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Healthy Living Special Edition
OPHCC is in the news! Thank you to Catherine McKinney at Clallam Mosaic for writing the piece on OPHCC and our Coalition Partners. Read about BE WELL, partnership goals, and also see activities of our partners. Read the Digital Special Edition in a larger window …
Nicolina Miller Named New OPHCC Executive Director
The Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition (OPHCC) is pleased to introduce Nicolina Miller as the new Executive Director of the organization. Miller relocated from Seattle to Port Angeles and is looking forward to connecting with the Coalition’s many partners. Most recently Miller served as Development …
Time for a Broader View of Health
This article appeared in the Sequim Free Clinic Summer 2021 Newsletter Over the past six years of our existence as a nonprofit in Clallam County, the Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition’s (OPHCC) focus has been on decreasing chronic disease rates amongst our citizens. Collaborating together …
Dr. Allison Berry Named Community Champion
The Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition (OPHCC), a non-profit organization in Clallam County with over 50 partners, recently awarded Allison Berry, MD, MPH, Clallam County Health Officer, with a Community Champion Award for her exemplary work to protect our community in the fight against COVID-19. …
Kindness Jars Support Behavioral Health Workers during COVID
Recognizing the tremendous burden that the COVID pandemic has placed on front line workers in the behavioral health arena, Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition (OPHCC) reached out to lift their spirits. OPHCC’s Executive Director Leslee Francis dreamed up the idea of “kindness jars” filled with …
Being Nimble During a Pandemic
Pre-COVID When 2020 began, the Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition (OPHCC) was working full-steam ahead on parallel tracks: actively building and organizing a broad coalition of community partners to focus on reducing chronic illness through healthy lifestyle choices, building an organization capable of assisting others …
Face Mask Challenge Continues
Community members continue to answer the call to help make personal protective equipment (PPEs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clallam County Emergency Management Team announced they’ve received more than 5,200 cloth masks from volunteers as of Monday.
Coalition Partners Create Face Mask Challenge
As COVID-19 began reaching the North Olympic Peninsula, face mask supplies became scarce. Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community (OPHCC) partners answered the call from the County Public Health Officer to supply homemade face masks. OPHCC Co-founder Monica Dixon and OPHCC Partner Jim Stoffer jumped into action …
OMC’s Eric Lewis Named “Community Champion” for Nonprofit Support
The Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition has awarded Eric Lewis, retiring chief executive officer at Olympic Medical Center with a Community Champion Award for his “exemplary support” during the past several years. Since OPHCC’s inception in 2015, Lewis has passionately supported the organization’s mission of …
Little Free Pantries Increase Access to Food
Community access to food just got better. The Little Free Pantry is one of several projects to combat hunger and the first of its kind in Port Angeles.
Which Came First: Food or Stress?
When it comes to the relationship between food and stress, it’s a classic example of the “chicken or the egg” conundrum. What we eat influences how our brains and body manage stress, and being stressed for long periods can lead us straight to the candy …
Lunches that Pack a Healthy Punch
North Olympic Healthcare Network — Packing healthy lunches for kids canbe challenging when you’re dealing with picky eaters and time constraints, butthey don’t have to be. With some general guidelines, the options become endless.
2019 5210 Challenge Wrap Up
This July, community leaders from across Clallam County embarked on a month-long challenge to live healthier lives, and build new habits or change old ones. Nineteen leaders were challenged to adopt the “Live 5-2-1-0” principles promoted by the Olympic Peninsula Healthy Community Coalition, a county-wide …
Local Organizations Join Forces to Launch #ClallamGives
More than 30 local nonprofits, united as the Olympic Peninsula Nonprofit Alliance, will raise funds together for one day November 27 — marking the inaugural local #ClallamGives on #GivingTuesday. Celebrated nationally each year on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Giving Tuesday kicks off the local holiday …
OPHCC Leader Honored with Community Champion Award
Molina Healthcare of Washington presented nine individuals, including OPHCC president, Dr. Monica Dixon, with its prestigious Community Champions Award at the 10th annual reception honoring outstanding community leaders and advocates for the underserved throughout Washington state. “At Molina Healthcare, it is our privilege and responsibility …
Local Leaders Manage Monthlong Challenge to Live Healthier Lives
For most of us, making even one lifestyle change can be difficult to weave into our busy lives. But this past July, 12 community leaders took on the challenge to make four major lifestyle changes each day for the entire month.
Why Eat Locally Grown Food? It Benefits All of us!
One of the greatest advantages of living in Washington State is the abundant fresh produce, dairy, seafood and animal products available to us throughout each season. Here on the Olympic Peninsula, we’re even more fortunate that our temperate climate supports an extended growing season for …
The Important Link Between Food and Health
Here in Clallam County we spend a lot of time thinking about “local food,” and with good reason! We have some of the most creative farmers and food producers in the country who grow and produce some of the finest food products available.
Leaders Looking to Inspire Healthy Choice
Regional leaders from across Clallam County dug into data that shows a high percentage of food insecurity during a food forum.
Kids Get Their Days at the Market
Sequim Farmers Market shared the 5210 message during Kid’s Day at the Market.