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Local nonprofit reports expanded school mental‑health services and robust senior meal program
Summary
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, told council the foundation served 82 students (62 at Enumclaw High School, 9 at Enumclaw Middle School, 11 at Thunder Mountain), reported behavior‑incident improvements and a small GPA increase, and described a senior hot‑meals operation serving about 66 seniors and preparing roughly 400 meals weekly with about 87 volunteers.
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, gave a staff presentation on the foundation's mental‑health and senior‑meals programs.
Verhus said the mental‑health program "has served a total of 82 students," including 62 at Enumclaw High School, nine at Enumclaw Middle School and 11 at Thunder Mountain; she reported that six EHS students "graduated from therapy" and cited an improvement in behavioral‑incident metrics (a reported 32 percent improvement in the metric noted in the record). On academics, Verhus said the average GPA showed a slight increase of about 1.25 percent year over year.
On senior meals, Verhus said the program currently serves 66 seniors and has supplied "about 400 meals prepared from scratch each week" via three weekly deliveries; she thanked the city for support and invited council members to contact foundation staff with questions or requests for additional information.
Council thanked Verhus for the update; no formal action was taken but the presentation was received and entered into the public record.
