Youth this season at local stores & businesses: 
Do SOMETHING to bring support and positive attention to the people at the ground level of our communities working to help our most vulnerable.

Thank you, on behalf of all of us at  Stars 4 Peace.

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SUPPORT ORGS
GET DEALS

GIVE ONLINE DIRECTLY TO A YOUTH ORGANIZATION YOU WANT TO SUPPORT HERE & GET SPECIAL DEALS AT LOCAL SOUTH SOUND BUSINESSES (SEE LIST)

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DONATE NICE QUALITY ITEMS

DONATE QUALITY CLOTHES, GAMES, TOYS AND MORE AT DONATION STATIONS AT LOCAL BUSINESSES LISTED BELOW: ITEMS RECEIVED ARE GIVEN TO PEOPLE IN NEED.

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SUPPORT ORGS GET DEALS

COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE RESOURCES FOR THE PEOPLE THEY'RE INTENDED FOR, THIS GROWING GUIDE WORKS AS AN INCLUSIVE PLACE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED TO REFERENCE FOR WHERE TO GO FOR WHAT THEY NEED IN THE SOUTH PUGET SOUND.  FIND FOOD, HOUSING & OTHER RESOURCES. ORGS: ADD YOUR WORK TO THIS GROWING GUIDE &  FOLLOW HERE. 

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MAKING IT COMMON SENSE TO CONTRIBUTE
​TO SOLUTIONS FOR YOUTH THIS WINTER

THIS GREAT STELLAR GIVEAWAY SUPPORTS AT-RISK YOUTH
WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, MUSICIANS & ARTISTS

2025:

The Heart of Stars: In collaboration with artist Steve LaBerge & the Tacoma Light Trail

SEE THE HEART OF STARS INSTALLATION AT THE FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT  AND BREWING IN THE STARS AT THE ODD OTTER BREWERY  DOWNTOWN TACOMA. FOSS STARS WILL BE UP UNTIL MONDAY, FEB 17. ENJOY!

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Brewing in the Stars: In collaboration with Odd Otter & the Tacoma Light Trail

SERVE THE SERVANTS

FIND AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND BANDS SUPPORTING AT-RISK YOUTH WITH US THIS SEASON. AS THE LIST OF SUPPORTERS GROWS, WE WILL BE ADDING THEM TO A GROWING ONLINE LIST WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WE WORK WITH.


BUSINESSES: GROW WITH US

1) CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWING TROVE OF INCENTIVES FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GIVE TO YOUTH

2) SPONSOR A STAR FROM THE HEART OF STARS INSTALLATION AT FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT:

WE'LL DELIVER A LIMITED RUN FOSS STAR TO YOU WHEN WE TAKE THEM DOWN IN FEBRUARY.

CONTACT US HERE (EMAIL)

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OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT US 

RECENTLY ON KING 5's EVENING MAGAZINE

GET VINYL AT TACOM'S MOST UNIQUE RECORD STORE, BREADTRUCK RECORDS: 100% OF ALL YOUR TIPS GO TO SUPPORT STARS 4 PEACE. 

FIND MORE ABOUT TACOMA'S BREADTRUCK RECORDS HERE


THE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO SUPPORT OUR WORK IS TO GIVE DIRECTLY TO THE ORGS SUPPORTING AT-RISK YOUTH THIS SEASON: FIND ANY ORG SUPPORTING YOUTH THAT YOU FEEL ALIGNS WITH WHAT YOU VALUE AND GIVE THEM $30 OR MORE DIRECTLY. 

SIMPLY SEND US THE PROOF THAT YOU DONATED: YOU'LL RECEIVE A TROVE OF GREAT LOCAL DEALS (SEE MORE)

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GET A STAR FROM THE FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT INSTALLATION: LIMITED SUPPLY OF 42. PROCEEDS SUPPORT OUR WORK WITH STARS 4 PEACE HELPING YOUTH & OTHERS IN NEED.    SEE MORE HERE

Born of Music in Tacoma, WA  2012

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w/ ARTISTS 4 LIFE IN THE SOUND

Colin Scott Reynolds Opened at Music & Heart in Wright Park in 2019, Beginning a Cycle of Support for Tacoma's At-Risk Youth

2019 Tacoma's music community came together to begin a new chapter in our city's longest-enduring music festival. 20 bands were on the ground ready to play in support of At-Risk Youth. Radio was on the ground and youth organizations like Oasis Youth Center, The Coffee Oasis, Vadis, Reach & H.O.P.E. Victims Advocacy Services were provided space.

