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Flourish: Planting Seeds of Life
Saturday, October 20, 2018
McGavick Conference Center Clover Park Technical College

The McGavick Conference Center is located on the campus at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood, WA. On campus, the conference center can be found in Building 23 at the center of campus. Parking is available on the front (north) or back (south) of the conference center.

Our address is:

McGavick Conference Center
4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW
Building 23
Lakewood, WA 98499

Driving Directions

Traveling Northbound on Interstate-5

  • Take Exit 125 for Bridgeport Way SW
  • Turn left onto Bridgeport Way SW
  • Turn right onto Lakewood Dr SW
  • Turn right onto Steilacoom Blvd SW
  • Turn right onto Hageness Dr SW
  • McGavick Conference Center, Building 23 and parking is directly ahead

Traveling Southbound on Interstate-5

  • Take Exit 127 for SR 512 West (South Tacoma Way)
  • Turn right on to South Tacoma Way
  • Turn left on to Steilacoom Blvd
  • Turn left onto Hageness Dr SW
  • McGavick Conference Center, Building 23 and parking is directly ahead

Additional Parking Options

If the event is during regular school days and hours, parking in front (north side) of the conference center may be limited. There is ample parking on the back (south side) of the McGavick Conference Center. To get to the back (south side) of the conference center, it’s essentially the same driving directions from Interstate-5 with the following differences once you turn onto Steilacoom Blvd SW:

Traveling Northbound on Interstate-5

  • Turn right onto Steilacoom Blvd SW
  • Turn left onto Lakeview Ave SW
  • Turn right onto Perimeter St SW
  • McGavick Conference Center, Building 23 will be on your right about ¼ mile

Traveling Southbound on Interstate-5

  • Turn right onto Steilacoom Blvd SW
  • Turn left onto Lakeview Ave SW
  • Turn right onto Perimeter St SW
  • McGavick Conference Center, Building 23 will be on your right about ¼ mile

Do you know what the term “flourish” means? It has a very powerful meaning if you look it up. It means to “grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment.” Some similar words are “grow, thrive, prosper, do well and develop.”

We chose this word as our theme for our October 20, 2018 auction, “Flourish, Planting Seeds of Life” because it perfectly illustrates what Serve the Children does.

We help children grow in a very healthy environment, surrounded by people who care about them. We offer education opportunities to children who do not have free educational choices like we do here in the United States. Our facilities offer a safe environment to allow children to flourish as our staff gives them hope by providing an education that will improve their lives. They are growing into educated adults even though many of their parents cannot read or write. They are thriving.

We currently provide assistance to children in Liberia, Zambia, Central India and Mumbai.