THE BULLETIN
August 2022

It's staff appreciation month!
August is here and we're celebrating our incredible staff!

Valley Cities has the most dedicated, compassionate, supportive staff we could have hoped for. The warmth and thoughtfulness of our staff has created a place that thousands of clients have come to for services for over 50 years.

Hopefully we can celebrate each other in little ways all year round- but in August, we like to take the month to really remind you how important and appreciated you are! You definitely deserve it!

Don't forget to enter this week's raffle! ENTER HERE!
Valley Cities is holding a raffle for every week this month- we had 114 people enter in the first raffle, and three people won great prizes! Enter this week to win! We draw three winners every Monday. Our next drawing will be Monday 8/22!

Check out what we've done so far for staff appreciation and keep your eyes peeled for more to come!

August Calendar
Multicultural Calendar

August 9th - International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples - More

August 26th - Women's Equality Day - More


Behavioral Healthcare Recognition Events

August 30th - National Grief Awareness Day - More


We're so happy to welcome...

Dahan Pham, our new CFO!
Dahan Pham brings to Valley Cities more than 22 years of experience covering all CFO responsibilities including accounting, finance, information systems, and operations. Welcome Dahan!

And Congratulations to...
Ashley Ellerson, new Pike Clinic Manager
Ashley has been with Valley Cities since 2017 as a Care Coordinator and Intake Specialist in Rainer Beach. She brings expertise in crisis intervention, community outreach and deep compassion for clients to her new role. Thanks for joining the Pike team, Ashley!

And to...
Jessica Forshee, new Kent Clinic Manager
Jessica has been with Valley Cities since 2018 as an intern, a clinician and a clinic supervisor. She brings such positivity and clinical skill to this roll. We are so happy to have her as our new Kent Clinic Manager!
Monkeypox: Stay up to date!
Click on the image above for more information from Christina Petty, Director of Nursing.
988 is the new mental health crisis hotline number.
Learn more here.
Spread the word!
Kent Cornucopia Days
Last month, South King County held it's largest Family Festival, the Kent Cornucopia Days!

Valley Cities staff- pictured here, gave out free pens and squishy brains, recruitment flyers and education materials about Mental Health First Aid. Valley Cities tabled at this year's festival to foster community awareness and inclusion. We are so grateful to the staff who make this happen!
Have any friends looking for a job? Valley Cities is hiring!

See our open positions here.

Employees get a $500 employee referral bonus!

While you're at it, in preparation for our hiring fair events (see below), we are looking to enhance our online presence on Indeed. If you have a moment and love the work we do here at Valley Cities, please take second to post a positive review! Click here to write a review!
Valley Cities is holding the first of four recruitment fairs next month!
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Date: September 9th
Time: 10am - 2pm
Location: Valley Cities Administrative offices (FW2)
33405 8th Ave S.
Federal Way, WA. 98003

Community members are welcome to come in person. Flyers and social media posts to come!

The three other hiring fairs are in preliminary planning stages. They are planned for September 23rd, October 7th and October 21st. One will be virtual and the rest will be in person. Details to come!
Stress Buster Cards
For years now, Valley Cities has printed a rack card with 70 stress busters - activities you can do to calm down or feel better when you are stressed. A client had the idea and we liked it so much that we have continued to update and print new lists periodically over the years.

Here is a link to a PDF of the current card.
Request cards for your program by emailing [email protected]

And if you have any suggestions for stress busters to add or remove from the card, please send those in as well! We'd love your input.
Join us for our next Virtual Town Hall in September
Next Town Hall: Tuesday, September 6th
12pm - 1:30pm
Please enter your suggestions using the link below by August 30th to be considered for the meeting agenda!
Valley Cities Equine Therapy Program is a Hit!
In the last few months, the Valley Cities Equine therapy has opened itself up to staff and clients and we have seen some amazing results!

To learn more about the program or sign clients up for a group, email:

Linda Tartar, Peer Support Specialist [email protected]

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Jamie Carter, Clinician pictured above, wrote "My experience [with the VC Equine Therapy horses] has been so beautiful, and I am excited to have more time in the future to continue to experience their therapeutic powers. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to experience their magic!"
The North-end clinic management team met up for a day with the horses!
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