Music & Heart in Wright Park website (2019)

Music & Heart in Wright Park is looking at its 6th year, supported in part by Tacoma Creates.

Today this project has bridged the divide, supplying needs with year-round donation stations around the city and an online means of contributing directly to the very organizations serving youth in our city.

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON SHOW YOUR SUPPORT
FOR AT-RISK YOUTH IN THE SOUTH SOUND
GET MUSIC & MORE

IN ADDITION TO MUSIC, LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE ADDING THEIR TOUCH TO A GROWING TROVE OF DISCOUNTS, SPECIALS & DEALS EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT AT-RISK YOUTH:

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WHAT WE DID IN 2024:

The StarFlower of Destiny

Share this project with people in your community with similar values & we'll work together for solutions

 CHOOSE YOUR SOLUTION TO SUPPORT FOR YOUTH AND GET A TREASURE TROVE OF MUSIC WITH EXCLUSIVE DEAL AT LOCAL BUSINESSES

Stars 4 Peace Introduction to ORIGINS.
Recorded June 2024.

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Pt. 1 ORIGINS: Stars 4 Peace

THE WALL will be revealed in its newest form Sat, Aug 10 at Tacoma's Music & Heart in Wright Park

CHOOSE YOUR SOLUTION:
Support At-Risk Youth & Get Music at THE WALL:
Pioneering Music-Driven Giving to Support Youth. Choose a Youth Org, Support them & Get NW Music.

ADD ORGS YOU TRUST
Our community has under-known, under-supported solutions for people in need: Help us support them by adding their work to THE WALL. Tell us who they are, who we should talk to, if you know, HERE (EMAIL)
Thanks!

THE WALL supports At-Risk Youth through Music & Art

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FROM ORIGINS

MORE OF OUR STORY WILL BE ADDED INCOMING MONTHS. STAY STELLAR!

Stars 4 Peace Introduction to ORIGINS. Recorded June 2024.

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DISCOVER MORE OF OUR ORIGINS HERE

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GIVE TO YOUTH ORGS HERE
GET MUSIC. LEARN MORE:

SUPPORT YOUTH & Be Part of a Grand New Approach to Supporting  At-Risk Youth

Choose YOUR Solution & GET Music

CHOOSE YOUR SOLUTION:

1. Give to a pre-vetted organization like OASIS YOUTH CENTER, THE COFFEE OASIS, H.O.P.E. VICTIMS ADVOCACY FOUNDATION & MORE HERE

2. SEND US PROOF / A COPY OF YOUR INVOICE

 3. WE'LL SEND YOU THE FULL, NEWLY RELEASED 19-TRACK  DOUBLE ALBUM SHADES OF BLUE IN RETURN & MORE




THE 1st 300 PEOPLE TO GIVE $30+ WILL BE PART OF A SPECIAL, LIMITED TIME PILOT: THEY WILL RECEIVE A GROWING POOL OF OF MUSIC AS BANDS & MUSICIANS ADD IT THROUGH 2024.

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For example, you will receive the full, 19-track double album Shades of Blue by Dain Norman & the Chrysalis Effect released Valentine's Day Weekend at Tacoma's Elk's Spanish Ballroom, and more as music is added to THE WALL by Bands through 2024

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL

LOCAL MUSIC & NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES JOIN TO SUPPORT AT-RISK YOUTH THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

SUPPORT A LOCAL ORGANIZATION WORKING TO HELP YOUTH (CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE ORG TO SUPPORT).

YOU'LL RECEIVE SELECT SPECIALS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND FREE MUSIC FROM LOCAL BANDS.

MORE ONLINE DEC 1.

www.DESTINYINTHESTARS.ORG

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Musicians & Music Lovers: Follow the Stars

HOPE GROWS @ THE WALL

INTO THE HEART..(of Sound)

Stars 4 Peace Intro w/ Dain Norman:

Musicians: ADD YOUR SOUND to The Wall. Join a community of musicians and artists dedicated to real solutions for at-risk youth and others in need. Choose some of your music to give to the people who donate to youth organizations: TELL US HERE.

