Sherwood provides innovative, inclusive services for children and adults with disabilities in their

Lance Morehouse is the Executive Director of Sherwood Community Services, a non-profit in Lake Stevens that provides services to children and adults with disabilities in Snohomish County. Sherwood Community Services has been around for almost 60 years.

Lance moved to Lake Stevens about 6 years ago following his wife. Lance and his wife both had sons that had disabilities and caring for people with disabilities became a passion for them both

The founder of Sherwood Community Services was Hazel Vernables. She had a daughter with a disability and was a public care nurse that worked with other families with developmental and intellectual disabilities.  They were looking for a way for their children to learn because children with disabilities were not required to have education.  8 families started Sherwood so that children could have education.