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Vision
Mission It is the mission of the Tacoma Youth Marine Center to provide an opportunity for all youth of Tacoma/Pierce County to experience quality maritime skills training that also teaches solid values, effective leadership and teamwork, and concern of the environment. The Tacoma Youth Marine Center (TYMC) provides a place for marine-related training programs for young men and women. It is a place to develop skills and confidence through training in leadership, citizenship, and personal fitness that instills strength of character and positive life values. This will take place in a safe, drug free environment that teaches youth:
The skills through which personal and team success is achieved. TYMC has the capacity to serve thousands of youth each year, providing a cluster of programs including intensive navigation, safe boating, small engine repair, diesel mechanics, fiberglass repair and other related maritime skills.
Substantial improvements to the facility are planned in order to create a safe and useful environment for training. To fund the remodeling, TYMC is conducting a capital campaign to seek the support of individuals, foundations, governmental agencies and corporations. Local businesses, the boating community, the Port of Tacoma, the city of Tacoma, and Pierce County all stand to gain substantially from their investments in TYMC. The programs are self-funding and produce trained young persons engaged in positive activities, and who become assets to the local communities. The result of the programs will be our future community-conscious citizens, workers, union members, and leaders of tomorrow who will use the water resources of our area wisely. |
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The Tacoma Youth Marine Center
is a youth-oriented facility on the Thea Foss Waterway providing
a safe place for training youth about boating and our local marine environment
- a place where our youth can touch the Sound.
How will this be done?
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