Adoption Dream Comes True for Refugee Youth

by Louise McGrody | May 27, 2020 | Child Welfare, Refugees & Immigrants

Adoption Dream Comes True for Refugee Youth Barbara and Jeremy Tantrum became a licensed foster home in 2009. Parents to a toddler and guardian to an...

Going Virtual in the Tri-Cities

by Louise McGrody | Apr 29, 2020 | Child Welfare

Going Virtual in the Tri-Cities Our nation may be under a stay at home order to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, but Victoria Huey still has a...

Meals on Wheels Adapts Services to COVID-19 Pandemic

by Louise McGrody | Apr 23, 2020 | Aging & Independent Living

Meals on Wheels Adapts Services to COVID-19 Pandemic Susan Nocella and her Meals on Wheels team at Lutheran Community Services Northwest do more than deliver...

Helping Tacoma Seniors During COVID-19

by Louise McGrody | Mar 25, 2020 | Aging & Independent Living

Helping Tacoma Seniors During COVID-19 All of us are feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but our older neighbors are particularly vulnerable to this...

Attorney Julie Schisel honored with 2019 Spannaus Award

by Louise McGrody | Oct 29, 2019 | Child Welfare, Refugees & Immigrants

Child Welfare Lutheran Community Services Northwest recently honored attorney Julie Schisel of Burien with the 2019 Spannaus Award. For two decades, Ms....

Eight Scholarships Awarded by North Puget Sound

by Louise McGrody | Sep 20, 2019 | Family Support

Eight Scholarships Awarded by North Puget Sound LCS Northwest – North Puget Sound District has awarded its 2019-20 Cascade People’s Center Scholarship to a...

Supporting Military Families with Respite Care

by Louise McGrody | Aug 7, 2019 | Family Support

Rebekah Graham feels blessed. She has a loving family. She travels and enjoys life. She also has a job she wouldn’t trade for the world.Rebekah provides...

Out of Tragedy Comes Hope

by Louise McGrody | Apr 3, 2019 | Family Support

Some anniversaries you celebrate, and others you reflect. This is about three women who recently reflected on an anniversary that touched their lives.Peggy...

Collaborating for health, justice and hope

by Louise McGrody | Mar 3, 2019 | Family Support, Refugees & Immigrants

Collaborating for health, justice and hope It’s not uncommon for us to collaborate across services to help our clients stabilize their lives and find hope....

Breaking Down Barriers to Behavioral Health in Prineville

by Louise McGrody | Feb 12, 2019 | Behavioral Health

Outfitted in her pink Converse sneakers, Behavioral Interventionist Mia Mikelic can’t wait to start her day at Barnes Butte Elementary School in Prineville,...

Gethsemane Welcomes LCS Immigration

by Louise McGrody | Nov 12, 2018 | Refugees & Immigrants

Earlier this year, LCS Northwest was invited to house our Seattle Immigration Counseling services at Gethsemane Lutheran Church. We graciously accepted the...

Familias Unidas guides homeless family toward a brighter future

by Louise McGrody | Oct 8, 2018 | Family Support

Like any parent, Hilda Rodriguez wanted a better future for her children. It’s what motivated her and husband Gabriel Robles to leave Mexico for a new life in...

Reform Ride for Refugees: The Backstory

by Louise McGrody | Jul 11, 2018 | Event

In the summer of 2016, two friends who lived in Kitsap County (WA) were following the plight of Syrian refugees. They discussed how they could support their...

Osbaldo Hernandez’s journey to citizenship

by Louise McGrody | Jun 29, 2018 | Family Support

Hundreds of Spanish-speaking residents in Snohomish County pass through the doors of our Familias Unidas center in Everett each year. Some seek food, housing,...

Lori Titus earns Caregiver of the Year in Tacoma

by Louise McGrody | Mar 6, 2018 | Aging & Independent Living

Caregiving is in Lori Titus’ DNA. When Titus, a Tacoma resident, was in high school, her father, Robert Olsen, was a caregiver to her grandmother. Titus would...

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