The ORIGINAL STARS 4 PEACE
Born of MUSIC IN 2012
IN THE CITY OF DESTINY
TACOMA, WA
Bostwick Building, 2021
Tacoma, WA
Tacoma, WA
STARS 4 PEACE
Born of Music in Tacoma, WA 2012
A REASON 4 ALL SEASONS
& ANNUAL EVENTS
The StarFlower of Destiny
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Share this project with people in your community with similar values & we'll work together for solutions
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2023
Glow UP Tacoma!
Support this Season of H.O.P.E. for At-Risk Youth
with Stars 4 Peace HERE
1. YEAR ROUND DRIVES SUPPORT REAL NEED
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2. TACOMA SANTA PARADE
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3. STARS 4 PEACE @ TACOMA'S FOSS SEAPORT MARITIME MUSEUM
Make Stars w/ us for a special installation in Jan, 2024
TACOMA'S FOSS WATERWAY SEAPORT MARITIME MUSEUM CELEBRATES THE RICH MARITIME HISTORY OF TACOMA AND THE PUGET SOUND REGION THROUGH EVENTS AND EDUCATION. JOIN US FOR A LIGHTED EXHIBIT OF STARS THIS JANUARY AS WE BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A TRULY MAGICAL EXPERIENCE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TACOMA LIGHT TRAIL.
HELP US MAKE STARS FOR BOTH THE TACOMA SANTA PARADE AND ALSO THE FOSS MARITIME MUSEUM INSTALLATION BEGINNING THIS NOVEMBER. TO LEARN HOW AND WHEN YOU CAN HELP, EMAIL US: MUSICHEARTDESTINY@PROTONMAIL.COM |
Glow UP Tacoma!
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Adrienne Casteele at the H.O.P.E. Victims Advocacy Foundation has been helping women and youth overcome violence and trauma in the home for more than 20 years, in our city's most vulnerable communities. She does so at no cost to the women and youth she helps - our support helps her accomplish serve more people more effectively.
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Support At-Risk Youth through H.O.P.E. w/ Stars 4 Peace
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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...
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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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THE GRAND CINEMA, 2012 TACOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INSTALLATION OF STARS
2016: Star Party at Rainbow Center in Tacoma
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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. 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. |
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.
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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
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
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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.
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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.
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2023 we continue this approach, and have added a Donation Station at Playback Sports on 6th Ave. 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.
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 UpConsider 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 ReceiveItems 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
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Give in Person at
Tacoma Donation Stations:
Give Quality Clothing, Food,
School Supplies & Family Games:
School Supplies & Family Games:
Thank you: Youth Need Real SupportONLINE
ONLINE: BUY MEALS & MORE FOR YOUTH HERE
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IN PERSON
So. 38th St.: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO
6th Ave: FOR DIRECTIONS CLICK LOGO
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Those Serving Youth Directly Need Support to Provide What Youth Really Need:
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Also, Please Consider Helping Stars 4 Peace
Collaborators & "StarSeed"
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"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.
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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.
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Just Hear What is Real
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Return & Listen: Sign Up & We'll Tell You When
This project is now in post-production.
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Sound Comes Soon... |
At the Heart of Sound
2019 Music & Heart in Wright Park digital flyer
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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. 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
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Stars 4 Peace, 2014, Wright Park - Tacoma, WA
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Wright Park is the cultural center of our community
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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
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Stars 4 Peace
From Our Family to You and Your Community
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
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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
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 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.
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
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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
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Publication delivered city-wide in 2016 (modified only w/ current website url)
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This Section is In Development: Discover More Soon
Support Real, Feasible Solutions for
Youth w/ No Shelter in Tacoma
& the South Puget Sound
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Donation Station at Amy's Casual Comfort on 6th Ave
2012 Original Procession: Smiles for Miles
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2018 Annual Procession of Stars at Tacoma's Santa Parade
2014 Procession of Stars through Tacoma's Wright Park
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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.
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
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Stars at the W.W. Seymour Wright Park Conservatory
The W.W. Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park is Amazing
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Make one with your loved ones, family and favorite people
All stars welcome
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Preparations for Tacoma Pride, 2016
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Some Stars are made to honor people we have lost in our communities
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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)
Be part of this stellar work
2021 Destiny Saturday
Pax Tacoma - Peace from Within Community
Celebrated to Enjoy this Most Uncommon Life
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Destiny Saturday: Born of Music in a Festival of Life & Light, Tacoma Celebrates Peace Day with the "Mardi-Gras" of the South Sound:
DAWNDI Destiny SaturdayFrom 2015: Led by 'Everybody's Dragon'
Everybody's Dragon on the 2015 Poster - Wright?
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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
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