by Michelle Jenck, Director of Community Well-Being at Adventist Tillamook Health is most often measured in numbers – our blood pressure, blood sugar (or A1c), cholesterol, weight, waist circumference, and so on….
Category: Wellness
Drunk Driving Awareness “Every 15 Minutes” Presentation at Tillamook High School April 6th & 7th; Special Attention for Students, Community After Recent Tragic Accident
Special Message from Christy Hartford, THS Principal: On March 31, 2022 Tillamook County experienced a tragedy with the loss of a Neah-Kah-Nie High School student. We recognize this loss impacts our entire…
POSITIVE VIBES: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome our newest columnist! Jan Boal, RN is devoted to holistic care options for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. Jan offers Virtual & In-Person Cannabis Nurse Services as well…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Holly Riendeau-Local Behavioral Health Clinician on Problem Gambling
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month and Tillamook County Wellness with partner Tillamook Family Counseling Center provides a Q&A with Holly Riendeau, TFCC’s problem gambling counselor What is your role at the…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Tailoring Social Media to Improve Your Mental Health
By Erin Washbon, OHSU Dietetic Intern Social media is a mixed bag of sorts. It can lead to poor sleep quality, and fuel mental and emotional fatigue. It can be a very…
Self-Care Workshop for Parents & Youth March 28th, Free Virtual Presentation
Tillamook Family Counseling Center and Northwest Parenting are providing this free Self Care Workshop on March 28th from 6:00 PM – 7:30PM on the virtual platform, Zoom. In this presentation participants will…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Container Gardening – The Basics
Provided by Tillamook County Wellness The first day of Spring is TODAY March 20th. You may be using this time to clean out last year’s garden beds, or to collect seeds for…
Columbia Pacific invests more than $530,000 in programs providing mental health care and substance use disorder treatment
SEASIDE, Oregon — Columbia Pacific CCO, part of the CareOregon family of companies, announced investing $536,533 in grants to programs that help meet the growing demand for mental health care and substance…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Problem Gambling – Building Awareness, Access to FREE Resources
By Janeane Krongos, Prevention Specialist at the Tillamook Family Counseling Center March is nationally recognized as Problem Gambling Awareness Month (PGAM). This year’s theme is “Awareness + Action”. The goals for this…
Meth World – A Bitter Truth
EDITOR’S NOTE: “My latest, and not my usual. It’s long, and deeply personal. Feel free to not use this,” said the note from Neal Lemery that accompanied this article. What?! Of course,…
