White River Partnership

What is the White River Partnership, and what is our 'Why'?

  *   Serve as leadership group for the White River ‘Community of Focus’ that brings agencies & community members together to co-develop community-led actions towards positive impacts towards community-identified health priorities.

  *   Purpose: Develop priorities, goals, and measurable outcomes to improve the well-being of White River communities.  Serve as a working group to accomplish the outcomes.

  *   Priorities: Access to Resources, Food Justice, Transportation, Youth Activities, Social Connections, Behavioral Health

  *   Successes: identified community priorities, $150,000 investments, Rural Development Initiatives leadership team & installation of Wilkeson Community Garden, oversee White River Hometowns Fund $78k fund, EBT cooler at Buckley Market, community navigator, increasing resource access, grant for North East Pierce County resource guide website!!

We look forward to your potential involvement, as we collaborate together on ways to improve the health of residents in East Pierce County, 

Come join our monthly hybrid meetings!

Whether you would like to get engaged or just want to listen, we welcome all who desire a good quality of health and well-being for future residents of the White River area.

• Our monthly meetings take place every 2nd Monday of each month, from 10 - 11:30AM and they are hybrid, meaning there are two ways you can attend:

1. Physical location: Marion Grange hall (27725 Sumner Buckley Hwy E, Buckley, WA 98321, United States)

2. Virtual location: Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87328077339?pwd=XdS9QvtMkoFv5xVPEuNXUnQfVIJKsw.1

• If you are not available for the monthly meetings, consider joining and working with a subgroup, in which they are typically a small group of individuals that meet together outside of each monthly meeting on a specific project and/r or topic.

  • The current subgroups that are available for participation are:

    1. Communications and Community Access Subgroup – Lead: Meagan Rhoades (meaganrhoades05@gmail.com)

    2. Social Vitality Subgroup – Lead: Sara Sutterfield (saranicoleheart@gmail.com)

    3. Organizational Funding Subgroup – Lead: Marcy Boulet (Mboulet@tpchd.org)

    4. Food Access & Basic Community Needs Subgroup – Lead: Stephanie King (kidsplacenorthwest@gmail.com)

  • Reach out to one of the leads, if interested.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to WhiteRiverPartnership@gmail.com.