Dear Friends,
I am excited to share with you that today I officially announced my run for Tacoma City Council District 5.
For the past two decades, I have served those most in need in our community at the Multicultural Children and Family Hope Center and the non-profit I founded in 2014, the Tacoma Recovery Café, which has since become the Tacoma Recovery Center. Now more than ever, as Tacoma struggles with a behavioral health, housing and addiction crisis we need experience and leadership like mine on the City Council.
Tacoma has been home to me since I first moved here in 1968 after my father was stationed at Fort Lewis. I grew up attending Tacoma Public Schools and have over the years developed a deep connection to this community. As a single mother, I raised my son in Tacoma’s District 5, and saw first-hand the challenges of families with limited resources for affordable housing, transportation, education, daycare and healthy meals. Now as a service provider, I am seeing families continue to experience these same challenges, which are greatly being compounded by the impact of Covid-19. I am running to bring the same problem-solving skills and dedication I bring to my work at Tacoma Recovery Center to the Tacoma City Council and the challenges facing our City.
I’ve been preparing for this race for years, investing in my community and building the knowledge base and expertise that will guide me as a councilmember. When I founded the Recovery Center, I did so because I saw a problem that needed to be fixed and just like then I am ready to go to work to solve the problems that are facing our city now.
I know this race will be hard, but I am committed to serving and am ready to do the work that needs to be done to win a seat on the City Council. Will you help me get a strong start to my campaign by making a donation of $500, $250, $100 or $50 today? Your support will allow me to speak to voters across the district and is vital to the success of my campaign.
I am deeply grateful for your support and look forward to serving you on the Tacoma City Council.
In gratitude,
Anne
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