Thank you Valley Cities Staff!

Thank you Valley Cities for sharing your pets, shout-outs, and positivity with each other!

We've got all month so please keep them coming!

If you would like to share your furry friends (or cool plants!) or how your team is celebrating staff appreciation month please email: development@valleycities.org

Raffle Drawings!

Outdoor Blanket

Camp Chairs

Nutribullet Blender 

Thank you Kari B. for witnessing the drawings and ensuring they were done accurately.

Shout Outs!

• Shout out to Teri Hardy for seemingly being everywhere and anywhere at any given time. Teri covers the bases and never allows a forced error! Thanks for being the leader of the RPK winning team!

• This is to Malini who has been awesome holding down the Rainier Beach Clinic with so few staff. Malini has shown great leadership and patience in managing difficult situations. She is a Rock Star and makes my job easier.

• I want to give a sincere thank you to all of the staff at the Federal Way clinic! You are amazing and it takes all of us to make this clinic a safe and inviting place for our clients. Thank you for all that you do! You are appreciated!!

• THANK YOU for all you do for Valley Cities clinics! You help us stay open each day so we can help clients and give them a welcoming environment!

• Josh is a great clinician and shows up for his families in a strengths based supportive way. Thanks for all you do from the WISe team!!

• Shout out to all of the staff in IIP. Everybody works hard at what they do to make sure all of the clients are going forward towards success.

• OP SUD Team: Michael, Rodney, Erick, Bob, Stacy, David M., Denise, Lauren, Dave H., Lanetta, Bridgette, Donna, Katrina. A huge thank you to the most compassionate people I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Your tireless efforts to provide client care at the level you do is a testament to the type of people you are. Your hearts are big, your compassion endless, and your loyalty unmatched.

• Shout out to Phi Tran at RB for being an amazing team member and a case manager! You're always ready to help and do such an amazing work with our clients. Thank you!

• Thank you to Ashley Moore who is amazing at working with families for the New Journeys team. She is patient and skilled at what she does. Our clients benefit so much from having her on the team. Ashley, you are so wonderful to work with!

• Thank you to John Throckmorton who is a great and supportive team leader for New Journeys. The team knows you always have their back!

• Thank you to Dr. Stephanie Armstrong, who has been such a lovely part of the New Journeys team. Stephanie, you are so greatly appreciated and clients are so lucky to have experienced your care!

• Thank you to Patty Roberts, who has been a great peer for the New Journeys team. Patty is so kind and sweet. She is an amazing support for the clients!

• Thank you to Kyle Payne for supporting clients on the New Journeys team in their goals toward education and employment, and for your jokes in our meetings!

• Thank you Kevin Krause for your support of the New Journeys team and sharing your much appreciated wisdom and experience in the field!

• The Auburn Clinic staff are awesome, caring, compassionate, empathetic, genuine, go above and beyond, hard workers and supportive. Their commitment to Valley Cities is what makes the Auburn Clinic successful. The staff include the Front Desk, the Pharmacy, Psychiatric Providers, a Nurse, Intake Specialists, Case Managers, MH/SUD Clinicians, Peer Support Specialists, ECS Team, Housing Team, 2 Clinic Supervisors, ECS/Older Adult Supervisor and a Housing Director. Thank you, so much.

• Shout out to Andria at the Auburn clinic. You work so hard to support our patients and the medical team. You are much appreciated!

• I am so thankful to work with Cassandra and Tamara. They make my job easier by supervising and supporting staff, they help with daily operations of the Auburn Clinic, assist with client crises, intakes and NDA's when needed, help with a lot of the client reports, facilitate team meetings, they communicate well especially with sending and replying to emails and G-Chats, they go above and beyond. Thank you for your awesome work, I really appreciate it.

• Patty is a great asset to the New Journeys team. Her attention to Peer support is unmatched as she is knowledgeable in all aspects of her work. She has assisted multiple clients in their recovery, offering hope through lived experience, coping skills, and peer group. She is an integral part of a great team and a great asset to those she serves. She is a wonderful person and a gifted Peer.

• So many people at VC have made such an amazing imprint on me during my short time here. I wish I could give every single person a shout out. But... for today these current shout outs will go to Zeke (CNA at RPS), Dani (CNA at RPS), and Janine (our provider here at RPS). Everyone at RPS who make this facility a place of healing for all our clients in need deserve all the props one can give. These three have proven to go above and beyond every day. I would also love to shout out Shelby at Federal Way. Her positive attitude and willingness to help have been very refreshing for whenever I have ever reached out. Stay cool!

• Our Call Center and Front Desk teams are amazing! You are all very much appreciated for all of the work you do! From greeting our clients at the clinics or helping someone over the phone, to supporting all of our schedules - we are grateful for each and every person in the Call Center and Front Desk teams! Erin Jones, Sandy Brown, Paige Sherwood, Latonja Newkirk, and Lisa Gomez- thank you for all of your efforts on leading the teams and making sure our customer service is on point!

• This shout out is for Sarah Agnew! This woman has the most caring, compassionate heart of them all. Her drive and passion to help the sick and suffering leaves me in awe and overwhelmed with pride that we have such an amazing soul on our team. She is charismatic, and so easy to work and talk to. She has a way of bringing out the best in people. We are so grateful to have you on our team Sarah!

• Thank you Melissa Acosta for being an amazing Peer and an awesome co-facilitator. Thank you for everything you do!

• Shout out to Jordann Doler on the Mental Health First Aid team for her kindness and her great representation of MHFA when interacting with the community leaders and instructors!

• Cassandra, you are a hero! You have lifted Auburn site with one hand and your baby Jax with the other. You are appreciated. You are an inspiration for all of us! You ROCK.

• A great Big Shout Out to the Admin team at RPS who work diligently at filling beds in Detox and IIP. Your hard work has not gone unnoticed.

• Shout out to Jadivan J. at Auburn. He excels at thinking about ways to improve on things and frequently will put the ideas out there. He has a warm disposition and is very patient and understanding. He has a very optimistic way about him. Such a gift to our Auburn office.

Valley Cities Pets!

Thank you Rose Baldridge for sharing Bailey and Poly with us! These two adorable fur babies are best friends. Bailey always has a smile on her face, and Poly who is a polydactyl (has more than the normal number of toes on her paws) uses her front paws like hands!

Thank you Krista Hicks for sharing Fernando! Fernando is 8 years old and loves water and being goofy. When he was a puppy he was in training to become a service dog, but didn't quite get an A+! Now he spends his time having fun, being adorable, going on adventures, and keeping up with other cool dogs on Instagram.

Thank you Shaw Richards for your cool dog, Odie!

Odie is 14 and VERY spoiled, but loved a ton anyway!