Happy Spring!

Happy Spring!

It was a very full house for the Medical Providers Forum last night at the Fire Hall; over 100 people in the audience and a full slate of providers including Dr. Shinstrom and Aimee Johnson from the Orcas Family Health Center, Dr. Alprin and Debra Gussin (by phone)...
Big Smiles

Big Smiles

The Medical Teams International Mobile Dental Clinic is back on the island this weekend, starting year number six serving Orcas. The Clinic has made 24 visits to Orcas, providing 642 patient visits to date. The total value of the care provided is over $379,000, not...
Finding Hope

Finding Hope

It is hard to know how to respond to the increasing violence facing our Nation. The loss of 17 students and teachers is heart breaking and has left many feeling hopeless and overwhelmed. I’d like to think that this could never happen on Orcas and I sure hope I am...
Aging with Grace

Aging with Grace

One thing we know for certain in this community is that we are an aging population. As we grow older our needs grow larger for services like home health care, transportation, medical, and case management, to name a few. The current system to provide these services is...
A Little Sun Goes a Long Way

A Little Sun Goes a Long Way

We made it through January! Watching the lunch crowd flocking towards Roses when it reopened this week was a bit like when the swallows return to Capistrano–a sure sign of Spring! So welcomed after the soaking rain we experienced over the last month. There is a...