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Wellness foundation reports school mental‑health gains, describes senior-meals operations
Summary
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, told the council the foundation has served 82 students across local schools and reported improvements in behavioral-incident metrics; she also described a senior hot-meals program that prepares about 400 meals weekly and serves roughly 66 registered seniors.
Tammy Verhus, interim executive director of the Rainier Foothills Wellness Foundation, gave the council an update on the nonprofit’s school mental-health program and senior meal services. "Our mental health program has grown immensely," Verhus said, and reported the foundation has served a total of 82 students: 62 at Enumclaw High School, nine at Enumclaw Middle School and 11 at Thunder Mountain.
Verhus cited what she called a roughly 32 percent improvement in a behavioral-incident metric between the 2024–25 and 2025–26 school-year snapshots, and said six Enumclaw High School students "graduated from therapy." On senior services she said the foundation currently has about 66 enrolled seniors and prepares about 400 meals from scratch each week; volunteers (about 87) help prepare and deliver the meals.
Verhus said staff and board members are continuing recruitment and thanked the council for past support, asking that members and residents reach out to "Sarah or myself or anybody at the foundation" for questions or to coordinate. The presentation was informational; no funding request or council action was recorded during the meeting.
