Community honors for Cascade Park

The city of Tacoma presented its Community Service Award to Cascade Park Communities during the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration Jan. 21 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center.
The award was in the Employer category. Cascade Park provides assissted living, memory care and adult day health services in Pierce County and the greater Puget Sound area.
In addition to awards, the January event included keynote speaker Clayborne Carson, the executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. He participated in the civil rights march on Washington, D.C. in 1963.

Celebrating Cascade Park's Community Service Award from the city of Tacoma were Cascade Park president Don Hansen (second from right) and (from left) residents Walter Blomberg, Sherry Gingrey, Charlotte Johnson and Lila Vincent.
Celebrating Cascade Park’s Community Service Award from the city of Tacoma were Cascade Park president Don Hansen (second from right) and (from left) residents Walter Blomberg, Sherry Gingrey, Charlotte Johnson and Lila Vincent.