Support Youth, Get an Album: Give $30 or more to OASIS YOUTH CENTER, THE COFFEE OASIS, H.O.P.E. VICTIMS ADVOCACY FOUNDATION & MORE (Link)

Show Your Support for Youth in Need in Tacoma & Gig Harbor Communities by Giving $30 or More to a local organization serving youth and in our gratitude we'll send you the new album, Shades of Blue (see below), together with music from other artists as it comes.

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ONGOING CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES DRIVES CONTINUE YEAR-ROUND.

FIND DONATION STATIONS AT MARLENE'S MARKET & DELI ON SO. 38th St. & PLAYBACK SPORTS ON 6TH AVE IN TACOMA, AND IN GIG HARBOR AT O'LOONEY'S IRISH PUB.

ITEMS DONATED TO STARS 4 PEACE ARE PROVIDED DIRECT-TO-NEED TO THE PEOPLE YOU INTEND.
GIVE IN PERSON AT THE STORES ABOVE, OR ONLINE BELOW.

Scroll below to see how it works, what we do & how you can play a part.

A REASON 4 ALL SEASONS
& ANNUAL EVENTS

Give to Youth Direct-to-Need
Online Here

The Spirit in the Stars

The Giving Tree Foundation; Clothes 4 HOPE & Warmth for Mama Bears

Scroll through Sections Below to Explore More About this Project...

OR Give in Person Quality Clothes, Games, Food & School Supplies at Marlene's Market & Deli on So. 38th St. & Playback Sports on Tacoma's 6th Ave.

So. 38th St.: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO

6th Ave: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO

ONLINE: BUY MEALS & MORE FOR YOUTH HERE

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How It Works When You Give
in Person at a Donation Station

Also, Give Online Directly to the Organizations Serving: It's Easy, More Convenient & Direct

Gift Barrel @ Marlene's; Marley's Wyrd (Sun is Shining)

What You Give, We Pick Up

Consider Contributing:

Quality Clothes

Good, Healthy Food

Games Fit 4 Families

School Supplies

& Personal Care Items

(Body & Teeth Care, Women's Hygeine)

Organizations we support get the supplies they need

Then We Sort & Prep to Distribute

...Swim so wild, swim so free...

People in Need Receive

Items provided we deliver Direct-to-Need, on the streets and through trusted organizations.

Quality items last longer and provide greater warmth and dryness in the wet conditions of our regional environs

DISCOVER OUR 'HISTOREE' BEGINNING JANUARY '24

Among Our Origins:
A Musical Melange w/ Dr. John Stark in 2014
& The Oceanic Festivities at 2013's Luminary

Celebrating the rare life our culture is so well known for has been a hallmark part of our work since the earliest days of our work. 2014 we celebrated the work of renowned local  ecotoxicologist (environmental marine scientist) Dr. John Stark. His  contributions to our understanding of life in our region are indispensable.

More on this series of events will be available soon: Sign up here to be part of our mailing list.

Stars 4 Peace: Developed w/ Artists 4 Life in the Sound

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THE GRAND CINEMA, 2012 TACOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INSTALLATION OF STARS

2016: Star Party at Rainbow Center in Tacoma

THE GRAND VISION

There is a light in everyone of us, and by focusing attention on the life we share in common across our communities and neighborhoods, from our Origins we use the Stars as a token to this life we share in common. 

We continue to work with long-standing community partners along with an ever-growing community of new partnerships on Seasonal events like the Tacoma Santa Parade that happen annually. These events are great for friends and families, and all are welcome: Come as you are.
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There are many styles of stars and you and yours are invited to make one for yourself - instructions are easy, styles are simple and the possibilities for how they look are endless. Make one with friends!

Great for lovers of crafts, families with children and for friends looking to do something fun in the City of Destiny. Find instructions here. 

Official Stars 4 Peace Star Kits are Coming Soon... want one? 

Bring your star to community events like the Tacoma Santa Parade.

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Our Stellar Post-Pandemic PlayBook

2021 THE WALL at Music & Heart in Wright Park Began a Work That Continues and is Ongoing, Sustained by Tacoma Communities, Stable & FUN, Supporting At-Risk Youth & Women in Need.

