Over the weekend, hundreds of kids and parents visited the Meeker Days sandbox and collected stickers and dinosaur toys.
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Washington Rock Quarries is pleased to announce our 2025 scholarship winners, Orting High School seniors Audrey Fries and Derek Ballard.
…ContinuedNot long ago, four-year-old Joey couldn’t sit up by himself or hold onto a toy. He didn’t speak much either. His parents were told these skills, which most people take for granted, were out of reach for Jamie.
Now Jamie can sit up by himself and hold on to objects. He’s also started talking more. This profound difference in outcomes was facilitated by a pony and the therapists at Sundance Circle Hippotherapy.
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Visitors braved the wind and rain over the weekend to attend Seattle Dozer Day 2025. Despite inclement weather, over 12,000 people attended the event, breaking previous attendance records. The event ran from Saturday, May 17th to Sunday, May 18th at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup.
…ContinuedArchisand sand sculptors brought their craft to the Washington State Spring Fair this weekend in Puyallup. Their sculpture features the Fair’s 125-year anniversary logo and the Fair’s Sasquatchian mascot, Big WA.
…ContinuedA Vietnam Veteran named Mike recently received a memorable 80th birthday gift: his own tiny home.
Mike’s tiny home is the culmination of over a decade of work by a nonprofit called Operation Tiny Home, which celebrated this milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday.
…ContinuedOver the weekend, a small group of Washington Rock team members volunteered at the Tacoma Rescue Mission’s family campus kitchen to serve lunch to those in need.
The group included Washington Rock founder Harry Hart, who is a passionate advocate of the Mission. The service project was a great opportunity to kick off a season of giving.
…ContinuedThe Maple Valley Veterans Memorial was dedicated on Veterans Day today after ten years of planning and two years of construction.
The project was a labor of love made possible through community members.
…ContinuedFor the past two years, a black lab named Daisy has spent every day with her trainer learning to become a service dog. Daisy’s past life at a shelter is a distant memory. Now that she has learned tricks like turning on light switches and alerting, Daisy will soon leave her trainer’s care.
Daisy’s trainer, Mae, has learned valuable skills too. Over several years, Mae has become certified as a dog trainer through the Prison Pet Partnership. She already has a job lined up after she completes her sentence at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, Washington.
…ContinuedWashington, D.C.—The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) awarded King Creek Pit of Washington Rock Quarries with the Bronze Award for Community Relations Excellence.
…ContinuedWashington Rock Quarries was recently featured in the July 2024 issue of Rock Products Magazine.
With no other place to go, a mother pulls her van into a newly graveled lot. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s a godsend. It’s lit with a streetlight, and there’s running water, portable bathrooms, and outlets where she can charge her phone.
The entire lot is fenced, and the gate locks at night. Her kids can play in the field nearby. In the morning, there will be a hot meal ready at the church next door, and her whole family will be given bagged lunches filled with sandwiches, fruit, chips, drinks, and treats.
…ContinuedWashington Rock Quarries is pleased to announce our 2024 scholarship winner, Orting High School senior Emilly Kneeland.
…ContinuedOver 12,000 guests visited Dozer Day Seattle 2024. The event ran from Saturday, May 18th to Sunday, May 19th at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup.
…ContinuedWashington Rock’s popular Sand and Slide booth returns to Dozer Day Seattle 2024 with a dinosaur theme.
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