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July 9, 2011 Once again Valley View Health Center staff and their families show their community spirit during the Toledo Cheese Days Parade.
June 25, 2011 Several Valley View Health Center employees participated in the Winlock Egg Days Parade. Special thanks to Linda for driving her beautiful car and to the Walker family for bringing the dune buggy so Kollin Walker could participate as Dr. Bear. He was a big hit and a lot of photos were taken. Several employees brought their kids who helped distribute candy and information about VVHC. Our next event is the Toledo Cheese Days Parade, Saturday, July 9 at 11:00. See you there!
June 8, 2011 Our annual Children's Health Fair on June 4 was another successful VVHC family event! It was attended by 27 families and 63 children. Bicycles, helmets and car seats were given away and several children received dental screenings. Dentist Dr. Kyle Gill performed a magic show for attendees. Thank you Chehalis Parks and Recreation for use of the Virgil R. Lee building and McDonald's for providing apple snacks for the event, Riverside Fire Department for the Safety house and additional helmets and to Steve and Beth Clark for donating the bicycles.

March 28, 2011 Morton Family Festival Wednesday March 30. Morton - Valley View Health Center Dental in Morton is hosting a Family Festival at Morton Elementary School Wednesday, March 30 from 3:00 - 5:00 in the cafeteria. Activities include free dental screening, magic show, face painting, games, prizes and a visit by Dr. Bear. Morton Elementary school is located at 400 Main Avenue in Morton.
December 30, 2010 Valley View Health Center Board Members Honored Two Valley View Health Center board members have won prestigious community service awards this month. Donna Karvia, Retired Lewis County Clerk, long-time community activist and Valley View Health Center Board of Directors member since its inception, was honored to receive the Washington State Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council 2010 Exemplary Advocate Service Award. Karvia was nominated by the Timberlands Regional Support Network for the award. Always thinking of others before herself, Karvia added "as with most plaques one name goes on for work that was accomplished by many."

Dr. John McCord, a retired Podiatrist, received the Providence Centralia Hospital Medical Staff 2010 Physician Excellence Award of Merit at the hospitals Community and Foundation Board annual gathering Dec. 6. Dr. McCord currently serves as one of the city's representatives on the Chehalis-Centralia Airport Board.
December 9, 2010 The waiting room at the Valley View Raymond clinic was packed! Forty kids and their parents came to the story time event. Rachelle Martin from the Raymond Timberland Library read Christmas stories and sang songs with the children. Parents participated in drawings for gas cards and each child received an apple and a free book.

December 6, 2010
Santa and Minta the Reindeer visited the Morton Dental clinic on Friday, December 3. Santa read Christmas stories to 20 kids and parents. Kids were also given goodie bags and each chose a book to take home. Four parents won door prizes of either a health book or a $10 gas card, provided by CHPW insurance.

On Saturday, Dr. Mercier, Roberta Bryan, Donell, Judy Dant, Shannen, Jamie and their children participated in the Raymond Christmas parade at 5:30 pm.

December 3, 2010
"I have not seen Santa in soooo long," one child said during the Chehalis Story time with Santa event last night. The event drew 50 kids. Snacks were provided by Chehalis McDonald's, which also gave us a $250 donation! Thanks to a grant from a local Rotary, every child also had the choice of a book to take home.

Between story readings, Santa took the time for every child tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

After he changed his clothes, he took the time to don his beard, hat and Santa coat again to visit a family of three kids in an exam room.

Tonight Santa will be at the Morton Dental clinic.

A Christmas story time event, hosted by the Raymond Library, will take place at Valley View Raymond on December 9.
August 6, 2010

Valley View Health Center Celebrates National Health Center Week 2010

Event Part of National Campaign Focusing on One of the Bright Spots of Health Reform

Valley View Health Center is marking National Health Center Week 2010 (NHCW) with several events including a Monday Morning Mixer at 7:30 a.m., an Open House on Tuesday at the Early Learning and Literacy Corner (at the Chehalis location) at noon. This event includes free book give-a-ways, car seat drawing, snacks, community resources and early learning activities for children up to 5 years old. The highlight of Community Health Center week is our 5th Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser on Friday at Newaukum Valley Golf Course. These events are part of a weeklong campaign (August 8-14) to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of Community Health Centers. There are coast-to-coast events at local health centers that include health fairs, press conferences and tours by Members of Congress. This is the first celebration of NHCW since the enactment of the landmark health reform law, which provides a direct investment to strengthen primary care through the expansion of Community Health Centers.

