Affordable Workforce Housing

A new skyline is appearing at MSC’s newest affordable housing development, Redondo Heights!   We’ve made great progress and are on track for Redondo Heights construction to be completed in October 2024. MSC’s commitment to affordable housing development remains strong as the number of rent-burdened households continue to climb in our area and nationwide.   [...]

2024-03-22T08:43:24-07:00March 20th, 2024|Giving, Housing, News/Media|Comments Off on Affordable Workforce Housing

Giving Back

“As teenagers, we never thought we’d be where we are at now,” shares Elia. Elia, now age 26, was born in Greeley, Colorado, after her parents had moved there from Mexico. Elia recalls Greeley being a mostly Spanish-speaking community. When her family moved to Kent in 2002, it was quite a change for them. “We [...]

2021-11-23T17:50:13-08:00December 15th, 2021|Food/Clothing Bank, Giving, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Giving Back

A Significant Legacy

“It was really the lack of access to services,” shares Elizabeth (Liz) Johnson when asked how the Multi-Service Center came to be. In 1971, Liz was the Lead Head Start teacher in Federal Way and had three young children. Her husband, Preston, was just a year out of law school, having attended on the GI [...]

2021-10-12T13:14:02-07:00October 12th, 2021|Giving, Stories of Hope, Volunteers|Comments Off on A Significant Legacy

Be the change

“I joined the board because I realized my voice could be a voice for vulnerable people, those that we serve,” shares MSC Board Member Teleda Holmes. Teleda has served on MSC’s Board of Directors since 2010. Her first experience with MSC was as a client. In 1998, Teleda earned her GED through MSC, and then [...]

2021-07-15T05:34:57-07:00November 1st, 2020|Giving, Stories of Hope, Volunteers|Comments Off on Be the change

Employees Community Fund of Boeing and Federal Way Rotary partner with MSC to bring food the community

Multi-Service Center (MSC) is back on the road again picking up food donations in a new box truck thanks to generous grants from the Employees Community Fund of Boeing and Federal Way Rotary. MSC’s new 2019 Isuzu box truck will pick up 70% of the food donations, representing 58,000 pounds of food each year, that [...]

2020-08-07T08:46:44-07:00August 7th, 2020|Food/Clothing Bank, Giving, News/Media|Comments Off on Employees Community Fund of Boeing and Federal Way Rotary partner with MSC to bring food the community

Federal Way residents can help MSC with one click at Waste Management

Help support Multi-Service Center by taking a few free and easy steps to simplify your garbage, recycling, and yard waste service with Waste Management. Waste Management will donate $1 to Multi-Service Center for every Federal Way customer who signs up for any one of these free services: automatic pay, paperless billing, or by simply filling [...]

2020-07-30T13:22:41-07:00August 3rd, 2020|Giving, News/Media|Comments Off on Federal Way residents can help MSC with one click at Waste Management

Making a change in life

“I’m a proud father with my kids in college,” Jermaine shares, “but you know what? They told me they are proud of me for making this change in my life.” He is the father of five, 2 boys and 3 girls, ages 18-22 years. Jermaine found himself homeless after his grandmother passed away and he [...]

2019-06-13T14:34:59-07:00June 27th, 2019|Giving, Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Making a change in life

Superheroes sometimes need help too

Skyler is a real-life superhero and goes by SkyMan. He feels a strong sense of serving his community through inspiration and peer support. Skyler’s sense of purpose as a real-life superhero and duty to help others is linked to the years he has spent struggling with sobriety and behavioral health issues. At 35 years old, [...]

2019-06-13T14:31:09-07:00June 13th, 2019|Giving, Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Superheroes sometimes need help too

They got us a home

“MSC helped us a lot and is still helping us. They got us a home. Our MSC case manager is always the first person I call,” shared Takisha. In August 2018, Takisha’s family lost their apartment home to a fire. The fire started in another unit, but caused significant damage to the building. Takisha and [...]

2019-04-29T13:44:58-07:00May 7th, 2019|Education/Employment, Energy, Food/Clothing Bank, Giving, Housing, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on They got us a home

Worth It

“I knew I wanted to do something more satisfying with my life than working in retail, but I just didn’t know how to get there,” shares single mother of three, Chiquita. So, in 2015, Chiquita entered a youth and young adult development employment program at MSC. A case manager helped her to define and [...]

2018-10-12T10:39:26-07:00October 12th, 2018|Education/Employment, Giving, News/Media, Stories of Hope|Comments Off on Worth It
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