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Wellness foundation reports expanded school mental‑health services 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 in school-based mental-health programs and runs a senior hot-meals program delivering about 400 meals weekly to roughly 66–80 seniors, supported by 87 volunteers.
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, updated the council on the nonprofit’s school-based mental‑health work and its senior hot‑meals program. “We have served a total of 82 students,” Verhus said, specifying 62 students at Enumclaw High School, nine at Enumclaw Middle School and 11 at Thunder Mountain; she added six EHS students “graduated from therapy.”
Verhus described modest academic and behavioral improvements in the program’s most recent year, saying the average GPA rose slightly and the foundation recorded an increase in its behavioral‑incident metric compared with the prior year. She also outlined the senior meals operation: about 66 seniors are currently enrolled, 80+ seniors served year to date, roughly 400 meals prepared from scratch each week and about 87 volunteers who help shop, prepare and deliver meals.
The presentation concluded with a request that council and staff continue the partnership; Verhus invited follow‑up questions and contact through the foundation. Council offered thanks for the update. The foundation’s presentation was informational; no formal council action followed.
