Wellness foundation reports improved student behavior and expands senior meals
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, told the council the organization's school-based mental-health program served 82 students and reported improved behavioral-incident rates and slight GPA increases; the foundation also serves seniors with hot meals delivered three times weekly.
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Tammy Verhus, introduced by the mayor as interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, summarized the group's recent program growth and outcomes. "We have served a total of 82 students," Verhus said, noting 62 at Enumclaw High School, nine at Enumclaw Middle School and 11 at Thunder Mountain. She told council the program's behavioral-intervention metric improved from 0.69 to 1.016, which she described as a roughly 32 percent improvement, and said the cohort's average GPA rose slightly year over year.
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