By DeAnna Pearl, M.A.T, B.S., Certified Prevention Specialist, SOS Tillamook – Prevention, Tillamook Family Counseling Center What does it take to build resiliency in ourselves? What is resiliency? The definition is the…
Category: Wellness
A Stone of Hope: Building a Suicide Safer Community
By DeAnna Pearl, Certified Prevention Specialist, SOS Tillamook Prevention Program “Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope.” The words of Dr. Martin Luther King are fitting for over MLK…
Rinehart Clinic welcomes new CEO
The Rinehart Clinic is pleased to welcome Gail Nelson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Gail will join the team in late January. An extensive search for a new CEO had been…
Type 2 Diabetes: Let’s all work to prevent it
By Peggy Spangler, OSU Dietetic Intern, working with Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council We’ve been hearing a lot about diabetes as a priority issue for Tillamook County Wellness (formerly YOW). About 11%…
Making Health Affordable – CHIP Program Has Many Benefits – Starts Jan. 21st
(From Tillamook County Wellness) Making healthy lifestyle changes are most often thought of as being too involved and very expensive, at least that was the belief of Bill and Bettie Lou Meador…
Local Food Hub Assessment – Survey for Buyers, Sellers
Food Roots and Visit Tillamook Coast are working together to research and assess the viability and demand for a food hub on the North Oregon Coast. As defined by the USDA food…
Health District Planning Goes Forward — Public Weighs in on Future Direction of the Nehalem Bay Health District
Nearly 50 local residents participated in two public meetings on January 10th and 12th to help craft a long-range strategic plan for the Nehalem Bay Health District. Meetings were held in Nehalem…
What’s your vision of a healthier future? Columbia-Pacific CCO survey gathered stories; Community Road Show Jan. 29th in Tillamook to reveal results
What’s your vision of a healthier future? What helps you to be healthy and what gets in the way? What can we do to improve or help you to live your best…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Epstein-Barr – A Myth or a Serious Reality?
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation We hope you enjoyed the holiday break as much as we did at the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation. Happy New Year, and let’s…
Sheriff Sees the Library as a Vital Community Resource Benefitting Law Enforcement
Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the Tillamook County Library’s Winter 2019 newsletter, and reprinted here because of the important message. We will be highlight the many valuable services that the Tillamook…