One of the bright spots in America's health care system, Community Health Centers are the family doctor to over 20 million people at 8,000 sites nationwide, including 1 million people in Washington State. Community Health Centers critical role in providing quality primary care has been widely praised by bipartisan Congressional leaders and the last two Presidential Administrations. Health centers have also been in the public spotlight because now more than ever the uninsured and casualties of the economic recession are seeking their services. Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have made it possible for health centers to serve over two million patients, and over one million uninsured patients. With health reform, the U.S. health care system will save up to $122 billion in total health care costs between 2011 and 2015 with the expansion of health centers, according to an analysis by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

"Every day in our waiting rooms I witness the value of having a medical home," said Steven C. Clark, Executive Director of Valley View Health Center. "When people have a place to go for regular care, they stay healthy. We provide a range of services onsite – primary and preventative care, dental care and behavioral health care. Our patients not only get the care they need under one roof, they are treated with dignity, compassion and respect for individual and cultural diversity. This is what health care should be, and what we celebrate during National Health Center Week.

"Celebrating America's Health Centers: Turning the Vision into Reality” is the theme for National Health Center Week This theme highlights the program's 45-year record of providing high quality, cost-effective health care, as well as the future of health care for the community and across the nation. Health centers will expand their capacity to double the number of patients to 40 million in five years under health reform, saving the U.S. health care system as much as $300 billion over the next ten years by treating people before they get sick and require costlier care at a hospital."

To find out more about National Health Center Week, visit www.healthcenterweek.org. For more information on Valley View Health Center, your local Community Heath Center, please visit www.vvhc.org.

Click here to listen to the audio clip announcing the week's activities, and to get more information on Community Health Center Week, click here.
July 2, 2010. The Willapa Harbor Herald covered the 2010 Willapa Harbor Relay for Life fundraiser, and published a photo of two Valley View team members and some coverage of the event.
April 20, 2010.
Photo below of the Advocacy Workshop
February 22, 2010 Valley View Health Center opened a new family practice medical and dental health center today in Raymond, Washington. Valley View Health Center operates seven health centers, providing health care to low-income and uninsured individuals and families. All Centers take most insurance plans, DSHS medical coupons, and provide a sliding fee scale based on family income. Spanish speaking services are available at all locations. The Raymond Valley View Health Center is in the offices previously occupied by Riverview Medical and now offers both dental and medical services. The Raymond clinic is located at 300 Ocean Avenue and can be reached at (360) 942-3040.

Raymond Medical Providers meet with Pharmaceutical Representative
January 14, 2010 The ribbon-cutting ceremony during Open House at the Valley View Walk-In on Thursday was a ceremony of many firsts: the first official event for new Centralia-Chehalis Chamber Executive Director Jim Valley, new Centralia Mayor Harlan Thompson and re-elected Mayor of Chehalis, Tony Ketchum.

The event was attended by 25 chamber and community members as well as Chris Thomas, Public Relations Coordinator of Centralia Providence Hospital and several Valley View employees. The space for the Walk-In was donated by Centralia Providence Hospital last year.

The Walk-In is the sixth Valley View Health Center established in Lewis County since 2004. It is located in Centralia at 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F.
December 15, 2009 Santa comes to Valley View Health Center for his H1N1 vaccination! The seventh Valley View Health Center H1N1 clinic provided flu virus vaccinations to 143 people, many of them children receiving their second vaccination. According to The Chronicle, this clinic was the first free H1N1 clinic to be offered in the county since the age and health restrictions were lifted earlier this week. The clinic began a half-hour earlier because of response to the availability of the vaccine. Most people came in groups of three or more.

