As part of its 2017 Health Champions program, the Snohomish County Board of Health on April 10 gave out 11 awards to people and organizations that “go above and beyond minimum requirements to promote the health and well-being of families, employees and the community they serve.” The recipients are:
PAWS Wildlife Center, for being a disease prevention champion
Arlington Drug Awareness Coalition, for being an education and outreach champion
Bethany at Silver Lake, for being a healthcare preparedness champion
Granite Falls School District, for being a healthy eating and active living champion
Girls on the Run of Snohomish County, for being a healthy lifestyles champion
Tové Skaftun, of Community Health Centers, for being an immunization promotion champion
Nancy Miller and La Leche League, for being a maternal child health champion
Dr. Tom Tocher, of Community Health Centers, for being a provider and prescriber champion
Evergreen State Fairgrounds, for being a smoke-free environments champion
Rena Fitzgerald, of the Care Crisis Response Program at Volunteers of America Western Washington, for being a suicide prevention champion
Donna Wright, for being the first-annual elected official champion
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