Member Announcements
Congratulations to our Award-Winning Production Team! 2018 marked the 8th year in a row Chinook’s Production Team received the coveted Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA). Pretty soon we’ll need another cabinet to display them all! Read more about our recent achievement. Ten years ago, Austin was hired as Island Hospital’s mail clerk. Austin performs…
Stop the Bleed®: What Everyone Should Know to Stop Bleeding After an Injury During this free, hands-on training you will learn various ways to control life-threatening bleeding after an individual has sustained an injury from an everyday emergency, man-made or from a natural disaster. You will be given a list of items to create your…
Feeling Stretched as a Caregiver? Powerful Tools for Caregivers is an educational series designed to provide you with the tools you need to take care of yourself. This program helps family caregivers reduce stress, improve self-confidence, communicate feelings better, balance their lives, increase their ability to make tough decisions and locate helpful resources. Classes consist…
Volunteer Heart Story: Lisa and Bill Pierce are retired engineers, making a difference for GED students in Skagit County. Lisa began teaching GED math with Community Action Skagit 7 years ago, when they moved to Arlington. Last year, when there was a need for a GED physics and chemistry teacher, Lisa recruited her husband, Bill. …
The start of the school year will be brighter for approximately 1,200 students and their families, thanks to the Christian Community of Skagit County and their sponsorship of the Back to School Blessing on Saturday, August 10th hosted by Skagit Valley College. The event will take place at the Gary Tollefson Plaza from 8:00 am…
MOUNT VERNON – Please see below for the complete, corrected schedule for Mayor’s Coffee Hours with Mayor Jill Boudreau in August. – Friday, August 16, 10am, Logan Creek Retirement Community, 2311 E. Division Street – Saturday, August 24, 10am, Mount Vernon City Library, 315 Snoqualmie Street Mayor Boudreau would like to meet and talk with…
United Way of Skagit County presented Ann Caldwell, President of NW Washington Region of US Bank, with the Ted Reep Award last week at the Friends of United Way Skagit County Garden Party. The award is given annually to a volunteer who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and service to United Way. Board president Andrew Entrikin,…