2021

1st: Music & Heart
in Wright Park

2021

Combining two projects, The Wall (2017) and Music & Heart in Wright Park (2019) we started a new approach, post-pandemic, to gain quality support for at-risk youth and women recovering from trauma in the home. Following MHWP in August, we hosted Destiny Saturday in the Garden of Eatin' at the Antique Sandwich Company Sept 25. Next, we held an Stars 4 Peace workshops with the Tacoma Public Library in November, in preparation for the Annual Tacoma Santa Parade.

2nd: Destiny Saturday (Antique Sandwich Co.)

2021

We provided 50 home made Star Kits to anyone desiring to be part that November, and that same month we installed a Donation Station at Marlene's Market & Deli, beginning a Season to bring quality clothes, food, games & school supplies to at-risk youth and women in need in Tacoma.

3rd: Donation Station Installed (Marlene's)

2021

The Donation Station is a great success, and is there now 2 years later, continuing to bring in the much needed supplies for youth.

2024 we continue this approach, and have added a Donation Station at Playback Sports on 6th Ave. and in Gig Harbor at O'Looney's Irish Pub. Now, having hosted The Wall at Music & Heart in Wright Park in August, and again Destiny Saturday Sept 23, we are continuing the work of receiving, sorting and getting supplies to the youth and women they are intended for, Direct-to-Need. Now we continue in a Season of the Sacred Heart, which will be completed in collaboration with the Tacoma Maritime Museum, in concert with the Tacoma Light Trail in Jan, 2024.

​Give in Person at
Tacoma Donation Stations:

Give Quality Clothing, Food,

School Supplies & Family Games:

Thank you: Youth Need Real Support

ONLINE

ONLINE: BUY MEALS & MORE FOR YOUTH HERE

IN PERSON

So. 38th St.: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO

6th Ave: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO

Those Serving Youth Directly Need  Support to Provide What Youth Really Need: 
Give How YOU Want to:

Thank You!

​Your Help Is MORE Valuable than you already know.

Youth do not choose to live in the streets unless they come from places worse than most of us are able to imagine - this is the way many youth end up without a home. They face incomparable dangers every day, vulnerable as they are to the predatory nature of the streets. Reality for Youth is vulnerability, constant stress and imminent danger day in and day out. With far more young people on our streets than are known, youth need support in a variety of ways. Give directly to the people helping them above.

Your support for Youth is more valuable than you already know.
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Stay Informed on How to Be Part of More Events:

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Safe, enjoyable and fun, we created the Stars 4 Peace to address important need in an array of creative ways

We host and participate in events all around Tacoma, in all Seasons. 

If you would like to be part of this project, or collaborate with us, please reach out to us via this contact form. We'll send you a confirmation email - reply with your interest in how you would like to participate and we'll get back to you.

Thank you!

Also, Please Consider Helping Stars 4 Peace

Financial Support Allows Us to Raise More Supplies for Youth & Reach More People to Support Youth in Need. Our Work is Not Without Cost: Your Help is a Great Blessing. Thank you much!

Collaborators & "StarSeed"
​ Supporters

So. 38th St.: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO

6th Ave: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO

Ongoing Collaborations:
H.O.P.E. Advocacy Foundation
(since 2015) Now focusing on Youth 



Current & Previous Partners:
Active in Tacoma Since 2012

W.W. Seymour Conservatory at Wright Park

Music & Heart at Wright Park

2021/22 Install at The Bostwick Cafe,
in collaboration w/ Tacoma Light Trail

Earthbound (Procession of the Species)

Tacoma Pride

Hilltop Artists

Eastside Green Thumbs

Tacoma Santa Parade (Since 2015)

Tacoma's Downtown Block Party

LeMay Family Foundation

Tacoma Public Library

Tacoma Frame Makers

Terracrux Games

Amy's Casual Comfort

ReStyle Clothing Company

Marlene's Market & Deli

Urban XChange (UXC)

Gateway to India

Dunagan Irish Pub & Brewery

​E9 Brewing
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Tacoma Brewing

The Copper Door

Bluebeard Coffee

Happy Belly

Sanford & Sons

Homage Tattoo

Brass Monkey

Soap & Clay

Puget Sound Family Health

"Grand" Origins of this Stellar Work

Because Some Things are Bigger Than Any 1 of Us

Vicci Martinez International Day of Peace Weekend Sept 22, 2012 @ The Historic Pantages Theater

 In 2012 we forged a 3-way collaboration with Olympia's Procession Luminary team and Tacoma's Fall Free For All to welcome Vicci Martinez back for her homecoming birthday show at Broadway Center's Pantages Theater after her national tour from performing on The Voice. Vicci was born on the International Day of Peace, so when we surprised her with an unforgettable assembly of illuminated sculpture (video) stars became associated with peace in Tacoma communities.

