Help The Tacoma Youth Marine Center

 Help the Tacoma Youth Foundation expand their docks to house the fleet supporting the Sea Scouts, provide boater safety training and give the youth of the puget sound region a place to learn new skills, learn a trade and become productive members of their community. For more information, please read the following taken directly from the foundation web site.

Welcome to the Tacoma Youth Marine Center NEW DOCKS COMING! The Youth Marine Foundation board of directors is excited to be moving ahead with building new docks at our location on the East side of the Foss Waterway.  This will enable the large Sea Scout vessels to relocate from the West side and make this their base of operations.  There will also be launch and moorage space for sailboat training and boating safety classes. We are now raising the final $100,000 toward this $850,000 project, and we'd appreciate your help to make it a reality!  You may donate through this website, or contact us to talk further about it. Port of Tacoma is helping us secure the necessary permits and oru goal is to build the docks during the current "fish window," which ends February 15, 2011.   Please help!  After the docks, our next step is to place and equip a modular classroom building on our site, so maritime skills can be taught here.  Check back often for news about our capital campaign, to create a great training and recreation facility right here on the Tacoma waterfront!  A Place Where Youth Can 'Touch the Sound' Whether rowing, paddling, sailing or motoring, being part of the team that moves the boat over the waves creates positive, life defining experiences for young people. Youth can watch the birds, seals, otters, whales, and fish; learn how to fix a crack in the deck, repair a small engine, rebuild a diesel engine, navigate, safely operate a boat and do many other things that are not taught on TV. At the Tacoma Youth Marine Center, young people learn through experience to be good boaters, good mechanics, and good citizens.