While the vaccine supply lasts, Valley View Health Center locations in Chehalis, Onalaska, Toledo and Winlock will offer walk-in vaccinations. We will also be offering H1N1 vaccinations at the new Walk-In clinic soon. The Walk-In at 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F, is open seven days a week from Noon to 10:00 pm.
December 14, 2009 Valley View to Offer Free H1N1 Vaccination...The Valley View Health Center in Chehalis will be administering the H1N1 vaccination from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday to anyone over the age of 6 months who has not yet received their vaccination, including all adults. This vaccination opportunity is the first without the restrictions that have previously prioritized the vaccine for vulnerable groups.
December 11, 2009 Valley View Health Center's seventh H1N1 vaccination clinic will focus on children who received their first vaccination from Valley View Health Center and need the second vaccination. This clinic will also provide vaccinations for anyone over the age of 6 months who has not yet received their vaccination, including all adults. Intranasal spray vaccine is also available.

The clinic will be on Tuesday, December 15 from 9:00 am to 12:00 at the Chehalis location, 2690 NE Kresky Avenue in Chehalis across from the fairgrounds. The H1N1 vaccine is also available at the Valley View centers in Onalaska, Toledo and Winlock. It is not yet available at our new Walk-In in Centralia, but we anticipate it will be available there soon. As soon as we receive more vaccine additional clinic times will be announced. Valley View perceives this as one of the responsibilities of our status as a Community Health Center and will be doing this service free of charge. No appointment is necessary.
December 3, 2009 New Walk-In Clinic Opens to Immediate Need. Freshly painted with new exam beds, Valley View's latest addition to its health care centers, a walk-in clinic in Centralia, opened this week with a focus on patients who use emergency rooms as their primary care facility. Read entire article from the Chronicle Online . . .
November 30, 2009 Chehalis: The Valley View Health Center Walk-In Medical Center will open Tuesday, Dec. 1 at the East Entrance of the Providence Medical Plaza, 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F, located next to Providence Centralia Hospital. The telephone number at the Walk-In is 360-736-3042.

The Walk-In Center hours will be noon to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week and closed on major holidays.

Opening a Walk-In center is one of the solutions identified by a community coalition formed at Providence Centralia Hospital to offer the appropriate level of care and access to a primary care home for those patients who have been accessing the Emergency Department for chronic care needs.

Valley View Health Center first opened their doors in Chehalis in 2004. Valley View Health Center's focus is to provide access to family health care services, especially to those who are under insured and uninsured. Payments are available on a sliding fee scale depending on income. Bilingual services are also available at all locations.

As of December 1, Valley View Health Center will have six health centers throughout Lewis County.

Valley View Health Center is planning to open a medical and dental clinic in Raymond in Pacific County early next year.
November 18, 2009. Valley View Health Center sponsored a third free H1N1 vaccination clinic at the Chehalis location on November 13. The lobby was full of young families waiting for vaccinations before the noon start time.

As of Friday, November 13, Valley View has given 170 free H1N1 vaccinations during clinics.
The next clinic is scheduled at the new Onalaska clinic - 1810 Hwy. 508 on Friday, November 20 from 1:00 - 4:00pm. We plan to continue free vaccination clinics on a weekly basis or as vaccine is available.

November 10, 2009 Chehalis - Valley View Health Center's new Onalaska Clinic will begin receiving patients Monday, November 16. The new 1600 sq. ft. clinic is next door to the smaller clinic which has served Valley View's Onalaska area patients since March 2006.

Valley View Health Centers are Federally Qualified Health Centers and first opened its doors in Lewis County in the old Providence Hospital in Chehalis in 2004. A September 22, 2009 article in The Chronicle details the history of Valley View's beginnings. "As always, our primary focus is on the low income and uninsured" Steve Clark, Executive Director said.

The new clinic was built by Paul Sneed Construction and other local contractors and is funded by a Federal Stimulus Grant, Lending Network Loan, and other contributions made directly to Valley View health Center. Thank you to all for making this possible.

Valley View Health Centers continues to expand! A Walk-in clinic is opening in the Centralia Providence Hospital complex adjacent to the Emergency Room. The Walk-in clinic is scheduled to open on December 1 and is located at 1800 Cooks Hill Road, Suite F in Centralia.

Valley View Health Centers provides medical, dental, and behavioral health services to Lewis County residents, primarily to the uninsured and under-insured, with payments based on a sliding fee scale.