Stars installed at Tacoma's Historic Grand Cinema Tacoma Film Festival, 2012

After such a cataclysmic Beginning, we decided the most stellar thing we could do was create a public project to gain important support for people in need in our city's various neighborhoods and local communities.

We have worked with many organizations helping women in transition, disadvantaged students, survivors of trauma due to abuse, returning citizens, youth w/ no shelter & more.

Your support helps more than you know.

Where are Stars, also there are smiles

Annually since 2012, Stars 4 Peace have created or collaborated in events all over Tacoma, every year, working with a long list of organizations, businesses, arts groups & like-minded people. See above: Collaborators & StarSeed Supporters. 

You will see that everywhere the Stars go, smiles also follow. It is our great joy to bring to our city a stellar expression of unity via such caring means.

Concerted Discovery

This Season youth experiencing homelessness are our focus.

Do you know about youth in need personally, or who is helping youth in need in and around Tacoma? Please connect us! We are working to gather support for trusted, well known and reputable organizations that help youth in need directly in Tacoma's communities.

Just Hear What is Real
May, 2022

Return & Listen: Sign Up & We'll Tell You When

This project is now in post-production.

Sound Comes Soon...

At the Heart of Sound

See what we're doing in 2024 Sat. Aug 10 in Wright Park

Music & Heart in Wright Park

2019 we began a cycle of awareness to gain support for solutions to youth with no shelter in Tacoma. We continue this work, creating well-informed content through the people serving youth at the ground level, at the critical organizations that are in touch with youth.

Now in 2024 MHWP has been awarded its 3rd consecutive Tacoma Creates grant and is well established as a Tacoma festival .

Working with Radio Tacoma and other media  in multiple formats, our message will reach many people around Tacoma and the South Sound, fostering support and goodwill among those desiring to better youth in need.

Thank you for your support for this project.

DESTINY SATURDAY
THE SOUTH SOUND MARDI GRAS

Every Year We Celebrate Life in the City of Destiny, Inviting All & Sundry to Enjoy Any  Part of Our Local Culture in Festive Fun

THIS GAINS CRITICAL SUPPORT 4 YOUTH
& WOMEN IN NEED "WRIGHT" HERE IN TACOMA

2021

WEBSITE LINK ON LOGO: CURRENTLY IN REDESIGN FOR 2023

Celebrates Peace in Our City: Eat, Drink & Enjoy the Music: City-Wide

DESTINY SATURDAY  is every September on a Saturday close to the International Day of Peace (Sept 21). Get into Tacoma Local Culture, enjoy and celebrate life in the City of Destiny.

WANT TO BE PART?  Bring Your Best to the People of Destiny: Get represented in it HERE

2021 We returned to our roots at the Antique Sandwich Company

Poster from Destiny Saturday 2017

CONTACT US HERE. And Welcome to Destiny

Stars 4 Peace, 2014, Wright Park - Tacoma, WA

Wright Park is the cultural center of our community

Tacoma "Own-ly" Since 2012

We use Music & Art to gain the much needed support youth and women need in our city's neighborhood communities.

​Your donations go directly to the people supporting youth directly at the grass roots level of our city's communities.

