Neighborcare Health’s effort on Vashon received a boost today with the news that Gov. Jay Inslee had approved a request for $100,000 for the organization, which is set to open its new clinic on Vashon later this month.
Neighborcare Health recently announced it will open the island’s new medical clinic on Monday, Sept. 26, while islanders involved in the fundraising effort say they have exceeded their goal but will continue to raise funds for additional clinic needs.
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue will hold a brief service on Sunday morning.
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue will hold a brief service on Sunday morning.
Fundraising efforts for the Neighborcare clinic soon to open on Vashon continue grow, with a storefront space established downtown and island volunteers committed to the cause slated to be present around town this weekend and beyond.
The results from the second year of Smarter Balanced testing in English/language arts and math show that most island students performed exceedingly better than state averages.
VashonBePrepared received a $10,000 grant last week from the Puget Sound Energy Foundation to help with a renovation of the Penny Farcy Training Center.
This Saturday, in conjunction with World Suicide Prevention Day, the University of Washington’s Forefront organization will premiere its short film “Thunderstorm in my Brain” about the death by suicide of 14-year-old islander Palmer Burk, to be followed by a suicide awareness and prevention training at the Vashon Theatre.
The island’s health care landscape is changing again, as Dr. Gail Fulton, owner of Fulton Family Medicine, will soon close her clinic and join the staff of Vashon’s Neighborcare clinic; meanwhile, the fundraisng effort to support Neighborcare Health on the island is underway, while work continues for the clinic to open this month.
With September marking Hunger Action Month, Vashon’s food bank, senior center and the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness are starting a campaign to raise awareness about hunger in the community.
The threat of a major earthquake is ever present in this region, and as summer gives way to fall, winter storms are on the horizon, a reminder of the importance of being prepared not just for a future disaster, but for unexpected emergencies and routine power outages.
Last week, Vashon-Maury Island Basin Steward Greg Rabourn and a team of King County Department of Natural Resources employees placed multiple logs in the Judd Creek estuary in an attempt to create a healthy habitat.
When some Chautauqua students headed back to school this week, their reading skills were stronger than when they left school in June, thanks to a program that brought reading help to them in their homes.