Quota of Tacoma is a women’s service organization that shares our time and effort by giving back to our local community and we have a blast while doing it!

What do Quota Members DO?
We host fundraising activities, select and support deserving non-profit organizations and their efforts to reach those in need. We hold service events where we volunteer with hands-on activities.

Want to learn more about Quota of Tacoma?
Please consider joining us at an upcoming meeting or service event. Use the Contact Us section in the upper right-hand corner of this website to send a message to us.

Celebrating 85 years of service on October 4th, 2025

 We are deeply honored to have been selected as their 2025 Volunteer of the Year Award by HopeSparks

On behalf of HopeSparks, it is my honor to share exciting news. Quota of Tacoma has been selected as our 2025 Volunteer of the Year Award recipient!

This recognition reflects the incredible dedication, compassion, and support your members have shown to HopeSparks and the children and families we serve. Your commitment to showing up, giving your time, and amplifying our mission has made a meaningful difference in our community. We are truly grateful for your partnership and service.

We look forward to celebrating this honor with you at our upcoming annual board meeting on March 26, 2026 and recognizing the impact Quota of Tacoma has made. More details will be shared soon.

Thank you again for all you do in support of HopeSparks and the families we serve. We are thrilled to honor your organization with this well-deserved award.

Sincerely,

Linda Troeh
Community Engagement Manager
HopeSparks Family Services

 
 

Please see the March, 2025 TACOMA WEEKLY articles highlighting our work at:

Tacoma Weekly: Quota of Tacoma gives back generously and Tacoma Weekly: No quota on kindness

 
 
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Our Mission:

Empower women, children, and those in our Pierce County community who are struggling and in need of support.

 

 Our Goals

  • Serve our community through volunteering time, energy, and enthusiasm.

  • Strive to have a positive and sustainable impact within our community.

  • Focusing on women, teens, and children experiencing troubling times, gain an awareness of the deeper needs within our community.

  • Form lifelong awesome friendships through shared interests in community service and fundraising.

  • Celebrate our work and our fellow Quotarians.

  • Experience personal growth via a commitment to look beyond ourselves and share our individual talents.

 We are proud to share our 2025 Giving Highlights:

Monetary Donations

➢Toy Rescue Mission, $3,000

➢Rebuilding Hope, $3,000, (formerly Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County)

➢New Connections, $3,000

➢Family Renewal Shelter, $3,000

➢Coffee Oasis, $4,000

➢My Sisters Pantry, $4,000

➢Nourish Pierce County food bank, $5,000

Hands-on Volunteer Events

➢Assembled 300 Easter Baskets at the Toy Rescue Mission

➢Collected “Go-Bag” items such as socks, leggings, sweatshirts and T-shirts for Family Renewal Shelter to be used when families are removed from abusive living conditions

➢Participated in 2 days of Back-to-School Backpack give away for HopeSparks

➢Volunteered at Hope Sparks 130th year anniversary gala dinner/auction at the Tacoma Marriott

➢Wrapped over 150 Christmas gifts for Family Renewal Shelter and HopeSparks adopted families at our own holiday dinner

➢We volunteered at Sunny Skies Animal Rescue in Graham, WA. Cleaned and organized.

➢Made 40 lap blankets and donated them in the memory of our club member, Patty Moore, at Fresenius Dialysis Clinic

➢Volunteered at the Hope Sparks annual gift shopping event for children and families

Other items of interest

➢A Club member asked her friends and family for children’s underwear for her own 72nd birthday and donated 400+ pairs to the Hope Sparks Closet

➢Our club members adopted two families from the Family Renewal Shelter (8 people) and one family from HopeSparks (6 people + 1 cat) and shopped for over 150 gifts, paid out of our own Club Members pockets

 

 Our Impact and Service

My Sister’s Pantry

mysisterspantry.org
$4,000 donated in 2025

TESTIMONIAL: Quota International of Tacoma has been a supporter of My Sister’s Pantry Food & Clothing Bank for many years. Not only have club members volunteered in the Pantry but the club has donated financial support as well as shelf stable food and gently used clothing. This support has benefited the Pantry clientele. We are most grateful for all of their support.
Martha Curwen, Executive Director – My Sister’s Pantry

Family Renewal Shelter

domesticviolencehelp.org
$3,000 donated in 2025
Collected “Go Bag” items to be used when families are removed from abusive living conditions
Adopted family for the Christmas holiday

TESTIMONIAL: Family Renewal Shelter is a confidential domestic violence program that serves high-risk victims who have been forced to flee life-threatening abuse. We are so thankful that Quota of Tacoma has been our committed partner for over 30 years, helping us to provide compassionate support to thousands of women and children. That support includes shelter, food, emergency motel housing, and relocation to safety. Through your generosity, Family Renewal Shelter can continue to help our most vulnerable neighbors to find safety, peace, and new hopeful lives. Thank You!
Keith Galbraith, Executive Director - Family Renewal Shelter

 

Toy Rescue Mission

toyrescuemission.org
$4,000 donated in 2025
Put together 300 baskets for Easter

You can get involved by joining us or by supporting our fundraising and service events. 

We meet once a month with a break during Summer. 

We would love your help!

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Quota of Tacoma

First Generation Female Educational Scholarship

A treasured tradition of our service is to provide scholarships to female students who are the first in their extended family to attend a post-secondary institution.

Every year we award several scholarships to deserving students.

Requirements to Apply

  • First-generation female student

  • Currently enrolled — or recently accepted — as a student at a post-secondary institution (part-time or full-time study)

  • Must be in good standing

How to Apply

Our scholarship application window has closed for 2024. We welcome early inquiries for the 2025/2026 school year. Please use our ‘Contact Us’ link in the upper right of our website.

WHEN to Apply

Our annual deadline is the final day of May.

We are excited to announce that in 2024, SIX $1,000 scholarships were awarded.

Scholarships are paid directly to the student’s school of choice in the fall.

 
 

“We Share, We Care”

Our Motto  |  Our Motivation

 
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