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WA Patriot Participates in 2018 CAPE

WA Patriot Project Manager, Zerah Florance and Project Engineer, Kayla Fillion, participated in this year’s Career and Pathways Expo (CAPE) at Harbor Ridge Middle School in Gig Harbor. CAPE is an event that seeks to engage and promote 6th through 8th grade girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) pathways.

They played a communications game where each girl was given a role in the building process — owner, architect, engineer, subcontractor, etc. The owner got to see a ‘vision’ of what they wanted to build — a pre-assembled Lego model — and had to describe what they wanted to the designers who passed that info on to the builders who built their own version with another set of Legos. They focused on all the different professions involved in construction and the importance of communications in the design and construction process.

Zerah and Kayla took time out of their Saturday to share their passion with the young ladies in attendance. We are grateful for their service to our community of future leaders.

Gig Harbor’s Holiday Heroes:

WA Patriot is happy to support the Jaycox-Gig Harbor Police Benevolent Fund this holiday season by donating to their worthy cause. The non-profit organization assists members of the community in need, especially youth and volunteer programs. Each year, the organization conducts a Holiday Heroes event that allows local children in need the opportunity to get to know and go shopping with Gig Harbor Police Officers. In addition, the children are provided a tour of the police department, have breakfast with the officers, and return to school in a police vehicle. This year the program expects to have at least twelve children participate, and the event will take place on Tuesday, December 12.

Click here to find out more information about the Jaycox-Gig Harbor Police Benevolent Fund.

WA Patriot’s 2017 Thanksgiving Food Drive

WA Patriot’s 2017 Thanksgiving Food Drive was a great success! WA Patriot and our employees donated $1500 in cash and over 1,000 pounds of food and grocery items to the Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Food Bank for the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. To find out more about GHP FISH and the services that they provide visit their website www.ghpfish.com. WA Patriot is thankful for all who contributed to helping feed the community in which we live and work.

Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation: Pull For A Soldier and Race For A Soldier

WA Patriot employees participated in two Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation events in September: The Race For A Soldier 5k and Half Marathon and the Pull For A Soldier annual events.

Mac Stanton, Mikhail Balasyuk, Jeff Elseth and Larry Oathout were excited to show off their skills at the 2nd Annual Pull For A Soldier trap shoot tournament, which was hosted on September 8, 2017 at the Gig Harbor Sportsmen’s Club.

Kyle Sturrock, Mac Stanton, Mickey Traugutt, Kari Beck, Kayla Fillion and Zerah Florance all ran in either the Race For A Soldier 5K or the Half Marathon that took place September 24, 2017 in Gig Harbor. We would like to congratulate those team members and their families who ran in the marathons, and we thank the WA Patriot volunteers who organized cone and signage placement along the race route.

For photos and additional information on these events, please visit their respective webpages www.pullforasoldier.org and www.raceforasoldier.org.

WA Patriot Proudly Supports Swing for a Soldier Golf Tournament

WA Patriot was proud to support the Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation’s 2017 Swing for a Soldier Golf Tournament held on July 10, 2017. The event was graciously supported by local and regional organizations and golfers who share in our passion to ensure all our returning veterans have the support they need to continue to serve outside of the military.  Combat related Post Traumatic Stress and Injuries are greatly impacting our veterans, and the foundation is partnering with proven programs to be part of the solution

For photos from the event, a list of sponsors, and to get energized for next year’s “Swing for a Soldier”, please check out www.swingforasoldier.org.

Behind the Fence Construction: CAPE 2017

WA Patriot participated this year in the CAPE (Career and Pathway Expo) Program, which serves approximately 250 girls in 6th – 8th grades from Peninsula School District. The program is aimed at getting middle school girls excited about and involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). WA Patriot Project Manager Zerah Florance, along with Architect Jessica Archer, walked three groups of 8-10 girls through a WA Patriot project under construction in Gig Harbor where they were able to see a concrete stem wall, concrete placement, and rebar embeds. Zerah and Jessica explained to them about all the different professionals involved in a construction project and the large number of career paths you can take and be involved in with construction. They also touched on general materials, methods, and basics of construction plans. Many thanks to Zerah and Jessica for taking their personal time to help expose these young girls to STEM!

WA Patriot Volunteers at KLM Veterans Memorial Park for Parks Appreciation Day

The WA Patriot team believes in supporting our community through Parks Appreciation Day and this year we were proud to volunteer at the KLM Veterans Memorial Park in Gig Harbor again. Our team worked tirelessly alongside other community volunteers to beautify the park, which required a lot of weeding, planting bulbs, and spreading beauty bark. We appreciate all that came together to support this worthy community cause.

WA Patriot Connects With Small and Diverse Businesses at Alliance Northwest

WA Patriot was a proud exhibitor at this year’s Alliance Northwest Conference at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center. Alliance NW is the largest business-to-government event hosted in the region. It was a valuable opportunity for our team to strengthen established relationships, explore new teaming opportunities with small and diverse businesses, and hear from expert speakers regarding the marketplace’s latest news and trends along with upcoming government contracting opportunities.

WA Patriot Proudly Sponsors Mile for Race For A Soldier in Gig Harbor

WA Patriot was honored to sponsor Mile 8 in this year’s Race For A Soldier in Gig Harbor on September 27. We would like to congratulate all of our team members that participated in both the 5k and the half marathon. We would also like to thank our wonderful volunteer team for all of their help at the Mile 8 station.