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Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation highlights student mental‑health gains and senior meal deliveries
Summary
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, told the Eden Plus City Council the foundation served 82 students this year with school-based mental-health services and operates a senior hot-meals program that delivers cooked meals to homebound seniors. She thanked the council for prior support and noted modest improvements in behavior and GPA metrics.
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, reported to the Eden Plus City Council that the foundation's school‑based mental‑health program served 82 students this year: 62 at Enumclaw High School, 9 at Enumclaw Middle School and 11 at Thunder Mountain. "Six of our EHS students graduated from therapy, which is huge," Verhus said, and she described a year‑over‑year improvement in a behavioral‑incident metric that she summarized as rising from 0.69 to about 1.016, which she characterized as a roughly 32 percent improvement.
Verhus also reviewed the foundation's senior hot‑meals program, saying about 66 seniors are currently enrolled and deliveries provide multiple meals per week; staff prepare roughly 400 meals from scratch each week with support from about 87 volunteers. "We want to thank you for your support," she told councilmembers and invited follow‑up questions and referrals to staff. Finance Director Kristen Reed later noted a $35,000 one‑time transfer in the budget amendment to fund two digital reader boards, an item Verhus said will help outreach and communications for community programs.