Give In Person & Online

 Give Directly Here 2023
Your Online Donations Go Directly to the People You Choose to Support

Stars 4 Peace

From Our Family to You and Your Community

Tacoma's Santa Parade

The Biggest Winter Holiday Parade in Tacoma
Stars are present beginning to end at the Parade.
Stars have been part of the Parade since Origin.
(This section will be updated leading up to Destiny Saturday)

2021 Procession of Stars
at Tacoma's Santa Parade

2021 Dawndi plays & sings at the Sleigh

2021 For the Love of Smiles: Friends "Wolfdog" Tom & Shirly in the parade w/ us. Tom's support was vital

Albert is awesome & a true friend and help every year

Rhubarb the Reindeer of the Tacoma Rainiers

Stars 4 Peace accompany Santa's Sleigh in the 8th Annual Procession of Stars at Tacoma's Santa Parade

Nov 20, 2021 Stars 4 Peace hosted a Star Building Workshop w/ the Tacoma Public Library Leading Up to the 8th Annual Procession of Stars at Tacoma's Best Holiday Santa Parade.

Library FUN ! 2021

We were asked by the Tacoma Light Trail to teach people how to make Stars in a Workshop - It Was Stellar

50 Stars were distributed to people all around the city & the Tacoma Library hosted an online-only workshop to learn how to build Star Luminaries with Stars 4 Peace

John Hargis created an ideal atmosphere for teaching

A generous spirit informs this work, and we hope this spirit spreads

In the Procession, the Great Star of Destiny; Music by Kendan Worley

Originally the 6th Ave Santa Parade, the event outgrew the Ave & moved to a bigger Way.

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Kits in the Kitchen

50 Free Stars 4 Peace Star Kits were made to be given to all people wanting them, through the Tacoma Public Library and Tacoma Creates

Started in Washington

Star Kits All Made by Caring Hands

Stars: Supplies w/ Instruction Always Given Free*
*Since Origin, 2012

A FUN TRADITION THAT IS FAMILY-FRIENDLY & FIT FOR ALL AGES, THE ANNUAL STARS 4 PEACE PROCESSION OF STARS AT THE TACOMA SANTA PARADE IS A HIT WITH CHILDREN, ADULTS & PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ENJOY SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH LOVED ONES

Publication delivered city-wide in 2016 (modified only w/ current website url)

This Section is In Development: Discover More Soon

What S4P DO

Make a Star

Participate

Support Real, Feasible Solutions for
Youth w/ No Shelter in Tacoma
& the South Puget Sound

Donation Station at Amy's Casual Comfort on 6th Ave

2012 Original Procession: Smiles for Miles

2018 Annual Procession of Stars at Tacoma's Santa Parade

2014 Procession of Stars through Tacoma's Wright Park

We use the Stars 4 Peace to gain important support for people in the most vulnerable situations in Tacoma. We began receiving donations at events in 2015, and in 2017 we started a city-wide clothing / food drive that Tacoma supports strongly to this day. 

What you give we make ready (wash, organize, etc) and distribute to people in need in our city's diverse communities, through the people and organizations at the ground level serving people in need. Our work facilitates their services with quality items in good care.

Stars at the W.W. Seymour Wright Park Conservatory

Stars at the W.W. Seymour Wright Park Conservatory

The W.W. Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park is Amazing

Make one with your loved ones, family and favorite people

All stars welcome

Preparations for Tacoma Pride, 2016

Some Stars are made to honor people we have lost in our communities

Stars 4 Peace have been installed in Tacoma's W.W. Seymour (Wright Park) Conservatory many times in many seasons over the years. (Pic from Sept 2016)

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 2021 Destiny Saturday

Pax Tacoma - Peace from Within Community
Celebrated to Enjoy this Most Uncommon Life

Destiny Saturday: Born of Music in a Festival of Life & Light, Tacoma Celebrates Peace Day with the "Mardi-Gras" of the South Sound: 

Garden of Eatin - 2021 - Antique Sandwich Co. (Garden Patio)

Tacoma's Dain & Son

DAWNDI Destiny Saturday

From 2015: Led by  'Everybody's Dragon'

Everybody's Dragon on the 2015 Poster - Wright?

Origins: 2012
Vicci was born on the International Day of Peace, and when she came home from her national tour we surprised her with a star lit luminary procession, inaugurating a day our city sets aside each year to celebrate peace in our many communities.

Music in Tacoma celebrates the life we share in common across Tacoma Communities and has FREELY PROMOTED LOCAL BUSINESSES. 

Our efforts are to bring people together in a good spirit so they get into our city's culture - every year since 2012 we have been a stable presence celebrating peace in our city. 

From 2015 Poster:

Until 2017 We Held a Lumins Festivus Every Destiny Saturday