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Celebrating Community Health Center Week

Chehalis Mayor Tony Ketchum (left) presents a proclamation to Valley View Health Center Executive staff Human Resources Director Leslie Wohld, Chief Operations Officer Linda Tomasheck and Executive Director Steve Clark. The proclamation states August 8 – 14, 2010 is Valley View Health Center Week. Chehalis Mayor Tony Ketchum (left) presents a proclamation to Valley View Health Center Executive staff Human Resources Director Leslie Wohld, Chief Operations Officer Linda Tomasheck, and Executive Director Steve Clark.

The proclamation states August 8-14, 2010 is Valley View Health Center Week.

As part of Valley View Health Center’s National Community Health Center Week celebration, the Valley View Early Learning and Literacy Corner Open House was held Aug. 10. The event included a Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by several local business representatives, a dozen families and Clifford the Big Red Dog, provided by the Centralia Timberland Library.

Shown above at the ribbon-cutting event are, from left, Harlan Thompson, Centralia mayor; Keith Blackwell, executive director, Lewis County Literacy Council; Steve Clark, executive director, Valley View He alth Center; Jim Valley, executive director, Centralia-Chehalis Chamber of Commerce; Maria Graham, Valley View Health Center Board president; Dennis Dawes, Chehalis City Council; Leslie Wohld, human resources director, Valley View Health Center; and Linda Tomasheck, chief operating officer, Valley View Health Center.

Children were given free backpacks and Sounders FC bags, provided by Community Health Plan of Washington. Apples were provided by McDonald’s, and new books by the Lewis County Early Learning Coalition. The event was also the official kickoff for the Early Learning Coalition 2010-2011 calendar distribution. Early Learning calendars are available at several businesses, including Valley View Health Centers in Chehalis, Onalaska, Toledo and Winlock, Centralia College Child and Family Studies Program, Centralia Library, Pediatrics Northwest and others.

Business Representatives

Maria Graham with Clifford

Click here to see more about the 2010 Community Health Center Activities
and be thinking about how you can participate next year!

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Read Valley View's Press Release on Community Health Center Week!

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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.