# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lighting The Way - YMF Annual Celebration Dinner
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an inspiring evening as we celebrate the impact of maritime mentorship and honor the volunteers, partners, and youth who keep our mission afloat. This year’s theme, Lighting the Way, reflects our commitment to guiding young people toward opportunity—on the water and into the workforce.

We’re thrilled to welcome Rod Koon as our guest speaker. A longtime Port of Tacoma leader and author of Port of Tacoma (Arcadia Publishing, 2023), Rod brings decades of maritime insight and a deep love for local history. His stories connect our past to our future—and remind us why this work matters.

Why Attend?

	Celebrate the success of our Sea Scouts mentorship program and the long-standing partnerships we've shared with schools across Pierce, King, and Thurston Counties—relationships that have, for years, opened pathways for students to experience the Puget Sound and discover the maritime world.
	
	
	Enjoy a lively talk with the Port of Tacoma’s own storyteller, Rod Koon!
	
	Support expanded access to vessel-based maritime training—an urgent need in today’s workforce and the launch of our new workforce imitative - Seamanship Readiness Program
		
	Enjoy good company, great food, and a shared mission
	
Whether you’re a longtime supporter or new to our community, your presence helps light the way for the next generation.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tacoma/lighting-the-way-ymf-annual-celebration-dinner/200028550118344
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/theyouthmarinefoundation/event/httpssecureqgivcomfortheyouthmarinefoundationevent/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=tacoma-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Tacoma
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Tacoma Youth Marine Center
- **lat**: 47.255856679459
- **long**: -122.43186596902
- **full address**: Tacoma Youth Marine Center, 820 E D St, Tacoma, WA 98421-1814, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Tacoma Youth Marine Center (https://allevents.in/org/tacoma-youth-marine-center/26280782)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tacoma Youth Marine Center, 820 E D St, Tacoma, WA 98421-1814, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Tacoma Youth Marine Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Lighting The Way - YMF Annual Celebration Dinner ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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